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Axel Clerget
Axel Clerget, French judoka born 1987 in Saint-Dizier, -90 kg and -100 kg competitor, Tokyo 2020 mixed team Olympic champion, double world bronze medallist, retired January 2026, later CNOSF athletes' commission co-president.
Axel Disasi
Axel Disasi, born 1998 in Gonesse, French centre-back from Paris FC and Reims to Monaco, Chelsea (2023, ~£39m), loans to Aston Villa and Crystal Palace; 5 France caps, 2022 World Cup finalist.
Axel Donczew
Axel Donczew is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a left winger and became Cardiff City's youngest ever player at 15 in October 2025.
Axel Gronberg
Axel "Acke" Grönberg (Rolf Axel Einar Grönberg, 1918–1988), Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler, BK Athén Stockholm; double Olympic middleweight 79 kg gold medalist at London 1948 and Helsinki 1952 and 1950 world champion.
Axel Janse
Axel Johan Janse (1888-1973), Swedish gymnast from Skara Läroverks IF, won gold in the men's team all-around, Swedish system, at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; later a physical therapist, aviation pioneer, and Malmö fire brigade deputy chief.
Axel jump
Axel jump: figure skating jump named for Axel Paulsen, first performed Vienna 1882; only jump with forward outside takeoff, adding half a rotation (quad Axel = 4.5 turns). First landed by Malinin, 2022.
Axel Lindahl
Axel Lindahl (Axel Leander Lindahl, 1885–1959), Swedish long-distance runner for Karlskoga IF; DNF in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic cross-country race, listed on Sweden's gold-medal team but ineligible for a medal.
Axel Ljung
Axel Ljung (Harald Axel Fredrik Ljung, 1884-1938), Swedish track athlete and gymnast; won 1908 London Olympic team gymnastics gold with Sweden's 38-man squad and was the last Swedish 110 m hurdles record holder over 100 cm hurdles.
Axel Noack
Axel Noack, German race walker born 1961 in Görlitz; set 20 km world best 1:19:12 in 1987, won 1990 European indoor 5000 m walk bronze, and walked at three Olympics for GDR and Germany.
Axel Nordlander
Axel Nordlander (1879–1962), Swedish cavalry officer and equestrian; won individual and team eventing gold on Lady Artist at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, also a 1909 Gordon Bennett Cup balloonist.
Axel Norling
Axel Norling (Karl Axel Patrik Norling, 1884-1964), Swedish gymnast, diver and tug-of-war competitor; bronze at 1906 Intercalated Games, team gymnastics gold at 1908 and 1912 Olympics alongside brother Daniel; later Alfa Laval director.
Axel Paulsen
Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian speed and figure skater, Norway's first skating king; created the Axel jump (Vienna 1882), the only forward-takeoff jump, and designed modern fixed-blade speed skates.
Axel Rydin
Axel Valentin Rydin (1887-1971), Swedish sailor, won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 40 m² skerry cruiser class aboard Sif with Tore Holm, Yngve Holm, and Georg Tengwall; club Norrköpings SS.
Axel Sjoblom
Axel Sjöblom (Axel Adolf Sjöblom, 1882–1951), Swedish gymnast with Stockholms GF; won gold in men's team gymnastics at the 1908 London Olympics with Sweden's 38-man squad scoring 438 of 490; later an art historian with a Würzburg doctorate.
Axel Tape
Axel Tape (Axel Tape-Kobrissa), born 2007 in Bondy, is a French defender/midfielder, PSG academy product and 2025 Ligue 1 winner, signed by Bayer Leverkusen in 2025 and loaned to Levante UD in 2026.
Axel Tuanzebe
Axel Tuanzebe, DR Congo and Burnley centre-back; ex-Manchester United academy captain, Aston Villa and Ipswich promotion winner; scored the 2026 play-off goal that sent DR Congo to its first World Cup since 1974.
Axel Wegner
Axel Wegner (Axel Henry Wegner), born 1963 in Demmin, German skeet shooter; Olympic gold at Seoul 1988 for East Germany with 222 targets, five Olympiads 1988-2008, world and European team champion.
Axel Wilhelm Persson
Axel Wilhelm Persson (Axel Wilhelm Emanuel Persson), Swedish road and track cyclist, 1888–1955; Olympic team road race gold 1912 and silver 1920, ninth individually in 1912, multiple Swedish champion.
Axel Witsel
Axel Witsel, born 1989 in Liège, is a Belgian defensive midfielder and centre-back for OGC Nice. Standard Liège, Zenit, Dortmund, Atlético; 132 Belgium caps, three World Cups.
Axie Infinity
Axie Infinity (Sky Mavis, 2018) is a play-to-earn blockchain game where players battle NFT creatures called Axies to earn SLP and AXS tokens. Peaked in the Philippines, suffered a $600M Ronin bridge hack, and pivoted to the free, non-crypto Axie Infinity: Origins.
Axis & Allies
Axis & Allies is a World War II board wargame by Lawrence Harris, first published by Nova Games in 1981 and later by Milton Bradley's Gamemaster series, with many editions including Europe, Revised 2004, and 1942.
Axl Rotten
Axl Rotten (Brian Knighton, 1971–2016), American professional wrestler and ECW hardcore original (1993–1999) of The Bad Breed with Ian Rotten and The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks with Balls Mahoney; died at 44 of a heroin overdose.
Aya Sakura (さくらあや)
Aya Sakura (さくら あや), born 1996, is a Japanese pro wrestler in Stardom's Cosmic Angels, a former Itosu-ryu karate competitor who joined wrestling via a mistaken audition; New Blood Tag Champion and Sendai Girls Junior Champion.
Ayaka Kikuchi
Ayaka Kikuchi (菊池彩花), Japanese speed skater born 1987 in Nagano; 2018 Olympic team pursuit gold medalist, 2015 world single distances team pursuit champion, and team pursuit world record holder (2:53.88, Calgary 2017).
Ayaka Takahashi
Ayaka Takahashi (髙橋 礼華, born 1990), Japanese women's doubles badminton player; with Misaki Matsutomo (TakaMatsu) won Rio 2016 Olympic gold, Japan's first in badminton, plus All England 2016; retired August 2020.
Ayano Sato
Ayano Sato (佐藤綾乃) is a Japanese speed skater, born in 1996 in Kushiro, Hokkaido, who won team pursuit medals at three consecutive Winter Olympics, taking gold at Pyeongchang 2018.
Ayano Shibuki
Ayano Shibuki (渋木 綾乃, later Yaegashi), born 1941 in Okaya, Nagano, is a Japanese outside hitter of the Nichibo Kaizuka "Oriental Witches" who won 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold in women's volleyball and 1962 Asian Games golds.
Ayari Aoyama
Ayari Aoyama (青山綾里), born 1982, is a retired Japanese butterfly swimmer who finished sixth in the 100 m butterfly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics at age 14 and held short-course world records in the 100 m butterfly and 4×100 m medley relay.
Ayase Ueda (上田綺世)
Ayase Ueda (上田綺世), Japanese centre forward born 1998; Kashima Antlers, Cercle Brugge, Feyenoord (2025/26 Eredivisie top scorer, 25 goals), LOSC Lille from 2026; Japan 43 caps, 18 goals, 2022 World Cup squad.
Ayaz Mahmood
Ayaz Mahmood (born 1964, Karachi) is a Pakistani field hockey player who won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, played 21 senior internationals 1982-1986, and later coached Pakistan; distinct from the 1971 Lahore cricketer of the same name.