Sports
- Carlos Darwin Quintero Footballer Santos Laguna
- Carlos Valderrama Retired footballer
- Scott Gomez (NHL Player)
- Juan Pablo Ángel (Los Angeles Galaxy)
- Faustino Asprilla Retired footballer
- Víctor Aristizábal
- Luis Herrera Road cyclist
- Fabio Parra Road cyclist
- Iván Parra Road cyclist
- Santiago Botero Road cyclist
- Mauricio Soler Road cyclist
- Mariana Pajón BMX cyclist, gold medal in London 2012 Summer Olympics.
- René Higuita Footballer
- Faryd Aly Mondragón
- Óscar Córdoba
- Miguel Calero
- Martín "Cochise" Rodríguez
- Juan Pablo Montoya Formula 3000 Champion, CART Champion, Indy 500 Winner, Monaco Grand Prix Winner, NASCAR pilot/driver
- Edgar Rentería 1st Colombian to play in the World Series, MVP 2010 World Series
- Camilo Villegas professional golfer from Medellín
- Orlando Cabrera Major League Baseball shortstop
- Jolbert Cabrera Major League Baseball player
- Donovan Solano Major League Baseball player
- Jhonatan Solano Major League Baseabll catcher
- Julio Teheran Major League Baseball pitcher
- Mauricio Serna Footballer (Boca Juniors)
- Fabián Andrés Vargas Footballer (Almería)
- Radamel Falcao García Footballer (Atletico Madrid)
- Iván Córdoba Footballer Inter Milan
- Hugo Rodallega (Footballer Wigan Athletic)
- Andrés Escobar former footballer killed after the 1994 World Cup
- Wilmer Cabrera Head coach of the United States Under-17 national team.
- Fabiola Zuluaga Former tennis player
- Mauricio Hadad Former tennis player
- Santiago Giraldo Tennis player
- Alejandro Falla Tennis player
- Mario Yepes Footballer National team captain
- Marcos Coll Footballer National team, in Chile 1962 scored the only goal direct from a corner in a FIFA World Cup.
- María Isabel Urrutia Weightlifter, won her country's first gold medal in Sidney's 2000 Summer Olympics.
- Romelio Salas Olympic Wrestler. 1984, 1992.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,
Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn;
Amidst thy bowers the tyrant’s hand is seen,
And desolation saddens all thy green;
One only master grasps the whole domain,
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain;”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)