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Genrikh Kasparyan
Genrikh Kasparyan (Հենրիկ Կասպարյան, 1910–1995), Armenian endgame study composer and player; first four FIDE composition grandmasters (1972), ten-time Armenian champion, author of Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies.
Genrikh Sidorenkov
Genrikh Sidorenkov (Генрих Иванович Сидоренков, 1931–1990), Soviet ice hockey defenseman, CSKA Moscow; 1956 Olympic gold and 1960 bronze, two world titles, six Soviet championships, Hall of Fame 2004.
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, since 2026 In Flanders Fields – from Middelkerke to Wevelgem, is a Belgian one-day UCI WorldTour cycling classic founded in 1934, held late March, defined by De Moeren crosswinds and the cobbled Kemmelberg.
Gentlemen v Players
Gentlemen v Players, English first-class cricket series 1806–1962 between amateur Gentlemen and professional Players, mostly at Lord's; 274 matches, Players won 125, ended when MCC abolished amateur status in 1963.
Genzebe Dibaba
Genzebe Dibaba (ዲባባ•ገንዘቤ), Ethiopian distance runner born 1991 in Bekoji; 2015 world 1500m champion, Rio 2016 Olympic silver, 3:50.07 1500m world record, five world indoor titles, and multiple indoor world records.
Geo Buchard
Géo Buchard (Georges Eugène William Buchard, 1893–1987), French épée fencer; Olympic team gold 1924 and 1932, three silvers, one bronze, and three individual world titles (1927, 1931, 1933).
Geocaching
Geocaching: a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS devices to find hidden containers (geocaches). Began May 3, 2000 in Oregon after Selective Availability ended; run by Groundspeak, with over 3.4 million active caches worldwide.
Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes (Geoffrey Lewis Capes, 1949-2024), British shot putter and strongman: three-time Olympian, British record holder at 21.68 m since 1980, two-time World's Strongest Man (1983, 1985), and six-time Highland Games world champion.
Geoff Gaberino
Geoff Gaberino (Geoffrey Steven Gaberino, born 1962, Dallas, Texas) is an American former competitive swimmer who won gold in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Geoff Huegill
Geoff Huegill (Geoffrey Andrew Huegill, "Skippy"), Australian butterfly swimmer born 1979 in Gove, NT. Dual Olympian, Sydney 2000 silver and bronze, former 50m butterfly world record holder long and short course, seven-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Geoff Hurst
Sir Geoff Hurst is an English former footballer and striker, born in 1941, known for scoring a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final. He managed Chelsea.
Geoff Keighley
Geoff Keighley, born 1978 in suburban Toronto, is a Canadian video game journalist and producer who self-financed The Game Awards in 2014, reaching 154 million livestreams in 2024.
Geoff Marsh
Geoff Marsh (Geoffrey Robert Marsh, born 1958), Australian right-handed opening batter, 50 Tests and 117 ODIs, 1987 World Cup winner, later Australia's 1996-1999 coach and 1999 World Cup-winning coach, father of Shaun and Mitchell Marsh.
Geoff Neal
Geoff "Handz of Steel" Neal, American UFC welterweight from Austin, Texas, training at Fortis MMA; 16-8 record, Contender Series graduate, KO wins over Luque and Dos Anjos, knockout losses to Prates and Medić.
Geoff Ramsey
Geoff Ramsey (Geoffrey Lazer Ramsey, born 1975) is an American voice actor and internet personality, co-founder of Rooster Teeth and Achievement Hunter, voice of Grif in Red vs. Blue, and Regulation Podcast host; distinct from the eMarketer CEO of the same name.
Geoff Shipton
Geoff Shipton (Geoffrey Lloyd Shipton, 1941-2006), Australian freestyle swimmer from Sydney; won silver in the inaugural Olympic 4x100 m medley relay at Rome 1960 and bronze in the 110 yards freestyle at the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games.
Geoff Vanderstock
Geoff Vanderstock (Geoffrey Peter Vanderstock, born 1946) is an American former hurdler who set the 400 m hurdles world record, 48.94, at the 1968 Olympic Trials and finished fourth at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
Geoffrey Boycott
Geoffrey Boycott, born 21 October 1940, England and Yorkshire opening batsman; 108 Tests 1964-1982, 8,114 runs at 47.72, 22 centuries, first England player past 8,000 Test runs; later a BBC commentator.
Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono
Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono, Kenyan middle-distance runner (born 1987), 1500 m specialist; ran third leg on Kenya's 4x1500 m relay world record team (14:36.23, Brussels 2009); PB 3:32.55.
Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai
Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai, Kenyan marathon runner born 1981; won 2011 Boston Marathon in 2:03:02, then the fastest marathon ever but not a ratified world record, and won the New York City Marathon in 2011 and 2013.
Geoffrey Kondogbia
Geoffrey Kondogbia (born 1993, Nemours) is a French-born defensive midfielder at Olympique Marseille who won the 2013 U-20 World Cup with France, earned 5 friendly caps, then switched to the Central African Republic in 2018, after Lens, Sevilla, Monaco, Inter, Valencia, and Atlético Madrid.
Geoffrey Mason
Geoffrey Mason names two Americans: Geoffrey Travers Mason (1902–1987), 1928 St. Moritz five-man bobsleigh gold medalist recruited by newspaper ad, and Geoffrey Sheridan Mason (1940–2026), ABC producer of the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage coverage, 24 Emmys.
Geoffrey Ronoh
Geoffrey Ronoh (born 1982), Kenyan road runner; 2014 Olomouc Half Marathon pacemaker-turned-winner (1:00:17) who beat Kipsang and Mutai; PBs 59:45 half marathon, 27:28 10 km, 2:09:29 marathon.
GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr: browser geography game created April 2013 by Anton Wallén, using Google Street View; five rounds, 5,000 points each, 25,000 max; freemium until February 2024, now subscription; annual World Championship esports event.
GeoGuessr World Championship
GeoGuessr World Championship: the annual world tournament for the Street View guessing game, run by GeoGuessr AB since 2023 (first two editions in Stockholm as the World Cup, 2025 Copenhagen, 2026 Berlin; champions Consus, Blinky, Radu C, Debre).
Geometry Dash
Geometry Dash: rhythm-based action platformer by RobTop Games (Robert Topala), iOS 2013, Steam 2014; one-touch, no checkpoints, level editor, rating system, Update 2.2 after seven years.
Georg Albertsen
Georg Albertsen (Georg Albert Christian Albertsen), Danish gymnast, 1889 Frederiksberg to 1961 Gentofte; won gold for Denmark in the men's team free system at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics with club KSG Copenhagen.
Georg Amberger
Georg Wilhelm Amberger (1890-1949), German middle-distance runner for Berliner SC; 1912 Stockholm Olympian in 1500 m and 3000 m team race, 500 m world record holder (1:06.0, 1920), two-time German 800 m champion, author of Der Lauf (1923).
Georg Arnold
Georg Arnold is the name of several unrelated people and places: a German volleyball player born in 2010, landscape painter Georg Arnold-Graboné, swimmer George Arnold, and Georg Arnold Jacobi.
Georg Dascher
Georg Dascher (1911–1944), German field handball player; won gold with Germany at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the only time field handball was Olympic; later a Wehrmacht lieutenant killed near Hürtgen.