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Here is my top 10 list of apt sporting names - people's names that are appropriate to their talent or sport. See also an extensive list of apt sporting names that I have found.

1. Usain Bolt — 100m and 200m world record holder and Olympic Gold medalist.
2. Marina Stepanova — 1986 400 hurdle WR holder
3. Chuck Long — former NFL quarterback for the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams.
4. Anna Smashnova — a former professional tennis player from Russia.
5. Willie Thrower — former NFL quarterback.
6. Zhu Ting — a chinese soccer striker, pronounced shoo-ting.
7. Yordanka Donkova — Bulgarian female hurdler who won an Olympic gold and bronze medal
8. Nathan Leeper — An American high jumper who finished eleventh at the 2000 Olympic Games.
9. Layne Beachley — Australian world champion surfer.
10. Dale Kickett — an Australian football (AFL) player.

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Related Pages

• Compete list of apt names
• Apt Olympians — Olympic athletes with names that suit their sport.
• Funny names in sport
• Unusual Sports Names — some of these are pretty funny.