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Dorian Strong

Dorian Strong (born 2002) is a Buffalo Bills cornerback from Upper Marlboro, Maryland; a Virginia Tech product drafted 177th overall in 2025 after an elite 2023 coverage season, now on reserve/NFI.

Dorian Thompson-Robinson

Dorian Thompson-Robinson, "DTR", American football quarterback from Las Vegas; UCLA record-holder (12,536 total yards, 116 TDs), 2023 Browns fifth-round pick, later Eagles and UFL Birmingham Stallions.

Dorian van Rijsselberghe

Dorian van Rijsselberghe (born 1988, Den Burg, Texel) is a Dutch windsurfer who won Olympic RS:X gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016, was London's Dutch flagbearer, and later led the iQFOiL class.

Dorian Yates

Dorian Yates, English professional bodybuilder, 'The Shadow', six consecutive Mr. Olympia wins 1992-1997, first British winner, pioneer of high-intensity 'Blood & Guts' training and the mass monster era.

Dorien de Vries

Dorien de Vries (Dorien Berendina Lubertha de Vries), Dutch windsurfer born 1965 in Enschede; bronze in Women's Lechner A-390 at Barcelona 1992, tenth in Mistral at Atlanta 1996; distinct from other athletes named Dorien or de Vries.

Dorina Vaccaroni

Dorina Vaccaroni (Dorina Vaccaroni (-Manzo)), born 1963 in Venice, Italian foil fencer; four Olympics 1980-1992, medals: 1984 individual bronze, 1988 team silver, 1992 team gold; five world titles; later ultracyclist in California.

Doris Brown

Doris Brown, later Doris Brown Heritage (born 1942, Gig Harbor, Washington), American distance runner; first women's international cross-country champion 1967 and five-time winner 1967-71; two-time US Olympian and Hall of Famer.

Doris Maletzki

Doris Maletzki (Brachmann, Maletzki-Romanowsky), born 1952 in Salzwedel, East German sprinter for SC Dynamo Berlin; Olympic 4x400 m relay gold at Montreal 1976 in world record 3:19.23 and European 4x100 m gold at Rome 1974 in 42.51.

Doris Neuner

Doris Neuner, Austrian luger born 1971 in Innsbruck, won the 1992 Albertville Olympic women's singles luge gold, 0.073 seconds ahead of her sister Angelika; five-time Austrian champion, retired 1995.

Dorking Wanderers F.C.

Dorking Wanderers F.C., also called the Wanderers, is an English non-league club founded in 1999 by Marc White and friends, promoted 12 times from park football to the National League, playing at 3,000-capacity Meadowbank Stadium in Dorking, Surrey.

Dorothea Wierer

Dorothea Wierer (Doro), born 1990 in Brunico, is a retired Italian biathlete, two-time overall IBU World Cup winner (2019, 2020), ten-time world championship medalist, and four-time Olympic medalist who retired at Milano Cortina 2026.

Dorothee Schneider

Dorothee Schneider (Doro, born 1969), German dressage rider; two Olympic team golds (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020) and silver (London 2012) on Showtime FRH and Diva Royal; Reitmeister 2019, Gestüt St. Stephan owner.

Dorothy Bauer

Dorothy Bauer, American early-1910s discus thrower; recorded 26.12 m with a 1.25 kg discus in New York on 2 May 1914 in World Athletics' pre-federation women's marks, distinct from other people named Dorothy Bauer.

Dorothy Hamill

Dorothy Hamill (born 1956, Chicago) is an American figure skater, 1976 Innsbruck Olympic gold medalist and 1976 World champion, nicknamed America's Sweetheart, creator of the Hamill camel spin and famed for her bob haircut.

Dorothy Kamenshek

Dorothy "Kammie" Kamenshek (1925–2010), American left-handed first baseman for the Rockford Peaches of the AAGPBL, 1943–1953; two-time batting champion, league career leader in hits, putouts, and double plays.

Dorothy Lambert Chambers

Dorothea Katherine Lambert Chambers (1878-1960), British tennis champion, seven-time Wimbledon ladies' singles winner 1903-1914 and 1908 London Olympics outdoor women's singles gold medalist.

Dorothy Lyford

Dorothy Lyford, American athlete of the Boston Swimming Association, set the final official women's standing long jump world record, 2.625 m, in Boston on 10 June 1933, and competed at the 1936 US Olympic Trials.

Dorothy Odam Tyler

Dorothy Odam Tyler (Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Odam-Tyler), English high jumper (1920-2014); Olympic silver 1936 and 1948, only woman to win athletics Olympic medals either side of WWII; 1939 world record 1.66 m.

Dorothy Poynton-Hill

Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915-1995), American diver, also Dorothy Poynton; four Olympic diving medals: 1928 springboard silver at 13 (youngest U.S. Olympic medalist), platform gold 1932 and 1936, 1936 springboard bronze.

Dorothy Wright

Dorothy Wright (Dorothy Winifred Wright, née Machin, 1889–1960) was a British Olympic sailor who won gold in the 7-metre class at Antwerp 1920 aboard Ancora, the only woman in the 1920 yachting events and third female yachting gold medalist.

Dorsey Levens

Dorsey Levens, nicknamed "The Horse," is a former NFL running back who starred for the Green Bay Packers, winning Super Bowl XXXI and making the 1997 Pro Bowl.

Dory Funk Jr.

Dory Funk Jr. (Dorrance Earnest Funk, 1941–2026), American pro wrestler, WWE Hall of Famer, and NWA World Heavyweight Champion 1969–1973 with the second-longest reign in that title's history; brother of Terry Funk and founder of the Funking Conservatory.

Dosun fuwari

Dosun fuwari (ドッスンフワリ) is a Nikoli logic puzzle created in 2015 by Longlife: place one balloon and one iron ball in each grid room, obeying gravity; solving it is NP-complete.

Dot Richardson

Dot Richardson (Dorothy Gay Richardson, born 1961, Orlando) is an American orthopedic surgeon and softball shortstop, two-time Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2000) who hit the 1996 gold-medal winning home run, and head coach at Liberty University since 2013.

Dota

Dota (Defense of the Ancients, DotA 1) was a Warcraft III custom game created by Eul in 2003, expanded by Guinsoo and IceFrog, that founded the MOBA genre and led to Valve's Dota 2.

Dota 2

Dota 2 (Defense of the Ancients 2) is Valve's free-to-play 5v5 MOBA, successor to the Warcraft III DotA mod, released July 2013; 126 heroes, denies and teleport scrolls distinguish it from League of Legends, and The International once held a $40 million crowdfunded prize pool.

Dota Auto Chess (刀塔自走棋)

Dota Auto Chess (刀塔自走棋) is Drodo Studio's January 2019 Dota 2 custom mod that invented the autobattler genre: eight players draft heroes, auto-combat resolves fights, and it peaked above 100,000 concurrent players.

Dota Underlords

Dota Underlords (刀塔霸业) is Valve's free-to-play auto battler for Steam, Android, and iOS, adapted from the Dota Auto Chess mod; announced June 13, 2019, open beta June 20, 2019, eight-player matches with shared hero pools and Underlord characters.

Dota: Dragon's Blood

Dota: Dragon's Blood, also DOTA: Dragon's Blood, is a Netflix adult animated fantasy series based on Valve's Dota 2, made with Studio Mir and Kaiju Boulevard; 3 seasons, 24 episodes, 2021–2022, following Dragon Knight Davion and Princess Mirana.

Dotchi loop

Dotchi loop (ドッチループ, dotchirupu) is a Nikoli logic puzzle first published in Puzzle Communication Nikoli #167: draw one loop through all white circles, avoiding black circles, with uniform straight-or-turn behavior per region; ASP-complete.