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Claudia Losch
Claudia Losch, born 1960, West German shot putter; 1984 Los Angeles Olympic champion (20.48 m), 1989 World Indoor champion, three-time European Indoor champion, personal best 22.19 m, fourth on the all-time list.
Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater born 1972 in East Berlin; five Olympic golds among nine medals, record eight Winter Olympics (1992-2022); banned two years in 2009 on blood-profile evidence she long contested.
Claudia Poll
Claudia Poll (Claudia María Poll Ahrens), Costa Rican swimmer born 1972 in Managua, won the 1996 Olympic 200 m freestyle gold, the first for Costa Rica and Central America, plus two Sydney bronzes and short-course world records.
Claudia Testoni
Claudia Testoni (1915-1998), Italian sprinter, hurdler and long jumper; 1938 European 80 m hurdles champion in Vienna and world record holder at 11.3 (1939), fourth in that event at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Cláudio Braga (footballer)
Cláudio Braga (Cláudio Rafael Soares Braga), Portuguese striker born 1999 in Mafamude, plays for Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premiership. Rose from Portuguese lower leagues via Norway's Moss and Aalesund; PFA Scotland Premiership Player of the Year 2026.
Claudio Bravo
Claudio Andrés Bravo is a Chilean former professional goalkeeper who played for Barcelona, Manchester City, and Real Betis, and captained Chile to back-to-back Copa América titles.
Claudio Caniggia
Claudio Paul Caniggia, El Hijo del Viento, Argentine winger born 1967 in Henderson; 50 caps, 16 goals; scored vs Brazil and Italy at Italia '90, banned for cocaine in 1993, played River, Boca, Rangers.
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli, born 1980 in Lucerne, Switzerland, is a Swiss professional wrestler, WWE's Cesaro, now in AEW; two-time ROH World Champion, five-time WWE Raw Tag Team Champion, King of Swing.
Claudio Marchisio
Claudio Marchisio, Il Principino, Italian midfielder born Turin 1986; Juventus 2006-2018, 389 games, 37 goals, seven straight Serie A titles; 55 Italy caps, Euro 2012 runner-up; Zenit St Petersburg, retired 2019.
Claudio Pizarro
Claudio Pizarro, born 1978 in Callao, is a Peruvian former striker, a Bundesliga legend with Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich: 197 goals in 490 games, six league titles, 2013 Champions League, oldest Bundesliga goalscorer.
Claudio Pollio
Claudio Pollio, born 1958 in Naples, is an Italian freestyle wrestler, light-flyweight up to 48 kg, who won gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics on a tiebreaker, the first and only Italian Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.
Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri (Rome, 1951), Italian football manager; led Leicester City to the 2015/16 Premier League title at 5,000-1 odds, his first top-flight crown in 132 years; later Roma senior advisor and FIGC technical director.
Claudio Reyna
Claudio Reyna, American midfielder and executive; USMNT captain 2000-2006, 112 caps, 8 goals, four World Cups, 2002 All-Star team; later NYCFC and Austin FC sporting director.
Cláudio Taffarel
Cláudio Taffarel (Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel), Brazilian goalkeeper born 1966, 1994 World Cup winner with 101 caps, penalty-shootout hero of 1994 and 1998, later Brazil's goalkeeping coach.
Claudio Vandelli
Claudio Vandelli, Italian cyclist born 1961 in Modena, nicknamed Cavallo Pazzo; Olympic gold in the 1984 Los Angeles 100 km team time trial, later professional road rider, cyclo-cross national champion and mountain bike racer.
Claus Erhorn
Claus Erhorn (born 1959, Hamburg-Harburg) is a German eventing rider, Olympic team gold medalist at Seoul 1988 and team bronze medalist at Los Angeles 1984, riding Justyn Thyme and Fair Lady.
Claus Juell
Claus Ludvig Juell (1902–1979), Norwegian sailor from Moss, KNS Oslo club member; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 10 metre class (1907 rating) as crew of the yacht Eleda, the event's only entrant.
Claustro
Claustro names two modern abstract board games: a Ludii pure placement game by Dale W. Walton (2021) where a fully surrounded piece loses, and Federico Latini's 2023 two-player 5x5 race game where captured pawns are placed back by the capturer.
Clay Bellinger
Clay Bellinger, Yankees and Angels utility outfielder (1999-2002), two-time World Series champion (1999, 2000), father of Cody Bellinger; drafted by Giants 1989, later Greek Olympian and Arizona firefighter.
Clay Britt
Clay Britt, American backstroke swimmer from Rockville, Maryland; three-time NCAA 100-yard backstroke champion for Texas (1980–82) with a 49.08 American record; later set 23 Masters World Records and entered MISHOF in 2021.
Clay court
Clay court (terre battue): tennis surface of crushed brick or stone over a limestone base; slowest, highest-bouncing surface, played with sliding; home of the French Open at Roland-Garros.
Clay Guida
Clay Guida, "The Carpenter" (born 1981, Round Lake, Illinois), American MMA lightweight and featherweight; inaugural Strikeforce lightweight champion, 37 UFC fights (fourth-most), UFC Hall of Fame Fight Wing 2019 for the Diego Sanchez bout, record 38-25-0, later competed in Real American Freestyle.
Clay Harbor
Clay Harbor (Clayton Lee Harbor, born 1987) is a former NFL tight end from Dwight, Illinois; Missouri State standout drafted 125th overall by the Eagles in 2010, later a Bachelorette contestant and Chicago sports media personality.
Clay Helton
Clay Helton (born 1972) is an American college football coach, head coach of Georgia Southern since 2021 and formerly USC's head coach (2015-2021), winning the 2016 Rose Bowl and 2017 Pac-12 title.
Clay Matthews III
Clay Matthews III (William Clay Matthews III, born 1986) is a former NFL linebacker, USC walk-on, 2009 first-round Packers pick, six-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl XLV champion, and Green Bay's all-time sack leader (83.5).
Clay Matthews Jr.
Clay Matthews Jr. (William Clay Matthews Jr.), NFL linebacker 1978-1996 with Cleveland Browns and Atlanta Falcons, 278 games, 69.5 official sacks, 4x Pro Bowl, USC All-American, repeated Hall of Fame semifinalist and 2021 finalist.
Clay pigeon shooting
Clay pigeon shooting, also called clay target shooting, is a shotgun sport using launched clay discs. Main disciplines: trap, skeet, sporting clays; targets replaced live pigeons from the 1880s.
Clay Regazzoni
Clay Regazzoni (Gianclaudio Regazzoni, 1939–2006), Swiss Formula One driver 1970–1980; 132 starts, 5 wins (4 Ferrari, 1 Williams), 1974 championship runner-up; paralyzed in 1980 Long Beach crash.
Clay Stanley
Clay Stanley (Clayton Iona Stanley, born 1978, Honolulu) is an American opposite hitter, 2008 Olympic gold medalist and tournament MVP with the U.S. men's volleyball team, three-time Olympian, and 2021 International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductee.
Clayton Diandy
Clayton Silverio Diandy (born 2006, São Domingos, Guinea-Bissau) is a Senegalese right winger for Diriyah Club in the Saudi Pro League; formerly Aris Thessaloniki, Senegal U17 and U20 international.