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Imre Komora

Imre Komora (Komora Imre), Hungarian footballer and coach, 1940–2024; Olympic gold medalist in football at Tokyo 1964, European Championship bronze medalist, and three-time Hungarian champion head coach of Budapest Honvéd.

Imre Kovács

Imre Kovács (Kovács Imre, 1921–1996), Hungarian right half-back for MTK Budapest, 8-cap international, Olympic football gold medalist at Helsinki 1952, and later a champion coach with Újpest.

Imre Nemeth

Imre Németh (1917–1989), Hungarian hammer thrower, 1948 Olympic champion (56.07 m), 1952 bronze medalist, three-time world record holder (59.02–59.88 m), later People's Stadium director; father of 1976 javelin champion Miklós Németh.

Imre Polyak

Imre Polyak (Polyák Imre, 1932–2010) was a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic featherweight champion at Tokyo 1964 after silvers in 1952, 1956, and 1960, three-time world champion, and namesake of a UWW Ranking Series memorial in Budapest.

Imre Pulai

Imre Pulai (Pulai Imre), Hungarian sprint canoeist born 1967 in Budapest; Olympic gold C-2 500 m Sydney 2000 with Ferenc Novák, bronze C-1 500 m Atlanta 1996, four world titles, later luge athlete and bobsled-luge federation president.

Imre Rajczy

Imre Rajczy (Rajczy Imre, born Rasztovich), Hungarian sabre fencer, 1936 Berlin Olympic team gold medallist, 1937 world team champion; later Argentine national coach and Olympic administrator, died Buenos Aires 1978.

Imsouane

Imsouane, Morocco fishing village between Agadir and Essaouira in Souss-Massa, famous for The Bay, a 500–800 m right-hand point break among Africa's longest, plus the Cathedral and Reef surf spots.

IMVU

IMVU (Instant Messaging within a Virtual Universe) is a 3D avatar-based social platform launched in 2004, with 7 million monthly active users, 400,000+ chat rooms, a 60-million-item catalog, and a user creator economy.

In Stars and Time

In Stars and Time (ISAT) is a 2023 turn-based time-loop RPG by insertdisc5 (Adrienne Bazir), published by Armor Games Studios for PC, Switch, PS4, PS5; Siffrin's party relives two days fighting King in Vaugarde.

In the Groove (video game)

In the Groove (ITG) is a 2004 four-panel dance rhythm game by Roxor Games, built on a StepMania fork, published at home by RedOctane, known for mines, 60+ modifiers, and millisecond timing, ended by Konami's 2006 patent settlement.

In the Name of the King

In the Name of the King is a 2007 fantasy action film directed by Uwe Boll, starring Jason Statham and based on the Dungeon Siege video games.

In Your House

In Your House: WWF/WWE pay-per-view series from May 14, 1995 to 1999, two-hour $14.95 shows between the big five events, later revived (30 editions, most recent June 4, 2022).

Ina Bauer (element)

Ina Bauer (element): figure skating two-footed edge move with one foot on a forward edge and the other on a parallel backward edge, named for German skater Ina Bauer; used in choreographic sequences and solo ice dance edge elements.

Ina Kleber

Ina Kleber (later Buttgereit), born 1964 in Greiz, East German backstroke swimmer; 1980 Olympic silver in 100 m backstroke (1:02.07), 1981 and 1983 European champion, 1982 world silver, and 100 m backstroke world record holder 1:00.59 from 1984 to 1991.

Iñaki Peña

Iñaki Peña (Ignacio Peña), Spanish goalkeeper born 1999 in Alicante; La Masia graduate, Barcelona stand-in keeper during ter Stegen injuries, loans to Galatasaray and Elche, later Panathinaikos; Spain youth international.

Iñaki Williams

Iñaki Williams Arthuer, Ghanaian-Spanish forward for Athletic Club and Ghana's Black Stars. Born Bilbao 1994; record 251 consecutive LaLiga appearances; first Black Athletic captain; retired from Ghana duty September 2026 after 28 caps and two World Cups.

Inari One (イナリワン)

Inari One (イナリワン) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, foaled in 1984, who rose from regional dirt racing to win three 1989 G1 races and be named Japanese Horse of the Year.

Inazuma (稲妻) (Genshin Impact)

Inazuma (稲妻) is the third major region of Genshin Impact, released July 21, 2021 in Version 2.0: a Japanese-inspired Electro archipelago of six islands ruled by the Raiden Shogun, known for the Vision Hunt Decree and its difficult puzzles.

Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (Camino Inka) is a regulated 4-day, ~43 km trek in Cusco, Peru, on original Qhapaq Ñan paving, crossing Warmi Wañusqa at 4,215 m, permit-limited to 500 users/day, closed each February, ending at the Sun Gate.

Incentives for Olympic medalists by country

Country-by-country incentives for Olympic medalists: cash bonuses (Hong Kong HK$6M, Singapore S$1M, US $37,500), pensions, cars, apartments, and the first federation prize money from World Athletics in 2024.

Inclusion and alternative multisport Games

Inclusion and alternative multisport Games are multisport events for groups outside elite sport, the clearest documented example being the Gay Games, founded by Tom Waddell in 1982.

Incremental game

An incremental game, also known as an idle or clicker game, is a genre where players repeat a simple action to earn currency, with production eventually running automatically.

Independent and neutral Paralympic athletes

Independent and neutral Paralympic athletes competed as Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA) at Paris 2024, after the IPC partially suspended the Russian and Belarusian delegations over the invasion of Ukraine.

Independent circuit

The independent circuit is the decentralized network of professional wrestling promotions outside major companies like WWE and AEW, where freelancing wrestlers work multiple promotions; it grew from the 1980s territory collapse and now streams via IWTV and MyAEW.

Independent Games Festival

Independent Games Festival (IGF), founded 1998 by Alex Dunne, annual indie game competition at GDC in San Francisco; awards the $10,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize plus category awards, with an IGF Pavilion and Independent Games Summit.

Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games

Independent Olympians: athletes competing at the Olympic Games without an NOC, as Independent Olympic Participants/Athletes (1992-2016) or Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) for Russians and Belarusians at Paris 2024 and Milan-Cortina 2026.

Independent Paralympians at the Paralympic Games

Independent Paralympians, including Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA) and the Refugee Paralympic Team, compete at the Paralympic Games without a National Paralympic Committee, as at Barcelona 1992, Rio 2016, Beijing 2022, and Paris 2024.

Independent Paralympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

The Independent Paralympic Participants, officially Individual Paralympic Athletes (IPA), were Yugoslav athletes at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics who competed independently due to UN sanctions, winning 8 medals.

Independiente Medellín

Independiente Medellín (DIM), 'El Poderoso de la Montaña': Colombian football club founded 1913, six league titles (1955, 1957, 2002, 2004, 2009, sixth), shares Estadio Atanasio Girardot with Atlético Nacional.

Indi Hartwell

Indi Hartwell (Samantha De Martin, born 1996) is an Australian professional wrestler, former NXT Women's Champion and NXT Women's Tag Team Champion in WWE's The Way, now in TNA as Knockouts World Champion.