Famous National & International Sports Personalities & Their Respective Fields. In this article, we will share the complete list of Famous Sports Personalities of the world. As per the SSC & Railway Exams trend, 1-2 questions are generally asked from this topic. To help you update your knowledge, we have compiled the list of Famous National and International Sports Personalities who recently made to the headlines, because most of the questions are asked from the recent news. And that is what makes this article a must-read for your exam preparation.
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Here is the list of the famous sports personalities of the world:
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| Men | Women |
| Pullela Gopichand | Saina Nehwal |
| B. Sai Praneeth | P.V. Sindhu |
| Ajay Jayaram | Ashwini Ponnappa |
| Srikanth Kidambi | Carolina Marin |
| Prannoy Kumar | Li Xuerui |
| Lee Chong Wei | -- |
| Chen Long | -- |
BOXING
| Men | Women |
| Vijendra Singh | Mary Kom |
| Akhil Kumar | Kavita Chahal |
| Shiva Thapa | Sarita Devi |
| Jitender Kumar | Manju Rani |
| Amit Panghal | |
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez | |
ARCHERY
| Men | Women |
| Limba Ram | Deepika Kumari |
| Rajat Chauhan | Jyothi Surekha Vennam |
| Tarundeep Rai | Muskan Kirar |
| Brady Ellison | Madhumita Kumari |
| Kim Woo-jin | Ki Bo-Bae |
| Sjef van den Berg | |
RACING
| Men | Women |
| Narain Karthikeyan | Alisha Abdullah |
| Karun Chandhok | Danica Patrick |
| Lewis Hamilton | -- |
| Sebastian Vettel | -- |
SQUASH
| Men | Women |
| Saurav Ghosal | Joshna Chinappa |
| Mohamed El Shorbagy | Dipika Pallikal Karthik |
| Harinder Pal Sandhu | Janet Vidhi |
| Ramy Ashour | Nour El Sherbini |
TABLE TENNIS
| Men | Women |
| Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Gool Nasikwala |
| Zhang Jike | Soumyajit Ghosh |
| Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj | Suthirta Mukherjee |
| Achanta Sharath Kamal | Manika Batra |
| Ma Long | Deng Yaping |
SHOOTING
| Men | Women |
| Gagan Narang | Heena Sindhu |
| Jitu Rai | Anjali Bhagwat |
| Abhinav Bindra | Apurvi Chandela |
| Petar Gorša | Manu Bhaker |
| Saurabh Chaudhary | Elavenil VALARIVAN |
| Divyansh Singh Panwar | -- |
| PENI Istvan | -- |
GOLF
| Men | Women |
| Arjun Atwal | Sharmila Nicollet |
| Anirban Lahiri | Aditi Ashok |
| Shiv Kapur | Annika Sorenstam |
| Gaganjeet Bhullar | Lexi Thompson |
| Tiger Woods | Inbee Park |
| Rory Mcllroy | -- |
BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER
| Men | Women |
| Pankaj Advani | Vidya Pillai |
| Geet Sethi | Chitra Magimairaj |
| Sourav Kothari | Anuja Thakur |
| Stephen Hendry | Allison Fisher |
| Efren Reyes | Jeanette Lee |
HOCKEY
| Men | Women |
| Balbir Singh Kullar | Eva De Goede |
| Manpreet Singh | Ritu Rani |
| P. R. Sreejesh | Jaspreet Kaur |
| Sardar Singh | Luciana Aymar |
| Dhyan Chand | Amandeep Kaur |
| Jamie Dwyer | Savita Poonia |
| Vincent Vanasch | Rachel Lynch |
| Vivek Prasad | Lalremsiami |
CHESS
| Men | Women |
| Viswanathan Anand | Harika Dronavalli |
| Pentala Harikrishna | Hou Yifan |
| Parimarjan Negi | Humpy Koneru |
| Anatoly Karpov | Tania Sachdev |
| Vladimir Kramnik | Judit Polgar |
| Wesley So | Padmini Rout |
LAWN TENNIS
| Men | Women |
| Leander Paes | Sania Mirza |
| Mahesh Bhupathi | Ankita Raina |
| Roger Federer | Prarthana Thombare |
| Rohan Bopanna | Serena Williams |
| Novak Djokovic | Naomi Osaka |
| Rafael Nadal | -- |
Weightlifting
| Men | Women |
| Sudhir Kumar Chitradurga | Pratima Kumari |
| Mohammed Asadullah | Kunjarani Devi |
| Satish Kumar Shivalingam | Yumnam Chanu |
| Vikas Thakur | Geeta Rani |
| Sarbjeet Kaur | -- |
Wrestling
| Men | Women |
| Sushil Kumar | Geeta Phogat |
| Yogeshwar Dutt | Sakshi Malik |
| Bajrang Punia | Vinesh Phogat |
Shot Put
| Men | Women |
| Tejinder pal Singh | Valerie Adams |
| Ryan Crouser | -- |
Javelin Throw
| Men | Women |
| Neeraj Chopra | Barbora Spotakova |
| Keshorn Walcott | Lyu Huihui |
Athlete
| Men | Women |
| Manjit Singh | Dutee Chand |
| Muhammed Anas Yahiya | Hima Das |
| Jinson Johnson | Swapna Barman |
| | Poovamma Raju Machettira |
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