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Grand Trictrac
Grand Trictrac is the elaborate French tables game, attested from the early 16th century and split from Petit Trictrac in the 17th, in which two players score points for jans and positions on a backgammon-like board rather than race checkers; a match is 12 trous of 12 points.
Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil
Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil, the French Champion Hurdle: Group 1 staying hurdle race over 5,100 m for 5yo+, first run 1874 at Auteuil, Paris; 16 obstacles; recent dual winner Losange Bleu.
Grandma Gatewood
Grandma Gatewood (Emma Rowena Gatewood, 1887-1973), Ohio farmer who in 1955 became the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail at 67, completed it three times, and co-founded the Buckeye Trail.
Grandmaster (chess)
Grandmaster (GM), the highest FIDE chess title below World Champion; established 1950 with 27 recipients; earned via 2500 Elo rating plus three GM norms or direct titles.
Grandmaster (martial arts)
Grandmaster (martial arts): senior honorific above master, also Sigung (Chinese) or Dae sa beam nim (Korean). No universal standard; Korean law requires 9th Dan Kukkiwon for Taekwondo grandmaster designation.
Grandvalira
Grandvalira is the largest ski resort in the Pyrenees, in Andorra, also called Grand Valira. Formed in 2003 by merging Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig and Soldeu-El Tarter, it has 215 km of slopes across seven sectors and a single ski pass.
Granit Xhaka
Granit Xhaka, Swiss midfielder born 1992 in Basel; Switzerland's record-capped captain. Played Basel, Gladbach, Arsenal (297 apps), unbeaten Bundesliga double with Leverkusen, now Sunderland captain.
Grant Bramwell
Grant Digby Bramwell (born 1961, Gisborne) is a New Zealand sprint canoeist, Olympic gold medalist in the men's K4 1000 m at Los Angeles 1984, and 1985 world bronze medalist in K1 10000 m; not the Jamaican sprinters named Bramwell.
Grant Brits
Grant Tyson Brits (born 1987, Johannesburg) is an Australian freestyle swimmer who won bronze in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Beijing 2008, silver at the 2007 Melbourne Worlds, and set a short-course world record of 6:52.66.
Grant Fisher
Grant Fisher (born 1997, Calgary) is an American distance runner, Paris 2024 double Olympic bronze medalist at 5000m and 10,000m, and holder of the indoor world records at 3000m (7:22.91) and 5000m (12:44.09).
Grant Flower
Grant Flower (born 1970, Harare), Zimbabwean all-rounder and batting coach; 67 Tests and 221 ODIs 1992-2010; coached Zimbabwe, Pakistan (2017 Champions Trophy), Sri Lanka, Sussex, and Surrey from 2026.
Grant Fuhr
Grant Fuhr, born 1962 in Spruce Grove, Alberta, is a Canadian Hall of Fame goaltender who won five Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, took the 1988 Vezina, and in 2003 became the first Black player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett (born 1980) is an Australian swimmer, Olympic 1500 m freestyle champion in 2000 and 2004, 1500 m world record holder 2001–2011 (14:34.56), and Australian team captain 2005–2008.
Grant Hanley
Grant Campbell Hanley (born 1991, Dumfries) is a Scottish centre-back for Hibernian and Scotland, with 70 caps. Formerly Blackburn Rovers captain, then Newcastle United, Norwich City, and Birmingham City; played at EURO 2020, EURO 2024, and the 2026 World Cup.
Grant Hill
Grant Hill (born 1972) is a Hall of Fame small forward, two-time NCAA champion at Duke, 1994 third overall pick, seven-time NBA All-Star, and USA Basketball men's managing director.
Grant Holloway
Grant Holloway (Stanley Grant Holloway, born 1997) is an American hurdler, 110mH Olympic champion (Paris 2024) and three-time world champion, with the 60m hurdles world record of 7.27 and eight NCAA titles at Florida.
Grant Holman
Grant Holman (Grant James Holman, born 2000) is an MLB right-handed relief pitcher from Chula Vista, California; a 2021 sixth-round Athletics pick out of Cal who debuted in 2024 and later pitched in the Diamondbacks, Tigers, and Phillies organizations.
Grant Holmes
Grant Holmes (Harrison Grant Holmes, born 1996) is an MLB right-handed pitcher for the Atlanta Braves; Dodgers 2014 first-rounder, 10 minor league seasons, 15-strikeout game in 2025, rehabbed a torn UCL.
Grant Holt
Grant Holt (born 1981, Carlisle), English striker; Norwich City cult hero who scored 78 goals in 168 games, won three straight player of the year awards, and hit 15 Premier League goals in 2011-12; retired 2020, later took up wrestling.
Grant Horvat
Grant Horvat, American golf YouTuber (Grant Horvat Golf, 1.5M+ subs), ex-Good Good member who left in 2022; former Palm Beach Atlantic college golfer, Takomo Golf part-owner, Primo apparel owner, TaylorMade ambassador.
Grant Main
Grant Main (Gerald Grant Main, born 1960, Victoria, BC) is a Canadian rower, gold medallist in the men's coxed eight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and sixth in 1988, later a BC deputy minister.
Grant Schubert
Grant Schubert (Grant Luke Schubert, born 1980, Loxton, South Australia) is an Australian field hockey striker, Olympic gold medallist at Athens 2004 and bronze medallist at Beijing 2008, with 180 Kookaburras caps.
Grant Udinski
Grant Udinski (born 1996, Doylestown, PA) is the Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator since February 2025, formerly Minnesota Vikings assistant OC/QBs coach; led record-setting 2025 offense.
Grant Williams (basketball)
Grant Williams (born 1998) is an NBA forward for the Charlotte Hornets, drafted 22nd overall in 2019 by Boston after two SEC Player of the Year seasons at Tennessee; career averages of 7.0 points and 37.7% three-point shooting.
Grappling
Grappling: close-range non-striking combat using takedowns, control, joint locks, and chokes; spans wrestling, judo, sambo, BJJ, and UWW-regulated Grappling (2007), with IBJJF, ADCC, and UWW rulesets differing in scoring and leg-lock legality.
Grass court
Grass court, also called lawn tennis court, a natural-turf tennis surface; the fastest, lowest-bouncing of the three court types, original surface of tennis (Wimbledon since 1877), now rare on tour and typically 100% perennial ryegrass.
Grass skiing
Grass skiing (グラススキー, Grasski) is alpine skiing on grass slopes using short caterpillar-track skis, invented in 1960s Germany by Josef Kaiser, FIS-recognized since 1985, with World Championships since 1979 and events in Super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and super combined.
Grass Wonder (グラスワンダー)
Grass Wonder (グラスワンダー), American-bred Japanese racehorse (1995-2025) by Silver Hawk; two-time Arima Kinen winner, 1999 Takarazuka Kinen, rival of Special Week; sire of Screen Hero; Umamusume inspiration.
Grasshopper Manufacture
Founded in 1998 by Goichi Suda, Grasshopper Manufacture Inc. is a Tokyo developer that created over 25 titles, including cult hits like Killer7 and No More Heroes.
Gratsian Botev
Gratsian Botev (Грациан Георгиевич Ботев, 1928–1981), Soviet canoeist; with Pavel Kharin won C-2 10,000 m gold and C-2 1,000 m silver at Melbourne 1956, the 10,000 m event's final Olympic edition.