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Guy Lacombe
Guy Lacombe (born 1955, Villefranche-de-Rouergue) is a French footballer and coach, Olympic gold medalist in men's football at Los Angeles 1984, 1977 French champion with Nantes, later coach of Sochaux, PSG, Rennes, Monaco, and Zidane's mentor at Cannes.
Guy Lafleur
Guy Lafleur (1951-2022), "The Flower" and "le Démon blond", Canadian right winger; first overall 1971 draft pick, five Stanley Cups and 1,246 points with the Montreal Canadiens, Hockey Hall of Fame 1988.
Guy Nickalls
Guy Nickalls (1866-1935), British oarsman, won the 1908 Olympic eights gold with Leander at 41, the oldest rowing champion in Olympic history, and holds the Henley record of 22 wins.
Guy's Wave
Guy's Wave (Vague à Guy), the Eternal Wave, is a natural standing river wave in the Saint Lawrence River at Parc des Rapides, LaSalle, Montreal; a knee-high beginner spot named after a pioneering kayaker, developed by the city in 2021.
Gwen Jorgensen
Gwen Jorgensen (Gwen Rosemary Jorgensen-Lemieux, born 1986, Waukesha, Wisconsin) is an American triathlete, Rio 2016 Olympic gold medalist, 2014 and 2015 ITU World Champion, holder of a 12-race WTS winning streak, later marathoner and 2022 comeback athlete.
Gwen Torrence
Gwen Torrence, born 1965 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American retired sprinter; Olympic 200m champion at Barcelona 1992 with five Olympic medals, eight World Championship medals, and personal bests of 10.82 (100m), 21.72 (200m), and 49.64 (400m).
Gwendal Peizerat
Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer born 1972, won 2002 Olympic gold and 1998 bronze with Marina Anissina, was 2000 World champion, then founded Soléus and became a singer.
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is CD PROJEKT RED's free-to-play online collectible card game based on the Witcher 3 mini-game, announced 2016, released October 2018 with Homecoming, best-of-three rounds, no mana system, community-led GWENTfinity since 2023.
Gwyddbwyll
Gwyddbwyll is a board game of medieval Wales, named in Welsh literature from the twelfth century and ranked first of the board games among the 'twenty-four feats'.
Gwyneth Philips
Gwyneth Philips, American ice hockey goaltender born 2000 in Athens, Ohio; 2026 Olympic gold medalist with Team USA, NCAA .958 save percentage record at Northeastern, and PWHL Ottawa Charge goalie, first goaltender to win the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP.
Gyasi Zardes
Gyasi Zardes, American retired forward (born 1991, Hawthorne, CA); LA Galaxy, Columbus Crew, Colorado Rapids, Austin FC; 106 MLS goals, two MLS Cups, 2018 Comeback Player of the Year, 68 USMNT caps, 14 goals.
Gyda Westvold Hansen
Gyda Westvold Hansen (born 2002), Norwegian nordic combined skier and ski jumper for IL Nansen, first women's world champion in nordic combined (Oberstdorf 2021), five world golds, two World Cup overall titles, cousin of Therese Johaug.
Gylfi Sigurðsson
Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (born 1989) is an Icelandic midfielder for Víkingur Reykjavík and Iceland's record international scorer; ex-Reading, Hoffenheim, Tottenham, Swansea, and Everton, Euro 2016 quarter-finalist and 2018 World Cup player.
Gymkhana (equestrian)
Gymkhana (equestrian) is a timed horseback competition of speed-and-agility pattern games such as barrel racing, pole bending, and keyhole; the term originated in British India and spawned mounted games.
Gymnastics
Gymnastics, from Greek gymnos (naked), is a family of judged acrobatic sports governed by the FIG (founded 1881). Olympic since 1896; disciplines include artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline; scored on difficulty plus execution since 2006.
Gymnastics and dance at the World Games
Gymnastics and dance at the World Games includes disciplines like rhythmic, acrobatic, and dancesport, which are not on the Olympic program, and feature events like trampoline and tumbling.
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Athens Olympics covered artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline disciplines. Romania led artistic medals; Paul Hamm's all-around gold and the Nemov high-bar dispute triggered the open-ended scoring reform.
Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline at the National Indoor Stadium; first use of open-ended scoring; China won 9 artistic golds; He Kexin age controversy cleared by FIG.
Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held July-August 2021 at Tokyo's Ariake Gymnastics Centre, covered artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline disciplines; ROC won both team golds, Hashimoto and Lee took all-around titles, and Simone Biles withdrew citing mental health.
Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris 2024): artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline gymnastics at Bercy Arena, 27 July–5 August 2024, 43 medals; Biles's three-gold return, Oka and Yulo doubles, and the Chiles floor bronze reallocation case.
Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's floor
Women's floor exercise final, Paris 2024 Olympics, 5 August 2024: Rebeca Andrade won gold (14.166) over Simone Biles (14.133); Jordan Chiles's inquiry-based bronze was stripped by CAS and later appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
Gyongyi Likerecz
Gyöngyi Likerecz (born 1983, Oroszlány) is a Hungarian weightlifter, 75 kg class, 2001 world and European champion, 143 kg clean & jerk world record holder, 5th at Sydney 2000 and 4th at Athens 2004.
Gyorgy Brody
György Bródy (Gyorgy Brody), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper (1908-1967), Olympic gold 1932 and 1936, European champion 1931 and 1934, 74 international caps; later coach in South Africa.
Gyorgy Gedo
Gyorgy Gedo (Hungarian: Gedó György; born 1949) is a retired Hungarian amateur boxer who won the 1972 Munich Olympics light flyweight gold and boxed at four consecutive Olympics.
Gyorgy Gerendas
György Gerendás (Gerendás György), born 1954 in Budapest, Hungarian water polo player and coach; Olympic gold 1976 Montreal and bronze 1980 Moscow, 230 caps, later coached BVSC, Eger and Ferencváros.
Gyorgy Horkai
György Horkai (Horkai György), born 1954 in Budapest, is a Hungarian water polo left-hander who won Olympic gold in 1976 and bronze in 1980 with BVSC, earned 282 caps, and coached Hungary to the 1995 World Cup title.
Gyorgy Karpati
Gyorgy Karpati (György Kárpáti, 1935–2020), Hungarian water polo player, three-time Olympic champion (1952, 1956, 1964) and 1960 bronze medalist, three-time European champion with Ferencvárosi TC, youngest male Olympic water polo champion, later 1976 gold-winning assistant coach.
Gyorgy Kenez
Gyorgy Kenez (György Kenéz, born 1956, Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo wing who won Olympic gold at Montreal 1976, two world silvers, and later coached Vasas and Kuwait.
Gyorgy Kolonics
Gyorgy Kolonics (Kolonics György, 1972–2008) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who won two Olympic gold medals and a record fifteen world championship titles, dying of heart failure a month before the Beijing Olympics.
Gyorgy Kutasi
György Kutasi (Kutasi György, born Kusinszky, 1910-1977), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 1936 Olympic and 1934 European champion; later a coach in Melbourne, Australia. Distinct from same-named boxer and MMA fighter.