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Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich, "Coach Pop," San Antonio Spurs head coach 1996-2025, five NBA championships (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014), NBA all-time wins leader, Hall of Famer, now Spurs president of basketball operations.
Gregg Williams
Gregg Williams, NFL defensive coordinator (Titans, Redskins, Saints, Rams, Browns, Jets) and Bills head coach 2001-03; central figure in the Saints bounty scandal, indefinitely suspended in 2012; later XFL/UFL DC Defenders coach.
Grégoire Świderski
Grégoire Jean Stanislas Świderski (born 2005, Bruges, France) is a Canadian goalkeeper, ex-Girondins de Bordeaux youth, now at Deportivo Alavés (number 31) playing for Alavés B in Segunda Federación; not the Polish striker Karol Świderski.
Gregor Braun
Gregor Braun, born 1955 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, West German track and road cyclist; double 1976 Montreal Olympic champion (individual and team pursuit), professional pursuit world champion 1977 and 1978; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2023.
Gregor Gillespie
Gregor Gillespie, nicknamed "The Gift" (born 1987), is an American UFC lightweight and former Edinboro NCAA Division I wrestling champion with a 14-1 pro record; his only loss was Kevin Lee's 2019 head-kick KO, and he last fought in May 2021.
Gregor Hradetzky
Gregor Hradetzky (1909–1984), Austrian canoeist and organ builder; won K-1 1000 m and folding K-1 10000 m gold at Berlin 1936, second Austrian with two Summer Games golds, later led the family organ firm.
Gregor Kobel
Gregor Kobel, born 1997 in Zurich, is a Swiss goalkeeper for Borussia Dortmund who joined from VfB Stuttgart in 2021 and became Switzerland's number one in 2024.
Gregor Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer (born 1990, Rum, Tirol) is an Austrian former ski jumper, record World Cup winner with 53 individual victories, two overall titles, two Four Hills wins, and four Olympic medals.
Gregorio Paltrinieri
Gregorio Paltrinieri, born in 1994 at Carpi in Modena, Italy, is a distance freestyle and open-water swimmer who won Olympic 1500 m freestyle gold at Rio 2016.
Gregory Foster
Greg Foster (1958-2023), American 110m hurdler from Chicago, won three consecutive world titles (1983, 1987, 1991) and 1984 Olympic silver; set 7.36 indoor 60m hurdles world record; distinct from NBA player Greg Foster.
Gregory Helms
Gregory Shane Helms, aka The Hurricane and Hurricane Helms, American pro wrestler (born 1974, Smithfield NC); WCW's 3 Count, WWE superhero gimmick, longest-reigning WWE Cruiserweight Champion, now a WWE producer.
Gregory Mallet
Grégory Mallet (born 1984, Rueil-Malmaison) is a French freestyle swimmer, CN Marseille relay specialist, with Olympic silvers in the 4x100 m relay (Beijing 2008) and 4x200 m relay (London 2012), 2013 world title, and a short course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record (3:04.98).
Gregory van der Wiel
Gregory van der Wiel (born 1988, Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch right back: Ajax academy product (191 appearances), PSG 2012–16 with four straight Ligue 1 titles, Fenerbahçe, Cagliari, Toronto FC; 46 Netherlands caps including the 2010 World Cup final; retired 2021 after mental health struggles.
Greivis Vásquez
Greivis Vásquez (Greivis Josué Vásquez Rodríguez), born 1987 in Caracas, Venezuelan point guard, Maryland's second all-time scorer, 28th pick of the 2010 NBA Draft, 7 NBA seasons, led the league in total assists in 2012-13.
Gresini Racing
Gresini Racing (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), Italian independent MotoGP team founded by Fausto Gresini in Faenza, competing since 1997; five world titles, Ducati satellite with Alex Marquez and Fermin Aldeguer.
Greta Andersen
Greta Andersen (1927-2023), Danish swimmer, 1948 Olympic 100 m freestyle champion and 4x100 relay silver medallist, later a professional marathon swimmer with six English Channel crossings and 18 world records.
Greta Johansson
Greta Johansson (Anna Teresia Margareta Johansson, later Brandsten, 1895–1978), Swedish diver and swimmer of Stockholms KK; won the first Olympic women's diving gold at Stockholm 1912, first Swedish female Olympic champion, later Stanford diving instructor in California.
Gretchen Fraser
Gretchen Fraser, born Gretchen Kunigk, was an American alpine ski racer who won the 1948 Olympic slalom at St. Moritz, the first American gold medal in alpine skiing.
Gretchen Ulion
Gretchen Ulion (Gretchen Ulion Silverman), born 1972 in Marlborough, Connecticut, is an American ice hockey forward who won gold with the 1998 U.S. Olympic team at Nagano, scoring the first goal of the gold-medal game against Canada, after a record-setting Dartmouth career.
Grete Andersen Waitz
Grete Andersen Waitz (1953-2011), Norwegian distance runner; nine-time New York City Marathon winner, first women's marathon world champion (Helsinki 1983), 1984 Olympic marathon silver medallist, five-time world cross country champion.
Grete Frederiksen
Grete Frederiksen (Grete Ortved Frederiksen, later Therkildsen), Danish freestyle swimmer, 1918-2007. Seventh in the 1936 Olympic 400 m freestyle final; set the 1,500 m freestyle world record of 22:36.7 in Copenhagen on 26 June 1936, an improvement of 40.5 seconds that stood until 1938.
Grete Heublein
Grete Heublein (Maria Grete Heublein, 1908-1997), German shot put and discus thrower; fifth in Olympic discus 1928 and 1932, nine world records, 1930 Women's World Games shot put gold.
Gretna
Gretna FC, Scottish border club founded 1946, played English non-league, elected to the Scottish league in 2002, reached the 2006 Scottish Cup final and SPL, then liquidated in 2008; successor Gretna FC 2008 plays at Raydale Park.
Grey Cup
Grey Cup: CFL championship game and trophy, donated 1909 by Governor General Earl Grey for amateur rugby football; first won by University of Toronto 26-6; Toronto Argonauts lead with 19 titles; 2025 champion Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Grey Zabel
Grey Zabel (born 2002) is an NFL offensive guard, Seattle Seahawks first-round pick (18th, 2025) from North Dakota State, highest drafted FCS offensive lineman, Super Bowl LX champion and PFWA All-Rookie.
Greyhawk
Greyhawk is the World of Greyhawk, D&D's first full campaign setting, begun by Gary Gygax in 1972 as a castle dungeon, published 1980/1983, dormant 1993, revived in the 2024 DMG and Legends of Greyhawk organized play.
Greyhound racing
Greyhound racing: dogs chase a mechanical lure on oval tracks as a betting sport. Launched at Belle Vue, Manchester, 1926; peaked at 70M+ UK attendance; now banned in New Zealand, Wales, Scotland, with commercial racing left in Australia, Ireland, England, and West Virginia.
Greyhounds
Greyhounds is a 1985 betting and racing board game by Bernd Brunnhofer (Hans im Glück; Mattel 1988), Spiel des Jahres recommended 1986, for 3-4 players with a bookmaker role and card-driven dog races.
Greysia Polii
Greysia Polii, born 1987 in Jakarta, Indonesian women's doubles badminton player; with Apriyani Rahayu won Indonesia's first Olympic women's doubles gold at Tokyo 2020, retired June 2022.
Grian (YouTuber)
Grian, British Minecraft YouTuber known for building tutorials, Hermitcraft membership since Season 6, and creating the Life Series; over 8.8 million subscribers, most viewed video 91 million views, official Minecraft Partner.