Ernst Steinig (born 1 January 1900, date of death unknown) was a German Greco-Roman featherweight wrestler and two times German medal winner in European championships. He was born in Klein-Lassowitz.
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A total of 37 teams entered the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. For the first time the title holders and the host country were given automatic qualification. Therefore, France, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
Joel Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2011. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA super featherweight title from 2000 to 2002; and the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles between 2006 and 2008. As an amateur, Casamayor won a gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 1992 Olympics, after which he defected to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Olympics.
Estonia competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Markus Beyer was a German professional boxer who won the World Boxing Council super middleweight title. As an amateur, he represented Germany at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games in the light middleweight division. He also won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships and silver at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships.
Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as LASK, or Linzer ASK, is an Austrian professional football club based in Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of Austrian football. The club's colours are black and white. The women's team plays in the second highest division of Austrian women's football.
István Kovács, nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra, is a Hungarian retired world champion boxer. He is a Secretary General of the AIBA.
The 1997 UEFA Champions League final was a football match played at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 28 May 1997 to determine the winner of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by Borussia Dortmund of Germany and Juventus of Italy. Borussia Dortmund won 3–1 with goals from Karl-Heinz Riedle and Lars Ricken; Juventus' goal was scored by Alessandro Del Piero.
Mustafa Dağıstanlı was a Turkish wrestler. He had his best achievements in freestyle wrestling, winning gold medals at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and 1954, 1957, and 1959 world championships. In Greco-Roman wrestling he won a gold medal at the 1955 Mediterranean Games. He is credited with 389 wins and 4 draws in 393 matches.
Mehmet Akif Pirim, is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the featherweight class (62 kg), and currently a trainer. He won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics.
Mahmut Demir, is a Turkish Olympic, World and European champion former wrestler in the super heavyweight class. He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Men's Freestyle wrestling.
SK Tallinna Sport, or simply Sport, is a defunct Estonian football club based in Tallinn. Founded in 1912, Sport won nine domestic league titles and was the most successful Estonian football club before Soviet occupation.
Péter Kovács is a former Hungarian international handball player and handball coach.
Stelios Mygiakis is a Greek Greco-Roman wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal and is the first Greek to become an Olympic Champion in wrestling. Mygiakis also won a gold medal at both the European Wrestling Championships and Mediterranean Games. He was named the 1980 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.
Jani Haapamäki is a Finnish wrestler (Greco-Roman). He won a gold medal at the 2009 European Wrestling Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 55 kg event. Haapamäki represents the Kauhajoen Karhu sportsclub and is coached by wrestler Juha Virtanen.
Wesna Busic is a Croatian German professional wrestler She mostly wrestled in Germany, but also over all of Europe as well as in Japan and America.
Mihály Deák-Bárdos is a Hungarian amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category. He is a four-time Olympian, and a six-time medalist at the European Championships. Deák-Bárdos had also won a total of five silver medals at the World Championships, losing out to numerous top-level wrestlers including Alexander Karelin, Rulon Gardner, Khasan Baroyev, and Mijaín López, all of whom were Olympic champions in the same division.
The men's Greco-Roman featherweight was one of thirteen wrestling events held as part of the wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held from August 2 to 5, and featured 20 wrestlers from 20 nations. Featherweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 58 to 62 kilograms.
Geno Petriashvili is a Georgian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He is European champion in 2016 and 2020 and world champion in 2017, 2018 and 2019, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a silver medal 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and gold medal 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Ulf Nadrowski is a German professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ulf Herman. He is best known in the United States for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling where he was part of The Full Blooded Italians faction from 1998 to 1999. Herman is also known around the world for his time in the European independent circuit, most notably in the United Kingdom for All Star Wrestling, the BWF, Frontier Wrestling Alliance, and more recently 1 Pro Wrestling and Real Quality Wrestling.
Eberhard Schymik was a German footballer who played as a defender for Eintracht Frankfurt.
