List of Latin Americans - Sports

Sports

  • Athletics
    • Iván Pedroso (born 1972), long jump Gold medalist: 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001 World Champion, and 2000 Olympic Champion.
    • Felix Sanchez (born 1977), 400m hurdles Gold medalist: 2001 and 2003 World Champion, and 2004 Olympic Champion.
    • Javier Sotomayor (born 1967), high jump Gold (1992 Olympics) and Silver (2000 Olympics) medalist; World Recordman (since July 23, 1993).
  • Baseball
    • Juan Marichal (born 1937), Major League pitcher; member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
    • Luis Aparicio (born 1934), Major League shortstop; member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
    • Roberto Clemente (1934–1972), Major League right fielder, NL MVP Award winner (1966).
    • Dennis Martínez (born 1955) First Latino to pitch a perfect game in major league history.
    • Pedro Martínez (born 1971) 3 Cy Young Award winning pitcher; Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVP award winner (1999).
    • Sammy Sosa (born 1968), MVP award winning Right Fielder; First Latino to ever hit 500 Home runs; Ranked 5th on the list of the 500 home run club;
    • José Reyes (born 1983), Major League shortstop.
    • Fernando Valenzuela (born 1960), Major League pitcher.
  • Basketball
    • Carlos Alberto Arroyo (born 1979), Detroit Pistons point guard.
    • Leandro Barbosa, Phoenix Suns
    • , Jose Juan Barea, Dallas Mavericks
    • Emanuel "Manu" Ginóbili (born 1977), NBA Champion (with San Antonio Spurs, 2003 and 2005) and Olympic Champion (with Argentina, 2004).
    • Al Horford, Atlanta Hawks
    • , Horacio Llamas, Phoenix Suns
    • Eduardo Najera, New Jersey Nets
  • Boxing
    • Rosendo Alvarez (born 1970) World champion and the only person to hold the undefeated flyweight champion to a draw.
    • Alexis Argüello (born 1952) World champion, member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
    • Wilfred Benítez (born 1958), World Champion in three separate weight divisions, member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame since 1996.
    • Jorge Castro (born 1967), World middleweight Champion.
    • Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, retired Boxer and former holder of both the WBC Latino Super featherweight and IBC Super featherweight titles.
    • Julio César Chávez (born 1962), World Champion (5 titles in 3 different divisions).
    • Juan Martin Coggi (born 1961), three time WBA's World Jr. Welterweight Champion.
    • Oscar De La Hoya, (born 1972) first six division world champion in boxing history.
    • Carlos De León, 4 time world Cruiserweight Champion
    • Roberto Durán (born 1951), World Champion (6 titles in 4 different divisions); first Hispanic to be four time World Champion.
    • Víctor Galíndez (1948–1980), World light heavyweight Champion.
    • Wilfredo Gómez (born 1956), three time World Champion.
    • Carlos Cruz (1937–1970), world Lightweight champion.
    • Santos Laciar, Three time world Champion
    • Raul Macias World Bantamweight Champion.
    • Ricardo Mayorga (born 1973) Former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and former WBC Junior Middleweight champion of the world.
    • Carlos Monzón (1942–1995), World middleweight Champion.
    • Jose Luis Ramírez, 2 time World Lightweight Champion.
    • John Ruiz (born 1972), two-time WBA's World Heavyweight Champion, first Latino to be world Heavyweight champion in history.
    • Félix Trinidad (born 1973), World Champion.
    • José Torres, first Latino world Light Heavyweight champion in boxing history.
    • Kina Malpartida, World Boxing Association Champion in the Super Featherweight.
  • Chess
    • Esteban Canal (1896–1981), honorary International Grandmaster (1977), creator of the Peruvian Immortal game.
    • José Raúl Capablanca (1888–1942), International Grandmaster, World Champion (1921–1927).
  • Cycling
    • Santiago Botero (born 1972), 2002 World Time-Trial Champion.
  • Football (Soccer)
    • Alfredo Di Stéfano (born 1926), 5 consecutive times European Champion (with Real Madrid, 1956–1960; scored 49 goals).
    • Diego Armando Maradona (born 1960)
    • Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento, born 1940), FIFA best football player of the century (people's choice in 2000).
    • Lionel Andrés Messi
  • Golf
    • Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez (born 1935), 8 PGA Tour and 22 Champions Tour titles winner; World Golf Hall of Famer (1992).
  • Motor sports
    • Juan Manuel Fangio (1911–1995), five times Formula One World Champion.
    • Emerson Fittipaldi (born 1946), 1972 and 1974 Formula One World Champion.
    • Carlos Lavado (born 1956), 250cc GP motorcycle racing World Champion (1983 and 1986).
    • Juan Pablo Montoya (born ?), Indianapolis 500 winner, also won Formula One and NASCAR races.
    • Nelson Piquet, (born 1952), triple Formula One World Champion (1981, 1983 and 1987).
    • Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), triple Formula One World Champion (1988, 1990 and 1991).
  • Surfing
    • Sofia Mulanovich (1983-), 2004 Women's World Champion.
    • Phil Rajzman (1982–), 2007 ASP OXBOW World Championship.
  • Tennis
    • Maria Bueno (born 1939), 19 Grand Slam titles winner (7 singles, 12 doubles); International Tennis Hall of Famer since 1978.
    • Gigi Fernández, Wimbledon doubles Champion
    • Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), 2004 French Open Men's Singles Champion.
    • Mary Joe Fernández (born 1971), 2 Grand Slam Dobles titles winner; Won 2 Olympic Gold Medals and 1 Olympic Bronze Medal.
    • Andrés Gómez (born 1960), 1990 French Open Men's Singles Champion.
    • Rosemary Casals, former tennis player and winner of multiple Grand Slams.
    • Gustavo Kuerten, (born 1976), three-time French Open Men's Singles Champion (1997, 2000 and 2001).
    • David Nalbandian (born 1982), 2005 Tennis Masters Cup Champion.
    • Alex Olmedo (born 1936), 3 Grand Slam titles winner (2 singles, 1 doubles).
    • Rafael Osuna (1938–1969), 4 Grand Slam titles winner (1 singles, 3 doubles).
    • Gabriela Sabatini (born 1970), 1990 US Open Women's Singles and 1988 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Champion.
    • Pancho Segura (born 1921), International Tennis Hall of Famer since 1984.
    • Paola Suárez (born 1976), 8 Grand Slam Doubles titles winner.
    • Anita Lizana (1915-1994) 1937 US Open champion. First Latin American, and first Hispanic person, to be ranked World Number 1 in tennis.
    • Marcelo Ríos (born 1975), ATP World Number One, 1998. Australian Open finalist
    • Fernando González 2007 Australian Open Finalist and double olympic medalist.
    • Nicolas Massú double olympic gold medalist winner.
    • Guillermo Vilas (born 1952), 4 Grand Slam Singles titles winner.

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