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Edmundo Warnke

Edmundo Warnke is a Chilean long-distance runner, born in 1951, who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won the 1976 São Silvestre road race.

Edoardo Mangiarotti

Edoardo Mangiarotti (Il Re di Spade), Italian fencer, 1919-2012; won a record 13 Olympic medals (6 gold) in épée and foil 1936-1960, plus 26 World Championship medals, and later served as FIE secretary-general.

Edoardo Motta

Edoardo Motta, born 2005 in Biella, is an Italian goalkeeper for SS Lazio, signed from Reggiana in January 2026; famed for saving four penalties in a Coppa semifinal shootout, Italy U21 keeper.

Edouard Artigas

Édouard José Artigas (1906–2001), French épée fencer of US Métro, Paris; 1948 London Olympic team épée gold medalist and 1947 Lisbon world champion in individual and team épée, with world team silvers in 1937, 1953, and 1955.

Edouard Candeveau

Édouard Candeveau (1898–1989), Swiss rower of SN Genève; Olympic gold in coxed pairs at Paris 1924 with Felber and Lachapelle, bronze at Antwerp 1920 with Piaget, and European titles 1922, 1923, 1929, 1931.

Édouard Mendy

Édouard Mendy, Senegalese goalkeeper for Al Ahli and formerly Chelsea and Rennes; 2021 Champions League winner, first African to win The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper, two-time AFCON champion, retired internationally in 2026.

Edson Álvarez

Edson Álvarez (Edson Omar Álvarez Velázquez), Mexican defensive midfielder and centre-back born 1997; Club América, Ajax, West Ham United, Fenerbahçe loan; Mexico captain with 100+ caps, three Gold Cups, 2025 Nations League title.

Edson Barboza

Edson Barboza (Edson Mendes Barboza Jr.) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist who fought in the UFC's lightweight and featherweight divisions from 2010 to 2026.

Edu (footballer, born 1978)

Edu (Eduardo César Daud Gaspar, born 1978, São Paulo) is a Brazilian former midfielder who played for Corinthians, Arsenal (Invincibles, 2000–2005), and Valencia, won Copa América 2004 with Brazil, and later served as Arsenal sporting director and Nottingham Forest Global Head of Football.

Eduard Azaryan

Eduard Azaryan (Էդուարդ Ազարյան), born 1958 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast, son of rings champion Albert Azaryan; 1980 Moscow Olympic team gold, 1978 World team silver, later coach in Aliso Viejo, California.

Eduard Ivanov

Eduard Georgiyevich Ivanov (Эдуард Георгиевич Иванов, 1938–2012), Soviet ice hockey defenseman with CSKA Moskva; 1964 Olympic champion, four-time world and European champion, and the defenseman named best forward at Innsbruck 1964.

Eduard Koksharov

Eduard Koksharov (Эдуард Александрович Кокшаров), Russian handball left wing (1975–2026): Olympic gold 2000, world gold 1997, 1,110 international goals; later coached Russia and Meshkov Brest.

Eduard Pütsep

Eduard Pütsep (1898–1960), Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler, first Estonian wrestling Olympic champion, gold at Paris 1924 bantamweight (≤58 kg); world and European silver medalist, later coach in Estonia, Latvia, and Finland.

Eduard Scherrer

Eduard Scherrer (1890–1972), Swiss bobsledder from Leysin, Vaud; won the first-ever Olympic bobsled gold in the four-man event at Chamonix 1924 with Neveu and the Schläppi brothers after winning a sled in a raffle; his only international competition.

Eduard Sibiryakov

Eduard Sibiryakov (Эдуард Фёдорович Сибиряков), Soviet volleyball attacker born 1941 in Chelyabinsk, won Olympic gold at Tokyo 1964 and Mexico City 1968, plus 1962 world and 1967 European titles.

Eduard Streltsov

Eduard Streltsov (Эдуард Стрельцов, 1937–1990), Soviet forward for Torpedo Moscow and the USSR; 1956 Olympic gold champion, twice Soviet Footballer of the Year, imprisoned 1958 after a disputed rape trial, never played a World Cup.

Eduard Thelen

Eduard Thelen, born 1946 in Köln, is a German former field hockey player who won gold with West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympics, beating Pakistan 1-0 in the final, earned 38 caps, played for Rot-Weiss Köln, and became an orthopedic surgeon.

Eduard Vinokurov

Eduard Vinokurov (Эдуард Теодорович Винокуров, 1942–2010), Soviet sabre fencer; two Olympic team golds (1968, 1976) and 1972 silver, six world team titles, later coach and Olympic referee.

Eduardo Camavinga

Eduardo Camavinga, born 2002 in Cabinda, Angola, is a French midfielder for Real Madrid and France. Rennes academy product, youngest post-war France debutant, two-time Champions League winner, versatile across midfield and left-back.

Eduardo da Silva

Eduardo da Silva (Eduardo Alves da Silva), born 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian-born Croatian former striker of Dinamo Zagreb, Arsenal, and Shakhtar Donetsk; 64 caps and 29 goals for Croatia, remembered for his 2008 leg break and 2009 comeback.

Eduardo Felicíssimo

Eduardo Felicíssimo (Eduardo Manuel Freitas Monteiro Ferreira Felicíssimo), Portuguese midfielder born 2007 in Montijo; Sporting CP academy product, ex-Benfica youth, 7 first-team 2024/25 appearances, league and cup winner, contracted to 2030.

Eduardo Guerrero

Eduardo Guerrero (1928–2015), Argentine rower, Olympic gold in double sculls with Tranquilo Capozzo at Helsinki 1952; also rugby player and museum founder. Distinct from the Panamanian footballer and Dodgers infielder of the same name.

Eduardo Paret

Eduardo Paret, born 1972 in Santa Clara, Cuba, is a former shortstop who won Olympic golds in 1996 and 2004, a 2008 silver, and 2005 World Championship MVP honors.

Eduardo Penido

Eduardo Penido (Eduardo Henrique Gomes Penido), Brazilian sailor born 1960 in Rio de Janeiro; won 470 class gold with Marcos Soares at Moscow 1980, later sixth in the 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre Class40 aboard Zetra, the first all-Brazilian duo in that race.

Eduardo Valencia

Eduardo Andres Valencia (born 2000, Valencia, Venezuela) is a Detroit Tigers catcher/first baseman who debuted July 9, 2026, homering in his first MLB at-bat after eight minor league seasons.

Eduardo Vargas

Eduardo Jesús Vargas Rojas, "Turboman", Chilean forward (born 1989, Renca). Universidad de Chile 2011 treble and Copa Sudamericana record scorer; Napoli, Tigres, Atlético Mineiro; Chile's second all-time scorer with 45 goals and two-time Copa América champion.

Educational game

Educational game: a game designed so play produces learning outcomes; a serious-game category distinct from gamification. Evidence shows small-to-moderate gains (mean effect 0.48) with design-dependent results.

Edvard Westerlund

Edvard Vilhelm Westerlund (1901–1982), Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler, won Olympic gold at 75 kg in Paris 1924, bronze at 67.5 kg in Amsterdam 1928, and the 1922 world title; brother of wrestlers Emil and Kalle Westerlund.

Edvin Anger

Edvin Anger (born 2002, Hedemora, Sweden) is a Swedish cross-country sprint skier for Åsarna IK, 2020 Youth Olympic sprint champion, 2025 Les Rousses World Cup winner, and second in the 2024-25 World Cup overall behind Klæbo.

Edvin Hellgren

Edvin Erik Hellgren (1888–1919), Swedish cross-country runner for Djurgårdens IF; DNF in the individual 1912 Stockholm Olympic cross-country but shared Sweden's team gold, with Swedish Championship medals 1911–1915.