Sports, games, and recreation

Gustaf Rosenquist

Gustaf Vilhelm (Gösta) Rosenquist, Swedish artistic gymnast (1887–1961) from Jönköping, club Jönköpings GF; won 1908 London Olympic gold in the men's team event, Swedish system, scoring 438 points.

Gustaf Wejnarth

Gustaf Wejnarth (Carl Gustaf Olof Wejnarth, 1902–1990), Swedish 400 m runner for SoIK Hellas; 1921 Swedish champion, silver in 4x400 m relay at Paris 1924 Olympics.

Gustav Burton

Gustav (Gus) Burton, British racing driver born 2002 in Southend, Essex; competes in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, with a 2026 debut win at Norisring.

Gustav Flatow

Gustav Felix Flatow (1875–1945), German Jewish gymnast, won 1896 Olympic gold in team parallel bars and team horizontal bar; placed =102 at Paris 1900; died in Theresienstadt.

Gustav Freij (Karl Gustav Herbert Freij, 1922–1973), Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler of IK Sparta, Malmö; Olympic gold 1948, silver 1952, bronze 1960 at 67 kg, world champion 1953, creator of the Sparta style.

Gustav Lexau

Gustav Lexau, German swimmer and water polo player, won gold in the 200 m team swimming at the 1900 Paris Olympics with Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin and placed fifth in water polo with Germany.

Gustav Schafer

Gustav Schäfer (Gustav August Schäfer), German rower (1906–1991), 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist in single sculls, first German Olympic sculling champion; 1934 European champion; later German Olympic Society co-founder.

Gustav Schuft

Gustav Schuft (Fritz Richard Gustav Schuft, 1876–1948), German gymnast from Berlin; won two team gold medals (parallel bars, horizontal bar) for Germany at the 1896 Athens Olympics, unplaced individually.

Gustav Thaulow

Gustav Thaulow (1875–1942) was a Norwegian engineer and sailor who won Olympic gold in the 12-meter class aboard the yacht Magda IX at the 1912 Stockholm Games.

Gustav Weder

Gustav Weder (Gusti), born 1961 in Diepoldsau, is a retired Swiss bobsleigh pilot, double Olympic two-man gold medalist (1992, 1994) with Donat Acklin, five-time world champion, and later a Swiss HR executive with a Göttingen Ph.D.

Gustave Sandras

Gustave Sandras (Silvaine Gustave Sandras), French artistic gymnast, 1900 Paris Olympic champion in the men's individual all-around with 302 points; later a 1924 judge; born 1872 Croix, died 1951.

Gustavo

Gustavo: given name of several Olympic athletes, chiefly Italian fencer Gustavo Marzi (7 Olympic medals, 1932 foil gold) and Brazilian volleyballer Gustavo Endres (2004 gold, 2008 silver), plus bobsledder Ferreira and swimmer Godoy.

Gustavo Borges

Gustavo Borges is a highly decorated Brazilian swimmer who won four Olympic medals across four Games (1992–2004), making him the first Brazilian to earn multiple medals.

Gustavo Caballero

Gustavo Caballero (Gustavo Rubén Caballero González), Paraguayan winger born 2001 in San Lorenzo; played for Capiatá, Nacional, Santos, and Portsmouth, and was in Paraguay's 2026 World Cup squad.

Gustavo Kuerten

Gustavo Kuerten (Guga) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who won the French Open three times and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012.

Gustavo Marzi

Gustavo Marzi (1908-1966), Italian foil and sabre fencer from Livorno; seven Olympic medals (2 gold, 5 silver) across 1928-1936, including 1932 individual foil gold and 1936 team foil gold, plus ten world titles.

Gustavo Nunes

Gustavo Nunes (Gustavo Nunes Fernandes Gomes), Brazilian winger born 2005, Grêmio academy product sold to Brentford in August 2024 for €12m plus 20% sell-on; later loaned to Swansea City.

Gustavo Santana

Gustavo Santana (Gustavo Domingos Santana), Brazilian forward born 2005 in Santos, plays for São Paulo FC; ex-Santos, São Bernardo, Cuiabá; 2025 Copa do Brasil Sub-20 winner, first pro goal August 2026.

Gustavo Thoeni

Gustavo Thoeni (Gustav Thöni), born 1951 in Trafoi, Italy, is a retired alpine ski racer who won four overall World Cups (1971-73, 1975), Olympic giant slalom gold at Sapporo 1972, and five world titles, later coaching Alberto Tomba.

Gusztav Kettesy

Gusztav Kettesy (Kettesi Gusztáv, born Kreiker, 1929-2003), Hungarian swimmer; first world and European record holder in the 400 m individual medley (5:38.7 and 5:32.1, 1953, unofficial), 1952 Olympian, 12-time Hungarian champion.

Gusztav Szepesi

Gusztav Szepesi (Szedunka), Hungarian football defender, 1939–1987. Olympic gold medalist at Tokyo 1964 with Hungary; 5 caps; marked Garrincha in Hungary's 3:1 win over Brazil at the 1966 World Cup; long career with Tatabányai Bányász.

Guti

Guti, born José María Gutiérrez Hernández in 1976, is a Spanish attacking midfielder who spent his entire top-level career, 1995 to 2010, at Real Madrid.

Guto Miguel

Guto Miguel (Luis Guto Miguel, Luiz Augusto Queiroz Miguel, born 2009) is a Brazilian tennis player from Goiânia who won the 2026 Roland Garros boys' singles title, the first Brazilian to do so, and reached ITF junior No. 1.

Guts Surfboards

Guts Surfboards, the Swansea, Wales surf shop and brand of Chris 'Guts' Griffiths, two-time European longboard champion; hand-shaped longboards and hybrid shortboards, shop founded 2000, limited company 07880585.

Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager from Varsseveld; won the 1988 European Cup with PSV and the 2009 FA Cup with Chelsea, and led South Korea to the 2002 World Cup semi-finals.

Guus Vogels

Guus Vogels (Augustinus Wilhelmus Johannes Marines Vogels, born 1975, Naaldwijk) is a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, two-time Olympic champion (1996, 2000) and 2004 silver medalist with 105 Netherlands caps.

Guy Boucher

Guy Boucher (born 1971) is a Canadian ice hockey coach who led the Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators and is known for the 1-3-1 trap.

Guy Butler

Guy Montagu Butler (1899-1981), British quarter-miler; won gold 4x400m relay and silver 400m at 1920 Antwerp, two bronzes at 1924 Paris, first British track athlete in three Games.

Guy de Luget

Guy de Luget (Guy Julien Ernest Delage de Luget, 1884–1961), French foil fencer; won gold in men's team foil for France at the 1924 Paris Olympics at the Vélodrome d'Hiver.