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Arnaut Danjuma

Arnaut Danjuma (Arnaut Danjuma Adam Groeneveld), Dutch forward born 1997 in Lagos, Nigeria; PSV youth, NEC, Club Brugge, Bournemouth, record Villarreal signing, loans to Tottenham, Everton, Girona, now Valencia, six Netherlands caps.

Arnd Peiffer

Arnd Peiffer, born 1987 in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, is a retired German biathlete who won 10 km sprint gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and world titles in 2011 and 2019.

Arnd Schmitt

Arnd Rüdiger Schmitt (born 1965, Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a German épée fencer, Olympic individual champion Seoul 1988 and team champion Barcelona 1992, world champion 1999, three-time World Cup winner, dentist in Bergisch Gladbach.

Arne Ahman

Arne Åhman (Arne Per Åhman, 1925–2022), Swedish triple jumper and high jumper, Nordingrå SK. Won triple jump gold at the 1948 London Olympics with 15.40 m, European silver in high jump 1950, bronze in triple jump 1946.

Arne Andersson

Arne Andersson (1917–2009), Swedish middle-distance runner, world record holder at 1500m (3:45.0) and mile (4:01.6), Gunder Hägg's great 1940s rival, banned for professionalism in 1946 and never an Olympian.

Arne Borg

Arne Borg (Claes Arne Borg, 1901–1987), Swedish freestyle swimmer nicknamed the Swedish Sturgeon; set 32 world records 1921–29, won 5 Olympic medals including 1500 m gold at Amsterdam 1928, first under 20 minutes for 1500 m.

Arne Dankers

Arne Dankers (born 1980, Ottawa) is a Canadian long track speed skater, silver medalist in the men's team pursuit at Turin 2006, his only Olympics; former Canadian record holder at 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000 m.

Arne Sejersted

Arne Nannestad Sejersted (1877-1960), Norwegian sailor and dentist from Trondheim; won 1920 Olympic gold in the 10-metre 1919 rating class aboard Mosk II, the event's only entrant.

Arne Slot

Arne Slot, Dutch football manager and former midfielder (FC Zwolle, NAC Breda, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle), coached AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord (Eredivisie 2023, Dutch cup 2024), then Liverpool 2024-2026, winning the 2024-25 Premier League title before dismissal.

Arnfinn Bergmann

Arnfinn Bergmann (1928-2011), Norwegian ski jumper from Trondheim, 1952 Oslo Olympic large hill champion at Holmenkollen; only jumper to win Worlds, Olympics, Holmenkollen, and Norwegian titles in one winter.

Arnfinn Heje

Arnfinn Kolbjørn Heje (1877–1958), Norwegian sailor and engineer; won 1912 Olympic gold in the 12-metre class aboard Magda IX and led the Agra margarine company, creating the Melange method.

Arnie Robinson

Arnie Robinson (Arnie Paul Robinson, Jr.), American long jumper, 1972 Olympic bronze and 1976 Olympic gold medalist (8.35 m), six-time AAU champion, 1977 World Cup winner, later Mesa College coach; died 2020.

Arnie Sowell

Arnie Sowell (Arnold Milton Sowell, born 1935, Pittsburgh) is an American middle-distance runner, 1955 Pan Am 800 m gold medalist, 1956 Olympic 800 m fourth-place finisher, NCAA champion, and world indoor 880y and 1000y record holder.

Arnis

Arnis, also called Eskrima or Kali, is the indigenous Filipino stick-fighting martial art declared the national martial art and sport of the Philippines by Republic Act No. 9850 in 2009, taught in schools and governed internationally by WEKAF.

Arno Bieberstein

Arno Bieberstein (Arnold Curt Bieberstein), German swimmer for SC Hellas Magdeburg, won the 1908 Olympic 100 m backstroke gold in world-record 1:24.6, the last Olympic backstroke title won with inverted breaststroke.

Arno Kamminga

Arno Kamminga, Dutch breaststroke swimmer (born 1995, Katwijk aan Zee), double Olympic silver medalist at Tokyo 2020 in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke; former Mark Faber trainee now based in Hong Kong under Tom Rushton through LA 2028.

Arnold Allen

Arnold "Almighty" Allen, English UFC featherweight from Ipswich, 21-4 record, 12-3 in UFC, ranked #7, ten-fight UFC win streak, never finished, southpaw decision fighter.

Arnold Jackson

Arnold Jackson (Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson, 1891–1972) was a British runner who won the 1912 Stockholm Olympic 1,500 m gold in 3:56.8, an Olympic record, and later became the British Army's youngest brigadier-general.

Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmer (1929–2016), "the King," American golfer from Latrobe, PA; 62 PGA Tour wins, seven majors (Masters 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964; U.S. Open 1960; Open 1961, 1962), no PGA Championship; golf's first TV superstar.

Arnold Sports Festival

Arnold Sports Festival (Arnold Classic, Arnold Fitness Expo), annual multi-sport fitness convention in Columbus, Ohio, founded 1989 by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Lorimer; 100,000+ attendees, Arnold Strongman Classic, international editions, $500,000 Arnold Classic top prize.

Arnold Strongman Classic

Arnold Strongman Classic: annual invitational strongman contest in Columbus, Ohio, part of the Arnold Sports Festival; first held 2002, six events for the Louis Cyr Trophy; Mitchell Hooper won 2023-2026, Savickas six titles 2003-2008.

Aroldis Chapman

Aroldis Chapman is a Cuban-born Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, known for the fastest recorded pitch in MLB history.

Aron Baynes

Aron Baynes is an Australian former professional basketball center, born in 1986, who won the 2014 NBA title with San Antonio and earned Olympic bronze with Australia.

Aron Gunnarsson

Aron Gunnarsson (Aron Einar Malmquist Gunnarsson, born 1989, Akureyri) is an Icelandic defensive midfielder, Cardiff City 2011–2019, later Al Arabi and Al-Gharafa, and captain of Iceland at Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.

Aron Nimzowitsch

Aron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935) was a Latvian-Danish chess player and writer, the leading hypermodern theorist, who won Carlsbad 1929 and wrote My System (1925), introducing concepts such as prophylaxis, blockade, and the Nimzo-Indian Defense.

Aron Ralston

Aron Lee Ralston is an American mountaineer known for amputating his right forearm in 2003 to escape Bluejohn Canyon, Utah, after being trapped for five days.

Aron Szilagyi

Aron Szilagyi (Áron Szilágyi, born 1990) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, the first male fencer with three consecutive individual Olympic golds (2012, 2016, 2020), plus 2024 team silver and 2022 world title.

Arouna Koné

Arouna Koné, Ivorian striker born 1983 in Anyama; played for PSV, Sevilla, Levante, Wigan, Everton, Sivasspor; won Eredivisie twice and 2013 FA Cup; Ivory Coast at 2006 World Cup.

Arpad Barany

Árpád Bárány (Bárány Árpád, born 24 June 1931, Budapest) is a Hungarian épée fencer, Olympic team gold medalist at Tokyo 1964 and 1959 world team champion, later a coach in Iran and Hungary and fencing referee.

Arpad Lengyel

Arpad Lengyel (Lengyel Árpád, 1915–1993) was a Hungarian swimmer who won bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the 1934 European title.