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France women's national football team
France women's national football team, Les Bleues, France's FFF-run women's international side; first official match 1971 (4-0 vs Netherlands), World Cup semifinalists 2011, Euro semifinalists 2022, no major title.
Frances Jackling
Frances Jackling, University of California athlete, set the women's 8-lb shot put world best of 10.41 m (34-1.75) at Berkeley on 14 April 1914, also a basketball throw record.
Frances Rivett-Carnac
Frances Rivett-Carnac (1874–1962) was a British sailor who won 1908 Olympic gold in the 7-meter class aboard her husband Charles's yacht Heroine.
Frances Schroth
Frances Cowells Schroth (1893–1961), American swimmer from Oakland, won gold in the 4×100 m freestyle relay plus two individual bronzes at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, set a relay world record, and was the wife of water polo medalist George Schroth.
Frances Tiafoe
Frances Tiafoe, "Big Foe," American tennis player born 1998 to Sierra Leonean immigrants; career-high No. 10 (2023), 2018 Delray Beach and 2026 Halle titles, three US Open semifinals (2022, 2024, 2026), beat Nadal at 2022 US Open.
Frances Tiafoe career statistics
Frances Tiafoe career statistics: American tennis player, born 1998, four ATP titles including Halle 2026, three US Open semifinals, career-high ATP ranking No. 8, record 279-232.
Francesca Bortolozzi Borella
Francesca Bortolozzi Borella, Italian foil fencer born 1968 in Padova, won Olympic team gold in 1992 and 1996 and silver in 1988, was individual world champion in 1993, and later became a fencing master in Padova.
Francesca Conti
Francesca Conti (Francesca Cristiana Conti-Rath), Italian water polo goalkeeper born 1972 in Genzano di Roma; 327 international caps, Olympic gold at Athens 2004, world titles 1998 and 2001, four European titles with GS Orizzonte Catania.
Francesca Lollobrigida
Francesca Lollobrigida, Italian long-track speed skater born 1991 in Frascati, great-niece of actress Gina Lollobrigida. Double Olympic champion (3000m, 5000m) at Milan-Cortina 2026, silver and bronze at Beijing 2022, 5000m world champion 2025.
Francesca Pianzola
Francesca Florida Pianzola, Swiss javelin thrower of Fémina Sport Genève, pioneer of Swiss women's athletics; won the two-handed javelin at the 1922 Women's World Games in Paris with a 43.24 m world record and set her final record of 54.43 m in Lausanne in 1925.
Francesco Acerbi
Francesco Acerbi (born 1988, Vizzolo Predabissi) is an Italian left-footed centre-back; Sassuolo, Lazio and Inter (2022-2026, six trophies), Euro 2020 winner with Italy, testicular cancer survivor, famous for the 93rd-minute goal against Barcelona in the 2025 Champions League semifinal.
Francesco Aquilini
Francesco Aquilini, Canadian businessman, Chairman and Governor of the NHL Vancouver Canucks and public face of the Aquilini Investment Group; led the family's 2004-2006 Canucks acquisition, upheld in court against Gaglardi and Beedie.
Francesco Attolico
Francesco Attolico, "Airone Azzurro", Italian water polo goalkeeper born 1963 in Bari; Barcelona 1992 Olympic gold and Atlanta 1996 bronze, world champion Rome 1994, European champion 1993 and 1995 with the Settebello.
Francesco Bagnaia
Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia, Italian MotoGP rider born 1997 in Turin, number 63 Ducati Lenovo Team; MotoGP champion 2022 and 2023, Moto2 champion 2018; leaves Ducati for Aprilia in 2027.
Francesco Friedrich
Francesco Friedrich (born 1990, Pirna, Germany), nicknamed Friedrich der Große, is a German bobsleigh pilot with four Olympic golds and two silvers, double 2018 and 2022 champion, and record 16-time world champion.
Francesco Gabriotti
Francesco Gabriotti (1914-1987) was an Italian footballer, a left winger for SS Lazio who won gold with Italy in men's football at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; the final was his only cap, and a knee injury soon ended his career.
Francesco Gargano
Francesco Gargano (5 May 1889 – 29 October 1975), Italian sabre fencer, first Sicilian Olympic gold medalist, won team sabre gold and placed 11th individually at Antwerp 1920, then coached Swedish fencing from 1935.
Francesco Lamon
Francesco Lamon, Italian track cyclist born 1994 in Mirano, team pursuit specialist; Olympic gold Tokyo 2020 with world record 3:42.032, bronze Paris 2024, world champion Roubaix 2021, rides for Fiamme Azzurre.
Francesco Loy
Francesco Loy (Francesco Emanuele Giovanni Loy, 1891-1977), also spelled Loi, was an Italian gymnast from Cagliari who won men's team gold at the 1912 and 1920 Olympics and 1911 world team bronze.
Francesco Martino
Francesco Martino (1900-1965), Bari-born Italian gymnast of Società Ginnastica Angiulli; double gold medalist at Paris 1924 Olympics in rings and team all-around, first Apulian Olympic champion.
Francesco Molinari
Francesco Molinari (born 1982, Turin) is an Italian golfer, 2018 Open champion at Carnoustie and first European to go 5–0 in a Ryder Cup; 2018 Race to Dubai winner, world No. 5 peak, later European vice captain.
Francesco Musso
Francesco Musso (Franco Musso), Italian boxer born 1937 in France, won featherweight gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics, beating Jerzy Adamski 4-1 in the final, then boxed professionally 1960-1966 with 24 wins and 4 losses.
Francesco Pavoni
Pierfrancesco Pavoni (born 1963, Rome) is an Italian sprinter, 1982 European 100 m silver medallist and 1983 World Championships 4x100 m relay silver medallist; former Italian indoor 60 m record holder at 6.55.
Francesco Toldo
Francesco Toldo (born 1971, Padua) is an Italian former goalkeeper of Fiorentina and Inter Milan; hero of Euro 2000's semi-final penalty shootout against the Netherlands, five-time Scudetto winner and 2010 Champions League treble squad member.
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti, Italian footballer born 1976, one-club AS Roma legend 1993-2017: 786 games, 307 goals, 2001 Scudetto, 2006 World Cup winner, Golden Shoe 2007.
Francesco Zucchetti
Francesco Zucchetti (1902–1980), Italian track cyclist, Olympic gold medalist in the 4,000 m team pursuit at Paris 1924 with De Martini, Dinale, and Menegazzi; later professional in the United States.
Franchise tag
The franchise tag is a National Football League designation, introduced in 1993, that lets each team keep one impending free agent on a one-year contract.
Francie Larrieu Smith
Francie Larrieu Smith (Francis Ann Larrieu-Smith) is an American distance runner who made five U.S. Olympic teams from 1972 to 1992 and later coached at Southwestern University.
Francis Burchell
Francis Romulus Burchell (1873-1947) was an English cricketer who won gold in men's cricket at the 1900 Paris Olympics with the Devon and Somerset Wanderers, batting number 11 and scoring no runs.
Francis Coquelin
Francis Coquelin, French defensive midfielder born 1991 in Laval; Arsenal 2008-2017 (two FA Cups), Valencia (Copa del Rey 2019), Villarreal (Europa League 2021), Nantes, and a 2026 return to Stade Lavallois.