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Hamit Altıntop

Hamit Altıntop, born 1982 in Gelsenkirchen, Turkish midfielder, twin of Halil Altıntop; played for Schalke, Bayern, Real Madrid, Galatasaray, Darmstadt; 82 Turkey caps, EURO 2008 Team of the Tournament, 2010 FIFA Puskás Award winner.

Hamit Kaplan

Hamit Kaplan was a Turkish freestyle wrestler, born in 1934 and died in 1976, who earned the distinction of winning three consecutive Olympic medals.

Hammarby Fotboll

Hammarby Fotboll is the football section of the Stockholm club Hammarby IF, which was founded as a rowing club in 1889. The men's team plays in Allsvenskan and won the championship in 2001.

Hammer throw

Hammer throw, Olympic and World Athletics field event; athletes spin and release a 7.26 kg (men) or 4 kg (women) wire-slung ball; records 86.74 m Sedykh, 82.98 m Włodarczyk.

Hammock

Hammock: a fabric, rope, or netting sling suspended between two points, used for swinging, sleeping, or resting; of unclear origin, first recorded by Columbus, adopted by navies, and now a popular camping alternative to tents.

Hampden Park

Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium in Mount Florida, Glasgow; opened 1903, capacity 51,866, owned by the Scottish FA since 2020; world's largest stadium until 1950.

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Hampshire County Cricket Club, founded 1863, is a first-class English county club based at the Utilita Bowl, Southampton. Two-time County Champions (1961, 1973), 2022 Blast winners, and since 2024 being acquired by GMR, part-owner of Delhi Capitals.

Hamtaro (とっとこハム太郎) (video game series)

Hamtaro (とっとこハム太郎) video game series: Nintendo-published games based on the Hamtaro anime, 2000-2011, on Game Boy Color, GBA, DS, and iOS, known for the Ham-Chat word-learning puzzle mechanic and titles like Ham-Ham Heartbreak.

Hamza Abdelkarim

Hamza Abdelkarim (حمزة عبد الكريم), born 2008 in Cairo, Egyptian centre-forward; Al Ahly academy product, joined FC Barcelona in 2026 for €1.5m, Egypt's youngest 2026 World Cup squad member.

Hamza Choudhury (হামজা চৌধুরী)

Hamza Choudhury (হামজা চৌধুরী), Bangladeshi midfielder born 1997 in Leicester; 21 years at Leicester City (FA Cup 2021, Championship 2023/24), now Sheffield United and Bangladesh national team.

Hamza Igamane

Hamza Igamane (born 2002, Temara) is a Moroccan forward for Lille and Morocco. AS FAR Rabat graduate, 16 goals in his 2024/25 Rangers season, sold to Lille in August 2025.

Hamza Yerlikaya

Hamza Yerlikaya (born 1976, Kadıköy, Istanbul) is a Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler and sports administrator, nicknamed Asrın Güreşçisi (Wrestler of the Century). Two Olympic golds (1996, 2000), three world and eight European titles; now Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports.

Hamzah Saadah

Hamzah Saadah (Absorber, AbsorberYT), born 2003, Palestinian-American creator from New Jersey; gaming and magic content, then post-Oct 2023 livestreamed interviews with Israelis, about 11 million followers.

Han Cong

Han Cong (韩聪), born 1992 in Harbin, is a Chinese pair skater; with Sui Wenjing he won 2022 Olympic gold and 2018 silver, two world titles, then returned for 2025/26.

Han Gi Ju

Han Gi Ju (한기주, Han Ki-Joo), born 1987 in Gwangju, is a South Korean KIA Tigers pitcher who won gold in men's baseball at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with an unbeaten 9-0 Korean team.

Han Hyeon Suk

Han Hyeon Suk (한현숙, also Han Hyun-Sook), born 1970, is a South Korean handball player who won gold with Korea's women's team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Han Kwang-song (한광성)

Han Kwang-song (한광성, 韓光成), born 1998, North Korean striker; first North Korean to play and score in Serie A (Cagliari 2017), later Perugia, Juventus, Al-Duhail; career ended by UN sanctions, returned 2024.

Han Myeong U

Han Myeong U (한명우, Han Myung-Woo), born 1956, South Korean freestyle wrestler; 1984 Olympic welterweight sixth, 1986 Asian Games 74 kg gold, and 1988 Seoul Olympic middleweight (≤82 kg) gold medalist.

Han Xiaopeng

Han Xiaopeng (韩晓鹏), Chinese freestyle skier, born 1983 in Pei, Jiangsu; won men's aerials gold at Turin 2006 (250.77), first Chinese man to win Winter Olympic gold, and the 2007 world title.

Han Xue

Han Xue (韩雪, listed as Xue Han), Chinese swimmer born 1981 in Beijing; Atlanta 1996 relay bronze medalist and former short-course 50 m breaststroke world record holder (30.77, 1997).

Hana Bath

Hana Bath (born 2010) is an Australian figure skater, first Australian woman to land a triple Axel in competition, silver medalist at 2026 Junior Worlds, and first Australian JGP winner (Riga 2026).

Hana Goda

Hana Goda (born 2007), Egyptian table tennis player from Cairo; youngest ever ITTF Africa Cup champion (2022, age 14), first African woman in the ITTF World Cup quarterfinals, Paris 2024 Olympian.

Hana Kimura (木村花)

Hana Kimura (木村花), 1997–2020, Japanese pro wrestler with Stardom and Terrace House: Tokyo cast member who died at 22 after cyberbullying, prompting Japanese cyberbullying legislation and annual memorial shows.

Hanabi

Hanabi (花火) is Antoine Bauza's 2010 cooperative card game, Spiel des Jahres 2013 winner, in which 2-5 players hold cards facing outward, give limited clues, and build five color fireworks to a perfect score of 25.

Hanafuda (花札)

Hanafuda (花札), Japanese flower cards: a 48-card deck of 12 monthly suits used for fishing games like Koi-Koi, Hana-Awase, and Hachi-Hachi; descended from Portuguese karuta, created mid-Edo, Nintendo's founding product in 1889.

Hand and foot (Bain)

Bain Hand and Foot, Barbara Bain's four-player partnership Canasta variant, uses 4 decks, a 15-card hand and 13-card foot, and requires sevens, wild, black, and red canastas to go out; first team to 20,000 points wins.

Hand and foot (Handfoot)

Hand and Foot is a North American card game related to Canasta, in which each player plays through two piles of cards, the hand and then the foot.

Hand evaluation

Hand evaluation in contract bridge: estimating trick-taking strength via high-card points (ace 4, king 3, queen 2, jack 1; 40 per deck), plus length, shortness, honor-placement, and fit adjustments, with alternatives like the losing trick count.

Hand-to-hand combat

Hand-to-hand combat is close-range fighting with the body and hand-carried weapons. Modern armies train it as combatives (US MACP, MCMAP); 19-22% of Iraq-era infantry reported it, and biomechanics quantifies strike force.

Handball

Handball, or team handball, is an indoor seven-a-side ball sport governed by the IHF, founded 1946 in Copenhagen; Olympic since 1972 (men) and 1976 (women), played on a 40x20 m court.