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Karim Coulibaly (footballer, born 2007)

Abdoul Karim Coulibaly (born 2007, Oldenburg) is a German-Ivorian left-footed centre-back; HSV and Werder Bremen youth, Werder's youngest Bundesliga goalscorer, Germany U21 international, transferred to Racing Strasbourg in August 2026.

Karim Laghouag

Karim Florent Laghouag (born 1975, Roubaix) is a French eventing rider with Olympic team gold (Rio 2016, Entebbe de Hus), bronze (Tokyo 2020), and silver (Paris 2024), all with Triton Fontaine for the latter two.

Karim López

Karim López (born 2007, Hermosillo, Mexico) is a Mexican forward drafted 21st overall in 2026 by Detroit and traded to Memphis, the first Mexican first-round NBA pick and former NBL Breakers Next Star.

Karin Burneleit

Karin Burneleit (Burneleit-Krebs), East German middle-distance runner born 1943 in Gumbinnen (Gusev), 1971 European 1500 m champion and world record holder at 4:09.6, fourth in the 1972 Olympic 1500 m final.

Karin Enke Kania

Karin Enke Kania is a German former speed skater, born 1961 in Dresden, who competed for East Germany and won eight Olympic medals, including three gold, at the 1980, 1984, and 1988 Winter Games.

Karin Janz

Karin Janz (Karin Büttner-Janz), born 1952, East German artistic gymnast with seven Olympic medals, 1972 golds on vault and uneven bars, 1970 world bars champion, later an orthopedic surgeon who designed the Charité artificial disk.

Karin Kessler

Karin Kessler is a West German middle-distance runner who set a 3 × 800-meter relay world record in 1967 and won the 1967 European Indoor Games 800-meter title.

Karin Lindberg

Karin Lindberg (Karin Elisabet Lindberg, later Lindén, 1929-2020), Swedish artistic gymnast; three-time Olympian, Helsinki 1952 team portable apparatus gold, Melbourne 1956 silver, 1950 world champion, 1952 Sportswoman of the Year, later Sveriges Radio Morgonpasset host.

Karin Metze

Karin Metze (later Ulbricht), born 1956 in Meißen, is a German rower who competed for East Germany, winning Olympic gold in the coxed four at Montreal 1976 and in the eight at Moscow 1980, plus world titles in 1977, 1981 and 1982.

Karin Mortensen

Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 1977) is a retired Danish handball goalkeeper, two-time Olympic champion (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004), Euro 2002 MVP, with 233 national caps.

Karin Richert Balzer

Karin Richert Balzer (Karin Balzer), East German sprint hurdler, 1964 Olympic 80m hurdles champion and 1972 bronze medallist; set seven world records over 60, 80, and 100m hurdles.

Karin Wallgren-Lundgren

Karin Wallgren-Lundgren, born 1944 in Göteborg, Swedish sprinter (GKIK) also known as Karin Wallgren and Karin Lundgren; 1967 European indoor 400 m champion, Olympian 1968 and 1972.

Karina Aznavuryan

Karina Aznavuryan (Карина Борисовна Азнавурян, born 1974, Baku), Russian épée fencer; two-time Olympic team épée champion (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004), Atlanta 1996 team bronze, 2003 world team champion.

Karine Ruby

Karine Ruby (1978–2009), French snowboarder, first woman to win Olympic snowboarding gold (Nagano 1998 giant slalom), six-time world champion, 67 World Cup wins; died in a Mont Blanc crevasse fall.

Karl Ake Asph

Karl-Åke Asph, born 2 February 1939 in Avesta, Sweden, is a former cross-country skier of IFK Mora who won 4x10 km relay gold at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics in his only Games, skiing the first leg, and also won the 1967 Lidingöloppet.

Karl Anderson

Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra, b. 1980), American pro wrestler, "Machine Gun"; NJPW Bullet Club leader, four-time IWGP tag champion, WWE Raw tag champion with Luke Gallows, NEVER Openweight champion.

Karl Bahre

Karl Bähre (Karl Bahre), German water polo player (1899-1960) of Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover; won gold with Germany at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, leading German scorer, 33 internationals, four German titles.

Karl Cook

Karl Cook (born 1990) is an American show jumping rider from Rancho Santa Fe, California; Olympic team silver medalist at Paris 2024 aboard Caracole de la Roque, trained by Eric Navet, son of Intuit founder Scott Cook.

Karl Darlow

Karl Darlow, born 1990 in Northampton, is a Welsh goalkeeper at Manchester United since July 2026, formerly of Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Hull City, and Leeds United, with 15 Wales caps.

Karl Dorsey

Karl James Dorsey ("Shorty"), 1894-1974, American Olympic sailor; won 1932 Los Angeles gold in the 8-metre class aboard Owen Churchill's Angelita, and placed 10th in the same class at the 1936 Kiel Games.

Karl Erik Nilsson

Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922-2017), Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler, GAK Enighet Malmö; Olympic light-heavyweight (-87 kg) gold at London 1948 and bronze at Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956; distinct from the football administrator of the same name.

Karl Etta Eyong

Karl Edouard Blaise Etta Eyong is a Cameroonian center-forward, born in 2003 in Douala, who plays for Levante UD in La Liga and for the Cameroon national team.

Karl Fleschen

Karl Fleschen, born 1955 in Daun, West German middle and long distance runner; two-time European indoor 3000 m champion and member of the 4x1500 m relay world record team (14:38.8, 1977, stood until 2009).

Karl Frederick

Karl Telford Frederick (1881-1963), American pistol shooter and New York lawyer; won three golds at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics including 50 m free pistol (496/600), captained the 1948 U.S. shooting team, and was NRA president.

Karl Frei

Karl Frei (1917-2011), Swiss artistic gymnast from Regensdorf, won rings gold and team silver at the 1948 London Olympics after missing the canceled 1940 Games; club Turnverein Regensdorf.

Karl Gustaf Staaf

Karl Gustaf Staaf (1881–1953), Swedish all-around athlete of Djurgårdens IF; won tug-of-war gold for the Danish/Swedish mixed team at Paris 1900, Sweden's first Olympic gold, and placed seventh in the pole vault.

Karl Gustaf Vingqvist

Karl Gustaf Vingqvist, Swedish artistic gymnast (1883-1967), born Tived, died Lund; won 1908 London Olympic gold in the men's team gymnastics event with Sweden, scoring 438 points, for Stockholms GF.

Karl Hähnel

Karl Hähnel (Karl Mieczysław Hähnel, 1892–1966), German race walker for Schwarz-Weiß Erfurt; fourth in the 50 km walk at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, nine-time German 50 km champion, 1924 50 km world record holder.

Karl Hans Riehm

Karl-Hans Riehm, West German hammer thrower born 1951 in Konz; 1984 Olympic silver (77.98 m), world records 78.50 (1975) and 80.32 (1978), ten national titles.

Karl Hein

Karl Hein (1908–1982), German hammer thrower, SV St. Georg Hamburg; 1936 Berlin Olympic champion with 56.49 m, 1938 European champion in Paris, and 1938 world record holder with 58.24 m.