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Eero Berg

Eero Berg (Eero Edvin Berg, 1898–1969), Finnish long-distance runner of Tampereen Pyrintö; bronze in the 1924 Paris Olympic 10,000 m (31:43.0) and gold in the team cross-country despite an individual DNF; 1925 Finnish steeplechase champion; lived in Brazil 1929–1931.

Eero Lehtonen

Eero Reino Lehtonen (1898–1959), Finnish track and field athlete; won the Olympic pentathlon at Antwerp 1920 and Paris 1924, the last two times the event was held, making him its final Olympic champion; also Finnish long jump champion.

Eero Mantyranta

Eero Mantyranta (Eero Antero Mäntyranta; 1937–2013) was a Finnish cross-country skier who won seven Olympic medals, three of them gold, at three Winter Games from 1960 to 1968.

Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie, also Keuken Kampioen Divisie (KKD), the Dutch second tier of men's professional football; founded 1956, 20 teams, 38 rounds, four period titles, no direct relegation to the Tweede Divisie.

Eevee

Eevee (Pokemon #0133, Evolution Pokemon) is a first-generation Pokemon species with an unstable genetic makeup that lets it evolve into many forms (Eeveelutions) via stones, friendship, and other methods; star of Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! and a franchise co-mascot.

Efe Ajagba

Efe Ajagba, 'The Silent Roller' (born 1994, Ughelli, Nigeria), Nigerian heavyweight boxer, 2016 Olympian, record 21-1-1 (15 KOs), based in Stafford, Texas, ranked in The Ring's heavyweight top 10, promoted by Zuffa Boxing.

Effects of high altitude on humans

Effects of high altitude on humans: hypobaric hypoxia above ~2,500 m lowers oxygen partial pressure, driving acclimatization, altitude illness (AMS, HACE, HAPE), sleep disturbance, and performance limits near Everest's 8,848 m summit.

EFL Championship

EFL Championship, or Sky Bet Championship, is the second tier of English football: 24 clubs from England and Wales below the Premier League, with two automatic promotion places, a Play-Off winner, and six-team Play-Offs from 2026/27.

EFL Championship play-offs

EFL Championship play-offs: end-of-season knockout awarding the final promotion place to the Premier League. Four teams (third to sixth) entered since 1987; Wembley final since 1990; expanded to six teams from 2026/27.

EFL Cup

EFL Cup, also called Carabao Cup or League Cup, England's secondary knockout cup for all 92 Premier League and EFL clubs, founded 1960/61, two-legged semi-finals, Wembley final, Conference League spot for the winner.

EFL League One

EFL League One, the third tier of English football since 2004 (formerly Division Two/Three), is a 24-club EFL division: top two plus play-off winner promoted to the Championship, bottom four relegated to League Two.

EFL League Two

EFL League Two is the fourth tier of English football, run by the English Football League. Created by the 2004 rebranding of Division Three, it promotes its top three clubs plus a play-off winner to League One under the SCMP financial rules.

EFL Trophy

EFL Trophy, formerly Associate Members' Cup (1983) and Football League Trophy (1992), English knockout cup for League One and League Two clubs plus 16 Premier League U21 academy sides; Wembley final; current sponsor Jersey Mike's.

EFootball

eFootball is Konami's free-to-play football simulation game, announced 21 July 2021 as the rebrand of Pro Evolution Soccer/Winning Eleven, built on Unreal Engine, cross-platform on consoles, PC, and mobile.

Efren Reyes

Efren 'Bata' Reyes, 'The Magician' (born 1954, Pampanga), Filipino pool player with 100+ international titles; 1994 US Open 9-Ball, 1999 World Pool Championship, 2004 World Eight-ball, Derby City one-pocket record.

Efthymis Koulouris (Ευθύμης Κουλούρης)

Efthymis Koulouris (Ευθύμης Κουλούρης), Greek centre-forward born 1996 in Skydra; PAOK academy product, two Greek Cups, Super League top scorer 2018-19, Ekstraklasa top scorer 2024-25 with Pogoń Szczecin, 18 Greece caps, now Wieczysta Kraków.

Efton Chism

Efton Chism III, New England Patriots wide receiver, undrafted in 2025 from Eastern Washington; record 120-catch 2024 FCS season breaking Cooper Kupp's mark, 53-game reception streak, slot receiver and kick returner.

Egan Bernal

Egan Bernal (Egan Arley Bernal Gomez, born 1997), Colombian cyclist for Netcompany Ineos; first Colombian Tour de France winner (2019), 2021 Giro champion, survived a near-fatal 2022 training crash, won a 2025 Vuelta stage.

Egan Inoue

Egan Inoue (born 1965) is a Hawaiian athlete and entrepreneur: two-time racquetball world champion (1986, 1990), first non-Brazilian BJJ world champion, MMA fighter, and founder of E-Force and Egan's Fitness.

Egbert Hirschfelder

Egbert Hirschfelder (Egbert Christoph Hirschfelder), German rower, 1942-2022. West German Olympic champion: coxed four gold, Tokyo 1964; eight gold, Mexico City 1968; European champion 1963 and 1967; 1972 Munich flagbearer.

Egebergs ærespris

Egebergs ærespris (Kabinetskammerherre Egebergs ærespris for alsidig idrett), Norway's highest sports honor, founded 1919 by Ferdinand Egeberg; bronze statuette by Magnus Vigrestad for athletes excelling in two or more sports.

Egersund

Egersund (Egersunds Idrettsklubb, EIK, Tigrene), Norwegian multi-sports club from Egersund, Rogaland, founded 1919; football side promoted to OBOS-ligaen 2023, 4th in 2024, plays at B&G Parken.

Egil Danielsen

Egil Danielsen (9 Nov 1933 – July 2019), Norwegian javelin thrower from Hamar IL; 1956 Melbourne Olympic champion with world record 85.71 m, first javelin WR set at an Olympics; 1958 European silver.

Egil Gjelland

Egil Gjelland (born 1973, Voss) is a Norwegian biathlete, 2002 Olympic relay gold and 1998 relay silver medalist, 2005 world relay champion, later coach of Norwegian, Czech, and Italian women's teams.

Egil Søby

Egil Søby (Egil Vike Søby), Norwegian sprint kayaker born 1945 in Tønsberg; Olympic K4 1000 m gold 1968 with the gullfireren and bronze 1972; 47 Norwegian titles; later national coach and motivational speaker.

Egill Reimers

Egill Reimers (1878–1946) was a Norwegian architect in Bergen and Olympic sailor; he won 1920 Antwerp 12-metre class gold aboard Heira II and designed Bergen school buildings such as the Geophysical Institute.

Egnatia

KF Egnatia (Klubi i Futbollit Egnatia), Albanian football club from Rrogozhinë, named after the Via Egnatia; three straight Kategoria Superiore titles 2023-24 to 2025-26, Albanian Cup 2022-23 and 2023-24, Arena Egnatia home, first Albanian club in a UEFA league stage since 2017-18.