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Diego Reyes

Diego Reyes (Diego Antonio Reyes Rosales, El Flaco), Mexican centre-back born 1992 in Mexico City; Olympic gold 2012, América, Porto, Tigres, Querétaro; 65 Mexico caps. Distinct from the Guatemalan taekwondoin and the 2003-born goalkeeper of the same name.

Diego Rossi

Diego Rossi (Diego Martín Rossi Marachlian), Uruguayan forward born 1998 in Montevideo; Peñarol, LAFC, Fenerbahçe, Columbus Crew, CF Monterrey; youngest MLS Golden Boot winner (2020), 2023 MLS Cup champion.

Diego Sanchez

Diego Sanchez, "The Nightmare" (born 1981, Albuquerque), retired American MMA fighter; won The Ultimate Fighter season 1 middleweight, 30-14 record, UFC Hall of Famer, later BKFC.

Diego Sánchez (footballer, born 2005)

Diego Alexander Sánchez Guevara, "Chicha" (born 2005, Monterrey), Mexican left winger for Tigres UANL and Mexico U20; 1.55 m, right-footed, scored in Clausura 2026 playoffs and Apertura 2026.

Diego Schwartzman

Diego Schwartzman (Diego Sebastián Schwartzman Daiez), Argentine tennis player, career-high ATP No. 8 in 2020, four ATP titles, Roland Garros semifinalist, retired February 2025 at the Argentina Open.

Diego Simeone

Diego Simeone (Diego Pablo Simeone), Argentine manager born 1970, coach of Atlético Madrid since December 2011; creator of cholismo, a compact 4-4-2 defensive style; eight titles, two Champions League finals, 800 matches, contract to 2027.

Diego Villares

Diego Villares Yáñez (Vilalba, 1996), Spanish midfielder and captain of RC Deportivo de A Coruña since 2025; joined 2018, debut 2021, renewed to 2028, over 200 matches, promoted to LaLiga.

Dies Janse

Dies Janse (born 2006, Goes) is a Dutch left-footed centre-back, 1.96 m, for Ajax; debuted 11 August 2024 vs sc Heerenveen, loaned to FC Groningen 2025/26, contract extended to June 2030.

Dieter Arend

Dieter Arend (Dietrich Kurt Julius Arend, 1914-1987), German rowing coxswain of Ruderklub am Wannsee; won Olympic gold in the men's coxed pair at Berlin 1936 with Adamski and Gustmann, and German titles in 1936, 1943, and 1944.

Dieter Baumann

Dieter Baumann, German long-distance runner born 1965 in Blaustein; 1992 Olympic 5000 m champion, 1988 silver, 1994 European champion; German records at 3000 m and 10,000 m; 1999 nandrolone case; retired 2003.

Dieter Freise

Dieter Freise (1945-2018), German field hockey defender and dentist from HC Heidelberg; won gold with West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympics, beating Pakistan 1-0 in the final, and earned 86 caps.

Dieter Grahn

Dieter Grahn (born 1944, Sobótka/Zobten) is a German rower and coach; East German coxless four Olympic champion 1968 and 1972, world champion 1966 and 1970, later Bundestrainer of the German men's eight.

Dieter Kottysch

Dieter Kottysch (30 June 1943 – 9 April 2017) was a West German amateur boxer, 1972 Munich Olympic light-middleweight gold medalist, beating Wiesław Rudkowski 3-2; first West German Olympic boxing champion after World War II.

Dieter Krause

Dieter Krause (1936–2020), East German flatwater canoeist; won gold in the one-off K1 4×500 m kayak relay at Rome 1960 for the unified German team, later a sports official and revealed Stasi informant.

Dieter Riedel

Dieter Riedel, born 1947, is a German former footballer who played as a winger for SG Dynamo Dresden and won Olympic gold with East Germany in 1976.

Dieter Schubert

Dieter Schubert is a German former rower who rowed in the 'Dresden Four' and won Olympic gold in the men's coxless fours for East Germany in 1968 and 1972.

Dieter Thoma

Dieter Thoma, German ski jumper (born 1969, Hinterzarten), 1990s World Cup star; 1994 Olympic team gold and normal hill bronze, 1998 team silver, 1989/90 Four Hills winner, 1990 ski flying world champion, later ARD commentator.

Dieter Wendisch

Dieter Wendisch (born 1953), East German rower, SC Einheit Dresden; two Olympic rowing golds, eights at Montreal 1976 and coxed fours at Moscow 1980, plus world titles 1975, 1977, 1978.

Dieter Wiedenmann

Dieter Benedikt Wiedenmann (1957-1994) was a West German rower of Ulmer RC Donau who won quadruple sculls gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics by 0.43 seconds and World Championship gold in 1983.

Dietmar Hamann

Dietmar (Didi) Hamann, born 1973 in Waldsassen, German defensive midfielder; Bayern Munich, Newcastle, Liverpool (283 games, 2005 Champions League), Manchester City; 59 Germany caps, 2002 World Cup runner-up; later Stockport County manager and Sky pundit.

Dietmar Lorenz

Dietmar Lorenz (1950-2021), East German judoka of SC Dynamo Hoppegarten, first German Olympic judo champion, winning open-class gold and -95 kg bronze at Moscow 1980; also first non-Japanese Kano Cup winner (1978).

Dietmar Mogenburg

Dietmar Mogenburg (Dietmar Mögenburg), born 1961 in Leverkusen, West German high jumper; 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold at 2.35 m, 1980 world record co-holder, 2.39 m indoor best.

Dietmar Schauerhammer

Dietmar Schauerhammer (born 1955) is a German former decathlete and bobsledder for East Germany who won two-man and four-man gold at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics as brakeman for pilot Wolfgang Hoppe.

Dietmar Schmidt

Dietmar Schmidt (born 1952, Zwickau) is a German handball coach and former East German circle runner who captained the GDR to 1980 Moscow Olympic gold, 23-22 over the USSR; 242 caps, 349 goals; distinct from other namesakes.

Dietmar Trillus

Dietmar Trillus (born 1958) is a German-born Canadian compound archer, 2007 world champion and 2008 World Cup Final winner, first non-USA resident to win the Vegas Indoor Archery Festival.

Dieumerci Mbokani

Dieumerci Mbokani (Dieudonné Mbokani Bezua), Congolese centre-forward born 1985 in Kinshasa; 2012 Belgian Golden Boot winner with 401 points, five league titles with Standard and Anderlecht, 22 goals in 48 DR Congo caps, retired 2025.

Differdange

Differdange (FC Differdange 03, FC Déifferdeng 03), Luxembourgish football club founded 2003 by merger of Red Boys and AS Differdange; National Division champion 2024-25, based at Differdange's Thillenberg ground.

Differential learning

Differential learning is a motor learning method in which athletes practice a movement in many varied, non-repeated forms without corrective feedback, used in sports training and rehabilitation.

Dig Dug

Dig Dug (ディッグ・ダッグ) is Namco's 1982 arcade maze game, released by Atari in the USA, where the player inflates Pookas and Fygars with an air pump or crushes them with falling rocks.

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (デジモンストーリー サイバースルゥース)

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (デジモンストーリー サイバースルゥース) is a 2015 Media.Vision turn-based monster-raising RPG for PS Vita and PS4; its Complete Edition bundles it with Hacker's Memory on Switch and PC with 300+ Digimon.