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Hannah Hidalgo

Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard from Merchantville, New Jersey; NCAA single-season steals record (202), 44-point/16-steal game, three-time ACC Player of the Year, Nancy Lieberman Award winner.

Hannah Kearney

Hannah Kearney (born 1986, Hanover, New Hampshire) is an American moguls skier, 2010 Olympic gold and 2014 bronze medalist, with 46 World Cup wins matching Donna Weinbrecht's record.

Hannah Klugman

Hannah Klugman (born 2009) is a British right-handed tennis player, ITF junior world No. 1 in January 2026, 2023 Orange Bowl 18U champion, 2025 junior Roland Garros runner-up, and WTA career-high No. 337.

Hannah Macleod

Hannah Macleod (Hannah Louise Macleod) is an English field hockey forward, born 1984 in Boston, who won Olympic bronze at London 2012 and gold at Rio 2016 with Great Britain, later an MBE and coach.

Hannah Mills

Hannah Mills (born 1988, Cardiff) is a Welsh sailor, the most successful female Olympic sailor with 470 gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and silver at London 2012, now Emirates GBR SailGP strategist and Athena Pathway co-founder.

Hannah Scott

Hannah Scott (born 1999, Coleraine) is a Northern Irish rower for Great Britain, Olympic gold medalist in the women's quadruple sculls at Paris 2024, world champion 2023, MBE, targeting LA 2028.

Hannah Stuelke

Hannah Stuelke (born 2003) is an American basketball forward from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who played for the Iowa Hawkeyes and now plays professionally for Broni in Italy.

Hannah Teter

Hannah Teter, American halfpipe snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont, born 1987; Olympic gold Turin 2006, silver Vancouver 2010, fourth Sochi 2014; seven X Games medals, 2005 world bronze, founder of Hannah's Gold charity and Special Olympics ambassador.

Hannelore Anke

Hannelore Anke (Hofmann), East German (GDR) breaststroke swimmer born 1957 in Bad Schlema; double 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in 100 m breaststroke and 4x100 m medley relay, both world records, plus 1975 world titles; later admitted East German doping recipient.

Hannelore Schmatz

Hannelore Schmatz (née Ledermann, 1940–1979), German mountaineer, fourth woman and first German woman to summit Everest (2 Oct 1979); died of exposure on descent, first woman to die on Everest.

Hannes Kolehmainen

Hannes Kolehmainen (Johan Pietari Kolehmainen, 1889-1966), Finnish distance runner, first of the Flying Finns; won 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and cross-country gold at Stockholm 1912 and the 1920 Olympic marathon.

Hannes Miettinen

Hannes Miettinen (Hannu Kleofas Miettinen, 1893–1968), Finnish long-distance runner of HKV Helsinki; 23rd in the 1920 Antwerp Olympic cross-country, on the winning Finnish team but not awarded a medal.

Hannes Steinbach

Hannes Steinbach (born 2006) is a German basketball forward-center from Würzburg; drafted 14th overall in 2026 by the Charlotte Hornets after leading NCAA Division I in rebounding (11.8 rpg) as a Washington freshman.

Hannes Þór Halldórsson

Hannes Þór Halldórsson (born 1984) is an Icelandic filmmaker and former goalkeeper, 77-cap Iceland record keeper, who saved Messi's penalty at the 2018 World Cup and directed Cop Secret (2021).

Hanni Hölzner

Hanni Hölzner (Johanna Hedwig Hölzner), German breaststroke swimmer, 1913–1988; set three 100m breaststroke world records (1:24.5 to 1:20.2, 1935–36) and placed fourth in the 200m breaststroke at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Hanni Wenzel

Hanni Wenzel (Hannelore Wenzel, Weirather-Wenzel), Liechtenstein alpine skier born 1956 in Straubing; 1980 Olympic gold in slalom and giant slalom, silver downhill; two overall World Cup titles, 33 wins.

Hannibal Mejbri

Hannibal Mejbri, born 2003 in Ivry-sur-Seine, is a Tunisian midfielder for Burnley, formerly of Monaco, Manchester United, Birmingham (loan), and Sevilla (loan); Tunisia international since 2021, Kirin Cup 2022 winner, 2026 World Cup squad member.

Hannie Termeulen

Hannie Termeulen (Johanna Maria Termeulen, 1929–2001), Dutch swimmer from Amsterdam club HDZ; won 100 m freestyle silver and 4x100 m freestyle relay silver at Helsinki 1952 and relay bronze at London 1948.

Hannover 96

Hannover 96 (Hannoverscher SV von 1896) is a German football club from Hanover playing in the 2. Bundesliga; two-time German champion (1938, 1954), 1992 DFB-Pokal winner, known for the Martin Kind 50+1 dispute.

Hannu Manninen

Hannu Manninen (born 1978, Rovaniemi), Finnish Nordic combined skier; four straight overall World Cup titles 2003/04–2006/07, 48 World Cup wins, Olympic team gold 2002, six Olympian, later Finnair pilot.

Hans Berglund

Hans Berglund (Hans Gustaf Bo Berglund, 1918–2006), Swedish sprint kayaker; won K2 1,000 m gold with Lennart Klingström at London 1948, 1938 world K2 silver, K4 world gold, father of Bo Berglund.

Hans Beyer

Hans Beyer (Hans Anton Beyer, 1889–1965), Norwegian gymnast from Bergen's Bergens TF; won gold with Norway in the men's team free system event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Not the German athletes Udo, Uwe, or Hans-Georg Beyer.

Hans Bourquin

Hans Bourquin (30 May 1914 – November 1997) was a Swiss rowing coxswain of Seeclub Biel who, aged barely 14, coxed Karl and Hans Schöchlin to coxed pairs gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.

Hans Dersch

Hans F. Dersch (born 1967, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American breaststroke swimmer, University of Texas alumnus, and 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay as a heats swimmer; later a swim coach.

HANS device

HANS device (Head And Neck Support), the original frontal head restraint invented by Robert Hubbard and Jim Downing; tethers helmet to harness to prevent basilar skull fractures, mandatory in F1 since 2003.

Hans Eller

Hans Eller (Johannes Edmund Karl Eller), German rower born 14 August 1910 in Danzig; won Olympic gold in the coxed fours at Los Angeles 1932 with Berlin RC; died 4 April 1943 in a POW camp in Russia.

Hans Engnestangen

Hans Engnestangen (1908–2003), Norwegian speed skater and 1933 World Allround Champion, set 500 m world records of 42.5, 42.3, and 41.8 and a 1,500 m record of 2:13.8, all at Davos; later convicted of wartime collaboration.

Hans Eugster

Hans Eugster (1929–1956), Swiss artistic gymnast, Olympic parallel bars champion at Helsinki 1952 and double world champion at Basel 1950, where he scored the first perfect 10 under the 1949 men's Code of Points.

Hans Fassnacht

Hans Fassnacht (Hans-Joachim Faßnacht, born 1950) is a retired West German swimmer, 1972 Olympic 4x200 m freestyle relay silver medalist, former world record holder in the 400 m freestyle and 200 m butterfly, and 1992 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee.