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Christine Jarrett

Christine "Teeny" Jarrett (1923–1998), American pro wrestling promoter; rose from selling Gulas-Welch tickets at Nashville's Hippodrome to co-owning a four-state regional promotion; mother of Jerry Jarrett, grandmother of Jeff Jarrett.

Christine Muzio

Christine Muzio (Christine Carmen Marie Muzio), French foil fencer (1951-2018), Olympic silver 1976 Montreal and gold 1980 Moscow in women's team foil, 1977 French champion, Paris Université Club.

Christine Nesbitt

Christine Nesbitt is a Canadian retired long-track speed skater, born in 1985, who won Olympic gold in the 1,000 m at Vancouver 2010 and set a world record in 2012.

Christine Ohuruogu

Christine Ohuruogu is a British former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters and won Olympic gold in 2008, silver in 2012, and World Championship titles.

Christine Roper

Christine Roper (Christine Faith Roper), Jamaican-born Canadian rower, 188 cm, Ottawa Rowing Club; won gold in the women's eight at Tokyo 2020 after finishing fifth at Rio 2016, with five world championship medals in the eight.

Christine Scheiblich

Christine Scheiblich, later Hahn-Scheiblich, East German rower born 1954 in Wilsdruff; first Olympic champion in women's single sculls, Montreal 1976 (4:05.56), and winner of the first four world titles in the event (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978).

Christine Sinclair

Christine Sinclair, born in 1983 in Burnaby, British Columbia, is a Canadian retired soccer forward who set the world record of 190 international goals and captained Canada to Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020.

Christine Slemon

Christine Slemon, also Maud Christine Slemon, later Chris McKenzie (born 1931), British runner who set the 3x880 yards world record (6:49.0, 1953) with Smalley and Leather, then pioneered U.S. women's distance running after marrying Gordon McKenzie.

Christine Wachtel

Christine Wachtel (Guth), born 1965, East German 800 m runner; 1988 Olympic silver behind Sigrun Wodars, three World Indoor titles, indoor 800 m world record 1:56.40 (1988), 1000 m world record 2:30.67 (1990).

Christl Cranz

Christl Cranz (Christel Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers, 1914–2004), German alpine skier; 1936 Olympic combined champion, 12 world titles 1934–1939, later founded the Steibis ski school.

Christl Haas

Christl Haas (1943-2001), Austrian alpine skier from Kitzbühel; downhill gold at Innsbruck 1964 Olympics, world downhill champion 1962 and 1964, downhill bronze at Grenoble 1968; lit the 1976 Olympic cauldron.

Christof Duffner

Christof Duffner (born 1971, Triberg im Schwarzwald) is a retired German ski jumper, SC Schönwald, Olympic team gold medalist at Lillehammer 1994 and world team champion at Ramsau 1999, an early V-style adopter who retired in 2004.

Christoffer Sundgren

Christoffer Sundgren (born 1989, Sveg, Sweden) is a Swedish curler, lead for Team Edin and then Team Eriksson: Olympic gold 2022, silver 2018, multiple world and European titles.

Christoph Bieler

Christoph Bieler, Austrian Nordic combined athlete (born 1977, Hall in Tirol): Olympic team gold 2006, team bronze 2002 and 2014, world team title 2003, six World Cup wins; ÖSV head coach since 2024.

Christoph Kramer

Christoph Kramer, born 1991 in Solingen, German defensive midfielder, 2014 World Cup winner with Germany (12 caps), long-serving Borussia Mönchengladbach player, famous for playing the 2014 final concussed with no memory of it; retired 2025.

Christoph Langen

Christoph Langen (born 1962) is a German bobsledder and coach, Olympic four-man champion 1998 and two-man champion 2002, with eight world titles, later German national head coach and IBSF technology director.

Christoph Sieber

Christoph Sieber (born 1971, Wels, Austria) is an Austrian windsurfer who won Olympic gold in men's Mistral at Sydney 2000 and placed fifth at Barcelona 1992; later a 49er sailor and the Austrian Olympic Committee's sporting director.

Christophe Capelle

Christophe Capelle, French road and track cyclist (born 1967, Compiègne), Olympic team pursuit gold medalist at Atlanta 1996 and French road race champion 2000; rode six Tours de France, professional 1991–2002.

Christophe Dugarry

Christophe Dugarry, born 1972 in Bordeaux, French forward; 55 caps, 8 goals for France 1994-2002; 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 winner; clubs included Bordeaux, Milan, Barcelona, Marseille, Birmingham; later RMC pundit.

Christophe Galtier

Christophe Galtier, born 1966 in Marseille, is a French football manager, three-time Ligue 1 Coach of the Year, who won the 2021 title with Lille and 2023 with PSG, now coaching NEOM SC in Saudi Arabia.

Christophe Kempe

Christophe Kempé is a retired French handball pivot, born in 1975 in Aubervilliers, who won Olympic gold with France at the 2008 Games, European gold in 2006, and world gold in 2009.

Christophe Lemaitre

Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter born 1990 in Annecy; first white man under 10 seconds for 100m (9.98, 2010), PBs 9.92/19.80, Barcelona 2010 European sprint treble, Olympic 200m bronze Rio 2016; retired June 2024.

Christopher Bell (racing driver)

Christopher Bell (born 1994, Norman, Oklahoma) is a NASCAR Cup Series driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota; 2017 Truck champion, 13 Cup wins, 2024 Coca-Cola 600 and 2025 All-Star Race winner.

Christopher Cupps

Christopher Cupps (born 2008, Chicago) is an American center-back, Chicago Fire homegrown signing and youngest homegrown to appear in MLS, on loan at Greenock Morton through 2026.

Christopher Daniels

Christopher Daniels (Daniel Christopher Covell, born 1970), "The Fallen Angel", American wrestler active 1993-2025 across WWE, WCW, ECW, TNA, ROH, NJPW, and AEW; retired January 2025, now AEW Head of Talent Relations.

Christopher Davies

Christopher Davies (born 1946), British sailor, won Flying Dutchman gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics crewing for Rodney Pattisson aboard Superdoso; won four of six races, skipped the final, 22.7 net points.

Christopher Dean

Christopher Dean (born 1958, Nottingham) is a British ice dancer and choreographer; with Jayne Torvill he won the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic gold with Boléro, earning perfect 6.0s, plus 1994 bronze.

Christopher Eubanks

Christopher Eubanks, American former pro tennis player from Atlanta; Georgia Tech standout, 2023 Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Mallorca champion, career-high No. 29; retired 2025, now ESPN analyst.

Christopher Grotheer

Christopher Grotheer (born 1992, Wernigerode) is a retired German skeleton racer, BRC Thüringen Oberhof. Olympic gold Beijing 2022, first German men's skeleton Olympic medal; world champion 2020, 2021, 2024; overall World Cup 2022/23; bronze twice at Milan Cortina 2026.