User:Marine 69-71/Sports

 Sports people


 * Orlando Antigua - Born to a Puerto Rican mother, in 1995, the first Hispanic and the first non-black in 52 years to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.


 * Luis Arroyo (Short bio.) - Baseball player.


 * Juan Báez - Basketball player for the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation.


 * Kristina Brandi - Tennis player.


 * Dr. David "Kike" Bernier - Retired fencer, former Secretary of Sports and Recreation.


 * Nero Chen - Boxer, Chen was Puerto Rico's first professional boxer.


 * Dr. Rebekah Colberg - The "Mother of Puerto Rican Women's Sports".


 * Angel Cordero Jr. - Member of the Jockey Hall of Fame.


 * Maritza Correia - First black Puerto Rican female in the US Olympic Swimming Team.


 * Ivelisse Echevarria - Inducted into the International Softball Hall of Fame (2003).


 * Orlando Fernández - First Puerto Rican to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar.


 * Lisa Fernandez - Established a record in Olympic's Softball with 25 strikeouts.


 * Enrique Figueroa - Sailing.


 * Bold Forbes - Race horse.


 * Ruben Gomez - First Puerto Rican to pitch and win World Series game.


 * Herbert Lewis Hardwick a.k.a. "Cocoa Kid" - Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012. He was a member of boxing's feared "Murderers' Row".


 * Anita Lallande - Former Olympic swimmer, holds the island record for most medals won at CAC Games with a total of 17 and 10 gold.


 * Angelita Lind - Track and field athlete.


 * Orlando Melendez a.k.a. "El Gato" - In 2008, became the first Puerto Rican born basketball player to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.


 * Felix Millan (Short bio) - Basebell player.


 * Jonny Moseley - Skier, first Puerto Rican member of the U.S. Ski Team.


 * Emilio "Millo" Navarro - First Puerto Rican to play in Negro Leagues.


 * Luis Olmo, -First Puerto Rican to hit home run in World Series.


 * José Pagán (Short bio.) - Baseball player.


 * Raul Papaleo - Considered the greatest Puerto Rican Beach Volleyball player.


 * Victor Pellot a.k.a. "Vic Power" - Baseball player, second black Puerto Rican in Major League Baseball.


 * Juan Pizarro (Short bio.) - Baseball player.


 * German Rieckehoff - Former president of Puerto Rican Olympic Committee.


 * Mario Rivera Martino - First Puerto Rican sports writer to be inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame (2019)


 * Ron Rivera - Football player, first Puerto Rican in the National Football League and to coach an NFL team.


 * Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez - Golfer, member of Golf Hall of Fame.


 * Jesse Vassallo - Swimmer, current president, PR Swimming Federation and member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.


 * Savio Vega - Former WWF wrestler.


 * Juan Evangelista Venegas - Boxer, first Puerto Rican Olympic medalist.


 * Mark Watring - Equestrian.

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