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IPod Touch (5th generation)
The iPod Touch (5th generation) is a portable media player and pocket computer released by Apple in October 2012, with a 4-inch Retina display, Lightning connector, Siri, and a 5-megapixel iSight camera.
Ippei Watanabe
Ippei Watanabe (渡辺一平), Japanese breaststroke swimmer born 1997, set the 200 m breaststroke world record at 2:06.67 in 2017, won 2014 Youth Olympic gold, and earned world championship bronze, silver, and Asian Games medals.
Ippolito Sanfratello
Ippolito Sanfratello, Italian long-track speed skater born 1973 in Piacenza, former eight-time inline skating world champion, won Olympic gold in the men's team pursuit at Torino 2006 with Anesi, Fabris, and Donagrandi.
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town F.C. (the Blues, Tractor Boys), English club founded 1878, professional 1936, Football League 1938; Portman Road home; First Division champions 1961-62, FA Cup 1978, UEFA Cup 1981; promoted to Premier League 2026.
IQue Player
iQue Player (神游机, Shenyou Ji), also called iQue PLAYER: plug-and-play Nintendo 64 variant by iQue, released only in China in 2003 to dodge the console ban; 14 Chinese-localized N64 games on 64 MB flash cards via kiosks.
Ira Murchison
Ira Murchison (Ira James Murchison, nicknamed Sputnik, 1933–1994) was an American sprinter, 1956 Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist and 100m world record holder at 10.1, later NCAA champion for Western Michigan.
Irakli Tsirekidze
Irakli Tsirekidze (ირაკლი ცირეკიძე) is a Georgian judoka, born in 1982 in Kutaisi, who won the men's middleweight gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after taking the 2007 world title.
Iran at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Iran (IRI) at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics: one athlete, alpine skier Sadegh Kalhor, 20th in men's slalom standing; no medals, Iran's best Winter Paralympics result to date.
Iran at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Iran at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro): 63 athletes, 8 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze), 25th place. Golds by Rostami and Moradi in weightlifting and Yazdani in wrestling; Kimia Alizadeh won Iran's first female Olympic medal.
Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo, held 2021): 65 athletes, 7 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze). Golds by Javad Foroughi (10 m air pistol), Sajad Ganjzadeh (karate >75 kg), Mohammadreza Geraei (Greco-Roman wrestling); four Iranians also competed on the IOC Refugee Team.
Iran Barkley
Iran Barkley, "The Blade" (born 1960, The Bronx), American boxer, 43-19-1 (27 KO), three-division world champion (WBC middleweight, IBF super middleweight, WBA light heavyweight), the only man to beat Thomas Hearns twice; IBHOF Class of 2023.
Iran national football team
Team Melli (تیم ملی), Iran's men's national football team run by the Iran Football Federation under the AFC: seven World Cup appearances, never past the group stage, three-time Asian champion, FIFA rank 22nd, coached by Amir Ghalenoei.
Irani Trophy
The Irani Trophy, also called the Irani Cup, is an annual five-day first-class match in India between the Ranji Trophy champions and a Rest of India team.
Iraq national football team (منتخب العراق لكرة القدم)
Iraq national football team (منتخب العراق لكرة القدم), the Lions of Mesopotamia, is Iraq's men's team under the Iraqi Football Association. Won the 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1-0 over Saudi Arabia; played the 1986 and 2026 FIFA World Cups; FIFA rank 63rd in 2026.
IRB racing
IRB racing is a surf lifesaving sport in which teams race Inflatable Rescue Boats, the powered rescue craft developed in Australia from 1969 and first raced as a sport from 1976, governed by ILS and national rules.
Ireland at the Olympics
Ireland at the Olympics: Team Ireland, run by the Olympic Federation of Ireland (NOC formed 1922), first competed at Paris 1924, missed only 1936, and won a record seven medals at Paris 2024.
Ireland cricket team
Ireland cricket team, run by Cricket Ireland, the all-island governing body; ICC Full Member and Test nation since 2017. Known for 2007 and 2011 World Cup upsets over Pakistan and England and first Test wins in 2024.
Ireland national rugby union team
Ireland national rugby union team, the men's XV of the island of Ireland run by the IRFU since 1879; first international 1875, Six Nations founder 1883, Grand Slams 2009, 2018, 2022, titles 2023-2024, coached by Andy Farrell.
Irena Kirszenstein Szewinska
Irena Kirszenstein Szewinska (Irena Szewińska, née Kirszenstein) was a Polish sprinter, long jumper and one-lap runner, 1946-2018, who won seven Olympic medals at four Games.
Irene Aldana
Irene Aldana (born 1988, Culiacán, Mexico) is a UFC women's bantamweight fighter from Lobo Gym, 15-8, who challenged Amanda Nunes for the title at UFC 289 and is known for her right cross and left-hook knockouts.
Irene Camber Corno
Irene Camber Corno was an Italian foil fencer who won individual gold at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, becoming the first Italian woman to win an Olympic fencing title.
Irene Franchini
Irene Franchini (born 1981, Castelnovo ne' Monti, Italy) is an Italian archer, Sydney 2000 Olympian in recurve, and compound world champion: 2016 Ankara indoor gold, 2016 Dublin field gold, and three golds at the 2024 Mokrice World Archery 3D Championships.
Irene Gilbert
Irene Gilbert (Irene Gilbert-Pass, 1903-1988), Sheffield swimmer for Attercliffe SC; world and European 100 m and 200 m breaststroke record holder (1923-1925) and fifth place in the 200 m breaststroke at the Paris 1924 Olympics.
Irene Guest
Irene May Guest (1900-1970), American swimmer of Philadelphia's Meadowbrook Club; at Antwerp 1920 she took 100 m freestyle silver and relay gold in a 5:11.6 world record.
Irene Hendriks
Irene Hendriks, born Desiree Helène Hendriks in 1958 in the Belgian Congo, is a Dutch field hockey player who won gold with the Netherlands at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Irene Jelagat
Irene Jelagat (born 1988, Samutet, Kericho) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, 2006 World Junior 1500m champion, 2008 Olympian, and winner of the 2014 World Relays 4x1500m in an area-record 16:33.58.
Irene Schouten
Irene Schouten (Wilhelmina Irene Schouten), Dutch speed skater born 1992, three-time 2022 Beijing Olympic champion (3000m, 5000m, mass start), nine world titles, retired 2024, marathon comeback 2025.
Irene Steer
Irene Steer (1889–1977), Welsh swimmer, won gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, swimming anchor for Great Britain's world-record 5:52.8 team; first Welsh woman Olympic gold medalist.
Irfan Pathan (इरफ़ान पठान)
Irfan Pathan (इरफ़ान पठान), born 1984 in Baroda, Indian left-arm fast-medium bowling all-rounder; 301 international wickets, 2,821 runs, 2007 T20 World Cup final Player of the Match, Karachi Test opening-over hat-trick, retired 2020.
Irina Avvakumova
Irina Avvakumova (Ирина Андреевна Аввакумова, née Taktaeva), Russian ski jumper born 1991 in Moscow; 2022 Olympic mixed-team silver, 4th at 2018 Olympics, World Cup podium at Zao 2018.