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Franz Bockli

Franz Böckli (1858–1937), Swiss sport shooter, won gold in the 300 m free rifle team event at the 1900 Paris Olympics and was 1899 world champion in the standing position.

Franz Kapus

Franz Kapus (1909–1981), Swiss bobsled pilot from Zürich; won four-man gold at the 1956 Cortina Olympics at age 46, the oldest pilot of an Olympic gold-medal sled, after world titles in 1955.

Franz Keller

Franz Keller, German Nordic combined skier and ski jumper (born 1945, Nesselwang), won individual Nordic combined gold at Grenoble 1968 for West Germany, silver at the 1966 Oslo World Championships, and the 1973 Holmenkollen Medal.

Franz Kemser

Franz Kemser (1910-1986), West German bobsledder of SC Riessersee; Olympic four-man gold at Oslo 1952 with Ostler, Nieberl, and Kuhn in a 472 kg crew, plus World silvers in 1938 and 1953 and 1939 bronze.

Franz Klammer

Franz Klammer, also known as Kaiser Franz or Klammer Express, Austrian alpine skier born 1953 in Mooswald; 1976 Innsbruck Olympic downhill gold, record 25 World Cup downhill wins, five downhill World Cup titles.

Franz Rautek

Franz Rautek (1902–1989) was an Austrian jiu-jitsu teacher and inventor who created the Rautek maneuver, an emergency carry for moving unconscious people out of danger still taught in first-aid courses.

Franz Wembacher

Franz Wembacher (born 1958, Bischofswiesen) is a West German luger who won the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic men's doubles gold with Hans Stanggassinger, West Germany's first Olympic luge title, plus World and European medals.

Franz-Josef Kemper

Franz-Josef Kemper (born 1945, Hopsten) is a German former middle-distance runner, 1966 European 800 m silver medallist, 1000 m world record holder (2:16.2), and fourth-place finisher at the 1972 Munich Olympics, later a Rhineland-Palatinate sports official.

Franziska Brauße

Franziska Brauße, German track and road cyclist (born 1998, Metzingen), Olympic team pursuit gold at Tokyo 2020 in world-record 4:04.242, world champion team pursuit 2021 and individual pursuit 2022, rides for REMBE | rad-net Women.

Franziska Gude

Franziska Gude, later Franziska Löwe, born 1976 in Göttingen, is a German field and indoor hockey player; Olympic gold 2004 Athens, 168 caps, Rot-Weiss Köln midfielder.

Franziska Preuß

Franziska Preuß (Franzi), German biathlete born 1994, SC Haag; 2024/25 World Cup Total Score winner over Lou Jeanmonnot, 2025 pursuit world champion at Lenzerheide, two Olympic relay bronzes, retired after the 2026 Milano Cortina Games.

Franziska van Almsick

Franziska van Almsick, German freestyle swimmer born 1978 in East Berlin, won 10 Olympic medals (4 silver, 6 bronze, no gold) from 1992 to 2004, two world titles, 18 European titles, and six world records including the 200m freestyle mark that stood until 2007.

Franziska Weber

Franziska Weber, born 1989 in Potsdam, is a German sprint canoeist who won Olympic gold in the K2 500 m with Tina Dietze at the 2012 London Games.

Fraser Forster

Fraser Forster (born 1988, Hexham) is an English goalkeeper, 201 cm tall, with 6 England caps. Celtic clean-sheet record holder, later Southampton, Tottenham, and from January 2026 Bournemouth.

Fratton Park

Fratton Park, Portsmouth FC's home ground on Portsea Island since 1898, Frogmore Road, PO4 8RA; capacity about 21,000, record 51,385 (1949), first floodlit Football League match (1956), Leitch-designed South Stand.

Frauen-Bundesliga

Frauen-Bundesliga (Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga), Germany's top women's football division, 14 teams since 2025/26, DFB-run until 2027, then FBL e.V. under a lease to 2034; broadcast on MagentaSport and DAZN.

Fraxiom

Fraxiom is the WWE tag team of Axiom and Nathan Frazer, formed in NXT in 2024, two-time NXT Tag Team Champions, SmackDown call-up April 25, 2025, known for fast-paced high-flying matches.

Fray Tormenta

Fray Tormenta (Friar Storm), born Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez in 1945, is a Mexican Catholic priest who wrestled masked in lucha libre to fund his orphanage, inspiring Nacho Libre and The Man in the Golden Mask.

Fred (footballer, born 1983)

Fred (Frederico Chaves Guedes, born 1983, Teófilo Otoni) is a Brazilian retired striker; Fluminense idol with 199 goals in 382 games, three-time Brasileirão top scorer, Lyon Ligue 1 winner, Brazil 39 caps, 2006 and 2014 World Cups.

Fred (footballer, born 1993)

Fred, full name Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos, is a Brazilian central midfielder who spent five seasons at Manchester United after Shakhtar Donetsk and now plays for Atlético Mineiro.

Fred Alderman

Fred Alderman (Frederick Pitt Alderman, 1905–1998), American quarter-miler and Michigan State Spartan; won 1928 Amsterdam Olympic gold in the 4x400 m relay, world record 3:14.2, third leg 49.4.

Fred Anton Maier

Fred Anton Maier (1938–2015), Norwegian long-distance speed skater; 1968 Olympic 5,000 m champion and World and European all-round champion; set 11 world records and won 4 Olympic medals.

Fred Biletnikoff

Fred Biletnikoff (Frederick S. Biletnikoff), born 1943 in Erie, PA, Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders 1965-78; 589 catches, 8,974 yards, 76 TDs, Super Bowl XI MVP, later Raiders receivers coach.

Fred Børre Lundberg

Fred Børre Lundberg (born 1969, Hammerfest) is a Norwegian former Nordic combined skier, Olympic individual champion 1994 and team champion 1998, world champion 1991 and 1995, Holmenkollen Medal 1998.

Fred Couples

Fred Couples (b. 1959, Seattle), 'Boom Boom', American golfer; 15 PGA Tour wins, 1992 Masters champion as World No. 1 for 16 weeks, 13 senior wins, three Presidents Cup captaincies, World Golf Hall of Fame 2013.

Fred Cresser

Fred Cresser (Frederick John Gräßer, 1872–1919), German-born American rower with Vesper Boat Club, Philadelphia; won gold in the men's eights at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.

Fred Davis

Fred Davis (Frederick Davis, 1886-1960), British freestyle wrestler from Liverpool, Hammersmith Amateur Wrestling Club; =5th in bantamweight at the 1908 London Olympics, losing the quarter-final to Aubert Côté; not the runner Fred Davies.

Fred Deburghgraeve

Fred Deburghgraeve (Frédérik Edouard Robert Deburghgraeve, born 1973) is a Belgian breaststroke swimmer, first Belgian Olympic swimming champion, winning 100 m gold at Atlanta 1996 in world record time, later world champion 1998.

Fred Dryer

Fred Dryer (John Frederick Dryer, born 1946), American defensive end for the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams (1969-1981) and actor starring as Rick Hunter on NBC's Hunter (1984-1991); College Football Hall of Fame 1997.

Fred Etchen

Fred Etchen (Frederick Rudolph Etchen, Sr., 1884-1961), American trapshooter from Coffeyville, Kansas; captain of the gold-medal 1924 U.S. Olympic trap team in Paris, 1926 live bird world champion, Kansas Sports Hall of Fame charter inductee.