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He Wenna

He Wenna (何雯娜), Chinese trampoline gymnast born 1989 in Longyan, Fujian; 2008 Olympic gold and 2012 bronze, 2011 world champion, three-time Olympian through Rio 2016.

He Zi

He Zi (何姿), Chinese springboard diver born 1990 in Guangxi. Olympic gold in 3 m synchro with Wu Minxia (London 2012) plus two 3 m springboard silvers; four world titles; retired 2017.

Head (company)

Head, also known as Head Sport GmbH, is a sports equipment and apparel group founded by Howard Head in 1950, known for the metal ski and oversized tennis racket.

Head coach

Head coach: the senior coach of a sports team, holding final authority over training, tactics, and coaching staff. Also called manager in some football clubs. Key facts: NCAA staff limits, leadership-performance meta-analysis (r=.21), 1830s word origin.

Head Standard

Head Standard: aluminum-and-plywood sandwich ski created by Howard Head in 1949, sold by HEAD Ski Company from 1950; the most commercially successful early metal ski, with Bostik adhesive and integral steel edge, displacing half of wooden skis by 1960.

Head-mounted display

Head-mounted display (HMD), headset display for VR, AR, and mixed reality; from Sutherland's 1968 Sword of Damocles to modern Micro-OLED headsets and smart glasses, defined by near-eye optics, motion-to-photon latency, and cybersickness.

Headbutt

Headbutt: a strike with the forehead or crown against an opponent's head or face. Banned as a foul under MMA Unified Rules, legal and central in Burmese Lethwei (gaung tike); typical force 652 N (men), facial bone injury risk.

Headcrab

Headcrab, the fictional parasitic alien from Valve's Half-Life series; a four-legged leaping creature that attaches to human heads and turns hosts into zombies. Variants include Fast, Poison, Armored, and Reviver; the Combine weaponizes it in Headcrab Shells.

Healing Surf

Healing Surf (힐링서프) is a South Korean surf school and shop brand run by a KSL pro surfer at Dadaepo Beach, Busan, with a same-name shop in Yangyang, Gangwon, offering beginner lessons and rentals.

Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian F.C. (Hearts, the Jam Tarts), Edinburgh football club founded 1874, playing at Tynecastle Park; four-time Scottish champions (last 1959-60), majority fan-owned via Foundation of Hearts, with Tony Bloom holding 29% non-voting shares.

Hearthstone

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is Blizzard Entertainment's free-to-play digital collectible card game, launched March 11, 2014. Known for its 30-card decks, mana system, nine Warcraft classes plus Demon Hunter, Standard/Wild formats, Battlegrounds mode, and expansions through CATACLYSM (2026).

Hearts (card game)

Hearts, also known as Game of Hearts, is a trick-taking card game for three to five players, ideally four, who avoid taking hearts and the queen of spades.

Hearts of Iron

Hearts of Iron, also HOI4 (Hearts of Iron IV), is Paradox Development Studio's World War II grand strategy wargame series; the 2016 fourth installment lets players lead any WWII nation with alternate-history paths, deep supply and production systems, and 32-player multiplayer.

Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV (HoI4) is Paradox Development Studio's World War II grand strategy wargame, released 6 June 2016; it sold 500,000 copies by 2017, holds Metacritic 83, supports 32-player multiplayer, and receives ongoing expansions like Götterdämmerung and No Compromise, No Surrender.

Heath Bell

Heath Bell (born 1977) is a former MLB relief pitcher, also called Heath Justin Bell, closer for the Padres 2007-11 with 134 saves, three straight All-Star games, and MLB Delivery Man of the Year in 2010.

Heath Miller

Heath Miller (Earl Heath Miller, born 1982), Pittsburgh Steelers tight end 2005-2015; 592 catches, 6,569 yards, 45 TDs, two Super Bowls (XL, XLIII), two Pro Bowls, Steelers Hall of Honor 2022.

Heath Slater

Heath Slater, ring name of Heath Miller (born 1983), American professional wrestler from Pineville, West Virginia; WWE Nexus founding member, 3MB frontman, and first-ever SmackDown Tag Team Champion with Rhyno, later competing independently and in TNA.

Heath Streak

Heath Streak (Heath Hilton Streak, 1974–2023), Zimbabwe fast-medium all-rounder and captain; national record wicket-taker with 216 Test and 239 ODI wickets; died of colon and liver cancer, aged 49, after a 2021 ICC corruption ban.

Heather Mitts

Heather Mitts (Heather Blaine Mitts Feeley), born 1978 in Cincinnati, is a retired American soccer defender, three-time Olympic gold medalist (2004, 2008, 2012), 2011 World Cup silver medalist, and 136-cap USWNT player later a broadcaster and entrepreneur.

Heather Moyse

Heather Moyse, Canadian multi-sport athlete from Summerside, PEI; two-time Olympic gold medalist in two-woman bobsleigh (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014) with Kaillie Humphries; also rugby World Cup player and World Rugby Hall of Famer.

Heather Pease Olson

Heather Pease Olson (Heather M. Pease Olson), American synchronized swimmer born 1975 in Monterey, California; won 1996 Atlanta Olympic team gold, placed fifth at Sydney 2000, starred for Stanford, later coached and directed USA Synchronized Swimming.

Heather Petri

Heather Petri, American water polo player (born 1978, Oakland, California), four-time Olympian with gold 2012, silvers 2000 and 2008, bronze 2004; three world titles; Cal associate head coach.

Heather Reckless

Heather Reckless (Jaime Catherine Chambers, Heather By Elegance), American pro wrestler from Denver; TNA Elegance Brand member, two-time TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion, AAW Women's Champion, Black and Brave graduate.

Heather Richardson Bergsma

Heather Richardson Bergsma, also Heather Richardson, American long track speed skater born 1989 in High Point, North Carolina; three-time Olympian, 2018 team pursuit bronze, first skater to hold world titles at 500m, 1000m and 1500m.

Heather Simmons-Carrasco

Heather Simmons-Carrasco, born in 1970 in Mountain View, California, is an American artistic swimmer who won the first Olympic team gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games and team world titles in 1991 and 1994.

Heather Stanning

Heather Stanning (born 1985) is a retired British rower and Army Major who with Helen Glover won Olympic women's pair gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016, unbeaten in 39 races.

Heather Watson

Heather Watson (born 1992, Guernsey) is a British tennis player, four-time WTA singles champion, 2016 Wimbledon mixed doubles winner, and the first female tennis player to represent Team GB at four Olympic Games.

Heaton Wrenn

Heaton Luse Wrenn (1900-1978), American rugby union player and lawyer; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold when the USA beat France 8-0; Stanford J.D. 1924; co-founded Anderson, Wrenn & Jenks in Honolulu.

Heavenly Sword

Heavenly Sword is a 2007 hack and slash action-adventure game for the PlayStation 3, developed by Ninja Theory and published by Sony, following the warrior Nariko against the invading King Bohan.

Heavy (Team Fortress 2)

Heavy (Heavy Weapons Guy) is a Team Fortress 2 class, a slow Russian defense-class mercenary with the game's highest health and the minigun Sasha (10,000 rounds per minute); strong in casual, limited to one per team in 6v6.