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Berka Buse Özden
Berka Buse Özden (born 2004), Turkish middle blocker for VakıfBank Istanbul and Team Türkiye; 2026 VNL champion, 2022 U19 European Championship best attacker, 2023-24 Turkish Cup best blocker.
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo, BFC Dynamo or FC Berlin, the former Stasi-backed East German record champion: ten consecutive DDR-Oberliga titles 1979-1988 under Erich Mielke's patronage, now a Regionalliga Nordost club at Sportforum Hohenschönhausen.
Bermane Stiverne
Bermane Stiverne (born 1978), Haitian-Canadian heavyweight boxer, WBC heavyweight champion 2014-2015; won vacant title by TKO6 over Chris Arreola, first Haitian-born world heavyweight champion, lost belt to Deontay Wilder.
Bermuda Bowl
Bermuda Bowl: the World Bridge Federation's biennial open teams world championship, first held in Bermuda in 1950. USA holds a record 17 titles; USA1 won the 2025 edition in Herning, Denmark, ahead of Denmark and Sweden.
Bernard (footballer)
Bernard (Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte, born 1992, Belo Horizonte) is a Brazilian midfielder at Atlético Mineiro; 2013 Libertadores winner, ex-Shakhtar Donetsk (€25m), Everton, Sharjah, Panathinaikos; 14 Brazil caps, 2014 World Cup squad. Not Bernardo Silva.
Bernard Chevallier
Bernard Marie Chevallier (1912–1997), French army officer and equestrian; won individual eventing gold at the 1948 London Olympics on Aiglonne with 4 points; later an FEI judge and general; distinct from the historian Bernard Chevallier (1943–2024).
Bernard Gravier
Bernard Gravier (1881-1923), French épée fencer, Olympic team épée gold medalist at London 1908 with Gaston Alibert and Alexandre Lippmann; his only Olympic appearance.
Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault, 'le Blaireau' (the Badger), French cyclist born 1954 in Yffiniac; five-time Tour de France winner (1978–1985), three-time Giro winner, two-time Vuelta winner, last French Tour champion.
Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins, the Executioner and the Alien, American boxer born 1965 in Philadelphia; record 20 straight middleweight title defenses, undisputed champion 2001-2005, oldest world champion at 48, retired 2016 at 55-8-2.
Bernard King
Bernard King, born 1956 in Brooklyn, is an American retired NBA small forward (1977-1993) and 2013 Hall of Famer; 1984-85 scoring champion at 32.9 ppg, 60-point Christmas game, four-time All-Star.
Bernard Lagat
Bernard Lagat (born 1974, Kapsabet, Kenya) is a Kenyan-American five-time Olympian, 1500m/5000m runner with a 3:26.34 PB, 2007 world double champion, and USATF General Manager of Youth Programs since 2026.
Bernard Laidebeur
Bernard Laidebeur (Bernard René Jean Laidebeur, 1942–1991), French sprinter with Stade français; won bronze in the 4x100 m relay at Tokyo 1964 with Genevay, Piquemal, and Delecour; 100 m best 10.42.
Bernard Leene
Bernard Leene (Bernardus Petrus Leene, 1903-1988), Dutch track cyclist; won 1928 Amsterdam Olympic tandem sprint gold with Daan van Dijk, the first Dutch gold of those Games, and 1936 Berlin tandem silver with Henk Ooms.
Bernard Malivoir
Bernard Malivoir(e), French rowing coxswain (1938–1982), won gold in men's coxed pairs at Helsinki 1952 steering Salles and Mercier in 8:28.6; at 14, the youngest gold medalist of those Games; died in a traffic accident.
Bernard Redwood
Bernard Boverton Redwood (1874–1911), British motorboat racer, won two Olympic gold medals at London 1908 in the B-Class and C-Class events aboard Gyrinus, bailing water alongside John Field-Richards; motorboating was never an Olympic sport again.
Bernard Schmetz
Bernard Schmetz (1904-1966), French épée fencer, Olympic team gold 1932, silver 1928, bronze 1936; 1937 world individual épée champion with nine World Championship medals.
Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic, Australian tennis player, career-high No. 17 (2016), four ATP titles including 2018 Chengdu, 2011 Wimbledon quarterfinalist; won 2026 Lincoln Challenger, his biggest title since 2018.
Bernard Williams, III
Bernard Williams, III (Bernard Rollen Williams, III, born 1978, Baltimore) is an American sprinter, Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist in 2000 and 200m silver medalist in 2004, with personal bests of 9.94 and 20.01 seconds.
Bernardo Segura
Bernardo Segura (Bernardo Segura Rivera), Mexican race walker born 1970 in San Mateo Atenco; 1996 Olympic 20 km walk bronze medalist, 1994 20,000m track world record holder (1:17:25.6), 1999 World Race Walking Cup winner, disqualified at Sydney 2000 after finishing first. Distinct from walkers Brandon and Jefferson Segura.
Bernardo Silva
Bernardo Silva (Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva), Portuguese midfielder born 1994 in Lisbon; ex-Benfica youth, Monaco 2016/17 Ligue 1 champion, 460-game Manchester City captain and six-time Premier League winner, joined Real Madrid free in June 2026.
Bernardus Golf
Bernardus Golf is a Kyle Phillips-designed championship golf resort in Cromvoirt, North Brabant, Netherlands, opened 2018. Hosted the Dutch Open 2021-2022, KLM Open 2023, and the 2026 Solheim Cup, and is a three-time Golfers' Choice Best Golf Club in the Netherlands.
Bernd Baumgart
Bernd Baumgart (born 1955, Lutherstadt Wittenberg) is a retired East German rower, SC DHfK Leipzig, who won gold in the men's coxed eight at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in 5:58.29; retired 1979, became a sports teacher.
Bernd Bransch
Bernd Bransch (1944-2022), East German footballer, libero and captain of the GDR at the 1974 World Cup; Olympic gold 1976 and bronze 1972; HFC Chemie Halle and Carl Zeiss Jena; DDR Footballer of the Year 1968 and 1974.
Bernd Cullmann
Bernd Cullmann (1939-2025), West German sprinter and gem cutter from Idar-Oberstein, won 1960 Rome Olympic gold leading off the German 4x100 m relay (39.5, world record) after the US team was disqualified.
Bernd Dittert
Bernd Dittert (born 1961, Genthin) is a German track and road cyclist and coach; Olympic bronze in individual pursuit for East Germany at Seoul 1988 and gold in the 100 km team time trial for unified Germany at Barcelona 1992.
Bernd Duvigneau
Bernd Duvigneau (born 1955, Magdeburg) is an East German sprint kayaker, K4 1000 m Olympic champion at Moscow 1980 and bronze medalist at Montreal 1976, with five K4 world titles.
Bernd Eichwurzel
Bernd Eichwurzel (born 1964, Oranienburg) is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's coxed four for East Germany at Seoul 1988 and three world titles (1986, 1987, 1990) with SG Dynamo Potsdam.
Bernd Jäkel
Bernd Jäkel (born 1954, Berlin), German sailor, won Olympic gold in the Soling class at Seoul 1988 for East Germany and Atlanta 1996 for reunified Germany, crewing with Jochen Schümann and Thomas Flach.
Bernd Kannenberg
Bernd Kannenberg (Bernhard Gerhard Kannenberg, 1942-2021), West German race walker; 1972 Munich Olympic 50km gold in 3:56:11.6 and 1972 world record 3:52:45; 1974 European 20km silver; Wilhelm Gustloff survivor.
Bernd Klingner
Bernd Klingner (born 1940) is a German small-bore rifle shooter who won 50 m three positions gold at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics with a world record 1,157, competing for West Germany in 1960, 1968, and 1972.