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Clayton Keller

Clayton Keller, born 1998, is an American ice hockey right wing and the first-ever captain of the NHL's Utah Mammoth, drafted seventh overall by the Arizona Coyotes in 2016.

Clayton Kershaw

Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed pitcher 2008-2025, three-time NL Cy Young winner, 2014 MVP, 3,052 strikeouts, 2020/2024/2025 World Series champion; retired September 2025.

Clayton Young

Clayton Young (born 1993, American Fork, Utah) is an American marathoner, 2019 NCAA 10,000m champion for BYU, 2024 Olympic Trials runner-up, and 9th at Paris 2024; personal best 2:05:23 (Chicago 2026).

Clean and jerk

Clean and jerk: one of the two IWF Olympic weightlifting lifts, pulling the barbell to the shoulders then driving it overhead; part of the Total with the snatch, sole overhead lift since the press was dropped in 1972.

Clean and press

Clean and press: two-phase weightlifting exercise, barbell cleaned to shoulders then strictly pressed overhead. Olympic lift 1928–1972; abolished for judging problems and back injury; last record 157.5 kg by Mladen Kuchev.

Clean climbing

Clean climbing is a rock climbing style and ethic using removable protection (nuts, hexes, cams) instead of pitons or bolts, defined by the 1972 Chouinard Equipment catalog and favored in US wilderness management.

Clearwater Threshers

The Clearwater Threshers, formerly the Clearwater Phillies, are a Minor League Baseball team in Clearwater, Florida, the Philadelphia Phillies' Single-A Florida State League affiliate since 1985 that won league titles in 1993 and 2007.

Clelin Ferrell

Clelin Ferrell, NFL edge defender from Richmond, Virginia; Clemson All-American; drafted fourth overall by Oakland Raiders in 2019; later 49ers, Commanders, Chargers, Dolphins; 21 career sacks.

Clement Bessaguet

Clément Bessaguet, French 25 m rapid fire pistol shooter born 1991 in Montpellier; 2025 world champion (Cairo), 2022 European champion, 7th at Tokyo 2021 and Paris 2024 Olympics, ISSF world No. 1.

Clement Bischoff

Clement Mutahi Bischoff (born 2005) is a Danish footballer, left back or left winger, from Sundby and AC Amager Academy via Brøndby IF to Red Bull Salzburg and NEC Nijmegen, a Denmark U21 international.

Clement Chukwu

Clement Chukwu, Nigerian 400 m sprinter born 1973 in Umuahia; Eastern Michigan NCAA champion; lead-off runner on Nigeria's 4x400 m relay upgraded to Sydney 2000 Olympic gold after the USA doping disqualification.

Clement Lefert

Clément Lefert (born 1987, Nice) is a French swimmer, Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and silver medalist in the 4x200 m relay at London 2012, who retired at 25 to become a London oil trader.

Clément Lenglet

Clément Lenglet is a French professional footballer, born in 1995 in Beauvais, who plays as a center-back for Benfica and was a France international, capped 16 times.

Clement Smoot

Clement Eyer Smoot (1884-1963), American golfer from Exmoor Country Club, Highland Park, Illinois; won 1904 Olympic team golf gold with the Western Golf Association, tied 17th individually, later founded Smoot-Holman Electrical Company.

Clemente Rodriguez

Clemente Juan Rodriguez, Argentine left back born 1981 in Buenos Aires; 2004 Olympic football gold medalist, three-time Copa Libertadores winner with Boca Juniors, retired 2021 at Deportivo Merlo.

Clementine (The Walking Dead)

Clementine (The Walking Dead) is Telltale Games' central protagonist, an eight-year-old in Season One voiced by Melissa Hutchison, later playable in Season Two and The Final Season, continued in canon Skybound comics.

Clementine Stoney

Clementine Stoney Maconachie (née Stoney), Australian backstroke swimmer born 1981 in Albury; 2000 Sydney Olympian, short-course 200m backstroke world record holder (2:05.83, 2001); retired 2003 through illness; now a Sydney sculptor and Paris 2024 Olympian Artist.

Clemson Tigers

Clemson Tigers: athletics teams of Clemson University (ACC), best known for football with national titles in 1981, 2016, 2018, 22 ACC championships, Memorial Stadium (81,500), and coach Dabo Swinney's ACC-record 187 wins.

Clemson Tigers football

Clemson Tigers football: Clemson University's ACC football program, founded 1896, with three national championships (1981, 2016, 2018), 800 all-time wins, and coach Dabo Swinney since 2009.

Cleo Balbo

Cleo Balbo (Clementina/Cleonice Balbo, 1919-1984), Italian athlete and fencer from Turin; 3x800m relay world record 7:32.0 in 1937, Italian 800m champion 1939, and 1947 world fencing bronze in women's foil team.

Cleopatre Darleux

Cléopatre Darleux (Cléopâtre Darleux Mingam), born 1989, French handball goalkeeper; Olympic gold Tokyo 2020, world champion 2017, retired June 2025, now Brest sporting director.

Cleve Dean

Cleve Dean, born Luther Cleve Dean (1953–2011), was an American professional arm wrestler and pig farmer from Georgia who won roughly a decade of world superheavyweight championships.

Cleveland Barons (NHL)

Cleveland Barons (NHL): NHL team 1976-78, the relocated California Golden Seals, playing at Richfield Coliseum; finished last-tier in the Adams Division both seasons and merged into the Minnesota North Stars in 1978.

Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns, NFL team in the AFC North founded 1944 by Arthur McBride; won four AAFC and four NFL titles, never reached a Super Bowl; relocated 1995, reactivated 1999, moving to Brook Park dome in 2029.

Cleveland Browns relocation controversy

Cleveland Browns relocation controversy, "The Move": Art Modell's 1995 move of the NFL Browns to Baltimore, creating the Ravens; lawsuits kept the Browns name, history, and colors in Cleveland, returning as an expansion team in 1999.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA Eastern Conference team in Cleveland, Ohio, playing at Rocket Arena. One championship (2016, LeBron James comeback over the Warriors), 25 playoff appearances, 64-18 in 2024-25, owned by Dan Gilbert.

Cleveland Guardians

Cleveland Guardians, formerly Cleveland Indians (until November 19, 2021), are MLB's American League Central franchise at Progressive Field, named for the Hope Memorial Bridge sculptures, with World Series titles in 1920 and 1948 and MLB's lowest 2026 payroll.

Cleveland Indians name and logo controversy

Cleveland Indians name and logo controversy, also called the Chief Wahoo dispute, covered MLB's Cleveland club, named Indians from 1915, whose caricature logo (1947-2018) drew Native American protests until the 2021 rebrand as the Guardians.

Cleveland Recreation

Cleveland Recreation: Cleveland, Ohio's municipal Division of Recreation (created 1916) and its Cleveland Recreation Club/Department track teams, whose women's program under coach Alex Ferenczy produced Olympians Sandy Knott, Rose Lovelace, Vivian Brown, and Madeline Manning.

Cleveland Sirens

Cleveland Sirens, Cleveland's WNBA expansion team owned by Dan Gilbert's Rock Entertainment Group, unveiled August 4, 2026; 16th franchise, plays at Rocket Arena from the 2028 season.