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Sports by Athlete Quiz

Name the sports that these athletes excelled at.
Each sport is used only once
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: September 3, 2018
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First submittedDecember 10, 2010
Times taken206,609
Rating3.54
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Athlete
Sport
Roger Federer
Tennis
Babe Ruth
Baseball
Tiger Woods
Golf
Misty May
Beach Volleyball
Duke Kahanamoku
Surfing
Nadia Comăneci
Gymnastics
Wayne Gretzky
Ice Hockey
David Beckham
Soccer
Joe Montana
Football
Michael Jordan
Basketball
Athlete
Sport
Apolo Ohno
Speed Skating
Kim Yuna
Figure Skating
Randy Couture
Mixed Martial Arts
Lance Armstrong
Cycling
Muhammad Ali
Boxing
Hermann Maier
Alpine Skiing
Shaun White
Snowboarding
Michael Phelps
Swimming
Sachin Tendulkar
Cricket
Tony Hawk
Skateboarding
Athlete
Sport
Kevin Martin
Curling
Alexander Karelin
Wrestling
Greg Louganis
Diving
Edwin Moses
Hurdling
Usain Bolt
Sprinting
Bill Kazmaier
Powerlifting
David Belle
Parkour
Jan-Ove Waldner
Table Tennis
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Snooker
Jonah Lomu
Rugby Union
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 25, 2013
Updated and expanded!
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 80
Sep 9, 2016
What? No buzkashi?!! Who hasn't heard of Jahangir? :-P
HinesBrothers
+6
Level 73
Sep 30, 2019
Me
Calce1987
+2
Level 36
Nov 28, 2013
I drew a blank on Kevin Martin, could only think of the timberwolves basket ball player and edwin moses I just kept trying track and field, track, athletics and so on. Annoyed as I should have got 30
Ponderosa
+1
Level 79
Jan 2, 2014
Snooker, parkour, speed AND figure skating... but no distance running?
buck1017
+4
Level 73
Jan 2, 2014
or horse/auto racing.
jacobszekuIa
+1
Level 28
Feb 22, 2014
Snooker shouldn't be considered a sport
roleybob
+8
Level 75
Jul 12, 2018
Snooker shouldn't be considered a sport? What a strange thing to say
Albert2002
+2
Level 67
Jun 18, 2019
At least if it is considered a sport, dart should be considered too.
Tyacke
+1
Level 60
Jul 20, 2020
Any activity where the outcome is decided solely by judges isn't a sport. Snooker is a sport.
Arron321
+1
Level 34
Jan 23, 2014
maybe accept surfboarding?
rgc1600
+1
Level 72
Jan 23, 2014
What the heck is parkour?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jan 23, 2014
It's jumping over fences and down stairs and stuff.
Charlie14
+20
Level 20
Jun 27, 2014
it's running away. it was invented by the French
SmarterThanEinstein
+1
Level 39
Feb 10, 2017
HAHAHAHA, Well done my friend xD
Ferbin
+1
Level 69
Jun 13, 2019
Typical ignorant. Read a history book.
sprk
+2
Level 64
Oct 30, 2014
It is a way of breaking your arm and looking cool at the same time
arewethereyet421
+1
Level 15
May 13, 2015
Parkour is like very daring and dangerous obstacle courses
cosmokim
+1
Level 57
Oct 8, 2015
Yeah...I do it and break my arms daily
fullmoon11
+1
Level 33
Jan 23, 2014
Can you please accept bicyclist?
fullmoon11
+2
Level 33
Jan 23, 2014
And gymnast for gymnastics?
HectorVortac
+4
Level 50
Nov 3, 2016
And 'sports'? For every answer?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jan 23, 2014
Parkour is a sport now? I gave up after getting curling on a random guess. That was as obscure as I was willing to go. You couldn't find any famous players from the annals of Bowling, Croquet, or Ultimate Frisbee?
Etanna
+2
Level 61
Aug 29, 2014
or chess and fishing :P
Diggydiggywatwat
+1
Level 56
May 31, 2017
or lacrosse
Kendallmae
+1
Level 20
Mar 1, 2019
those aren't sports.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Apr 30, 2019
^ they are sports as much as many of these other things. That was the thing whizzing over your head.
ruudsje
+9
Level 73
Jan 23, 2014
I'm really sorry, this must become very boring, but David Beckham played football, Joe Montana played a game not concerning the combination of foot and a (round (sic!)) ball. (Most of the) rest of the world seems to agree.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/fun/news/a440423/sports-popularity-shown-on-colour-coded-world-map-picture.html

Or whatever..

Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Jan 23, 2014
I wouldn't mind if they changed the name of American Football to handegg. But until they do, JetPunk will call it football and we will call the other sport soccer. Why? Because 70% of the users of this site are American.
Arp2600
+4
Level 82
Jul 28, 2014
I don't really like football (I mean what you call soccer) but I seriously encourage you not to be so narrow-minded and to talk of american football.
nanook
+1
Level 53
Aug 15, 2015
Football. Ball Foot. Simples.
Dragonninja42
+5
Level 55
Mar 30, 2016
I disagree whole-heartedly Quizmaster.

This is an English Quiz site, and in the English language, the sport in question is in fact called "Association football"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football

Type "Soccer" into Wikipedia, and you will be redirected here.

The sport is NICKNAMED "Football", or "Soccer" depending on the part of the world you are from.

Therefore, "Football" should 100% logically be a correct solution just as much as, if not more so than "Soccer" is.

Algernon
+4
Level 70
May 10, 2017
If fooball is good enough for the rest of the world.....
schnuederlue
+1
Level 62
Nov 14, 2017
Once again: this is a US-hostet quizpage and we all have to deal with the fact, that most of the quizzes (especially in english language) are focussed on american topics, expressions, persons, etc.....
benfons
+1
Level 67
Nov 14, 2017
at least accept Association football
Carltonford
+3
Level 46
Aug 22, 2018
That's 30% that are not American. That's still a huge proportion of your user base. Therefore you should accept both football and soccer as valid answers. This is not a test of what's the American word for football!
dave123
+1
Level 65
Oct 22, 2018
Then at least you should accept association football.
bkemp2001
+2
Level 58
May 19, 2016
The site is American. It's called soccer here, ergo, Beckham played soccer. Asking Americans to refer to football as American Football is the same as going to India and asking everyone to call it Indian Food. It's just food there.
PjotrL
+1
Level 71
Aug 8, 2016
In the Netherlands field hockey is a populair sport, where in Finland ice hockey is the national favourite. Both refer to their version as "hockey", the other one is simply irrelevant.
Carltonford
+2
Level 46
Aug 22, 2018
Even Beckham wouldn't call what he plays as soccer!
Instrumental
+1
Level 50
Jun 17, 2016
The rest of the world agrees? When the rest of the world goes to the moon maybe we'll care. 'MURICA!
Schnitzelbrot
+7
Level 49
Mar 12, 2017
Thats exactly why everyone hates Americans. Close minded nationalistic idiots.
Algernon
+6
Level 70
May 10, 2017
Seconded, though I suspect/hope his comment was made to troll.
PickleChicken
+1
Level 44
Nov 10, 2017
If we’re gonna call soccer football, then what are we gonna call football?
ruudsje
+7
Level 73
Nov 14, 2017
running around, causing brain damage, between extremely long commercials
callahag
+1
Level 40
Feb 23, 2021
Gridiron or American Football
MDW
+2
Level 44
Nov 25, 2017
Maybe add a warning for international users that American terms apply. Also, allow American football and gridiron to to be valid answers.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Apr 30, 2019
I know you think you sound clever, but you do not.
CoolDood
+1
Level 20
Jan 24, 2014
Parkour sounds like a weird sport. And how was I supposed to know about powerlifting?
TinklePork
+1
Level 64
Mar 20, 2015
He hosts the World's Stongest Man competition and he's a big name even now, even though he's retired from lifting
86mattyice
+1
Level 32
Jan 24, 2014
You should add Ultimate and put Brodie Smith as the famous Ultimate player!!
Charlie14
+1
Level 20
Feb 5, 2014
curling shouldn't even be a sport...

especially since Kevin Martin is a well known basketball player, obviously not the same guy but you get my point

kenpo17
+1
Level 67
Sep 8, 2017
Or at least a different curling person should be chosen. If we're going to quibble about what is/isn't a sport, then I feel like snooker could be up for debate as well.
Coyuznik
+1
Level 79
Feb 26, 2014
Can someone explain what the difference between weightlifting and powerlifting is?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 27, 2014
Powerlifting is bench press, deadlift and squat. Weightlifting is the Olympic lifts. However, weightlifting will work if you type it.
starfast
+7
Level 61
Apr 19, 2014
I got 20/30 by typing in ransom sports. There were very few names that I actually recognized.
Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Feb 26, 2015
I didn't know kidnapping someone for 'ransom' was a sport ..... you live and learn.
Callsey26
+1
Level 45
Mar 2, 2021
I know, does anybody outside of USA actually know who most of these people are? Most of the non-americans in the list are just the most famous names out of sports America are rubbish at, eg rugby
Jerry928
+1
Level 74
Jul 24, 2014
I bet Joe Montana, great athlete that he was, was crap at kicking a round ball.
Matthew07
+1
Level 39
Jan 31, 2018
I wouldn't be so sure of that. A lot of football stars played in other sports such as soccer, basketball, baseball, and track and field
Jerry928
+2
Level 74
Jul 24, 2014
Wouldn't it be better to make you answer for each specific person? Otherwise you can get a few points just by typing every sport you can think of, even if you have no idea who plays it.
Ryanboss
+1
Level 47
Jul 12, 2016
Agreed
jayhiatt
+1
Level 69
Aug 23, 2014
Sprinting and hurdling are not sports. Track and field (or athletics) is. Both Usain Bolt and Edwin Moses competed in the same sport, albeit different events.
robtring
+1
Level 33
Aug 25, 2014
Bill Kazmaier is well known for strongman, not necessarily powerlifting?
TanithEdgley
+3
Level 43
Sep 14, 2014
I'd like to see all the people complaining that Parkour isn't a sport give it a shot. It's actually very difficult. I've tried it and I respect anyone who's able to do that for a living.
SpeedyCar
+2
Level 14
Nov 26, 2014
Who says soccer and football are different sports?
milehigh12
+1
Level 25
Sep 8, 2017
people that live in the USA
DavidL123
+1
Level 15
Feb 3, 2015
：-)
KEG4018
+2
Level 51
Feb 25, 2015
Parkour is not a sport...sorry.
Alcohornis
+1
Level 40
May 8, 2015
You should change speed skating for short track.
Elliottottesen
+3
Level 57
Jun 18, 2015
David Beckham plays Football not soccer
milehigh12
+1
Level 25
Sep 8, 2017
Since this is an English site based in USA.

Beckham plays Soccer.

Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Sep 6, 2015
How anyone can put SPORT and Lance Armstrong in the same bracket is just making a joke.
TOMC4T
+6
Level 41
Sep 22, 2015
Tried Doping for Lance Armstrong, was really surprised it didn't work
rupturedccno1
+1
Level 65
Dec 4, 2015
In English we say athletics for track and field.

I typed it and it didn't register so I typed track.

Please with all due respect for USA's track and field athletes

over the years do you mind including athletics or running for sprinting

when you allow track.

No big deal if you do mind.

skillmaster9000
+2
Level 55
Dec 16, 2015
I'm just going to say it because everyone else is afraid-- SKATING IS NOT A SPORT. NEITHER IS PARKOUR OR SNOOKER.
Kaheli
+3
Level 68
Jan 14, 2018
Speed skating has been in the winter olympics from the beginning.
MajorPlank
+2
Level 23
Mar 8, 2018
SNOOKER IS A SPORT
stankyC
+1
Level 61
Feb 24, 2016
There's a far more famous (at least to mainstream sports fans) Kevin Martin who's an NBA player...surely there's another curler or a different sport to use instead of this Kevin Martin?
kenpo17
+1
Level 67
Sep 8, 2017
Came to post this. I don't know anything at all about curling, but surely there's someone who can represent the sport in this quiz that doesn't share a name with someone in another sport?
ThatRandomFangirl
+1
Level 34
May 11, 2016
Kept putting ice skating for Kim Yuna, then realized it was figure skating
Instrumental
+1
Level 50
Jun 17, 2016
Please consider adding:

Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi, or Jorge Lorenzo for MotoGP!

anarchyflag
+2
Level 43
Jul 31, 2016
ugh! I can never remember the american name for football! I should be able to get football for david beckham, come on dudes. he's a british guy who plays the sport internationally known as football. it's sincerely irritating not being able to get full marks because of this.

i'm not saying you shouldn't call your version football, clearly you can do whatever you want, but at least make football an option for david beckham, come on...

Matthew07
+2
Level 39
Jan 6, 2017
I agree with this. At least this response is semi-non rude
milehigh12
+2
Level 25
Sep 8, 2017
But this is an English site based in America. We know the term of your "football" as soccer.
EmilyWatson
+2
Level 33
Sep 1, 2016
I think the English words should be accepted as well as American...
mrrick
+1
Level 20
Sep 3, 2016
I typed in 'Worlds Strongest Man' for Bill Kazmeier, i didn't know him before he appeared on the show a couple of years ago in the U.K., I remember his eyes almost bulging out of his head when taking part, seriously strong guy !
Bulbachan
+4
Level 33
Sep 7, 2016
David Beckham is an Englishman who plays football.

Whether this is an American Quiz or not, you should have football as an option along with soccer.

There are 196 countries who play football, but only a few (mainly USA, Australia and South Africa) who call it soccer

Matthew07
+1
Level 39
Oct 19, 2016
You basically just said that your way of calling it is correct and the USA's way is incorrect.
Algernon
+3
Level 70
May 10, 2017
And he would be right.
alsion
+1
Level 37
Sep 20, 2020
No he didn't say his way was the only right way, he said both answers should be accepted
HectorVortac
+1
Level 50
Nov 3, 2016
Yeah, after getting the roughly 15 I knew I typed in random sports. However, I am quite stunned and proud of not needing to guess Sachin Tendulkar, says an American.
manchesterutd10
+2
Level 54
Nov 3, 2016
can you at least accept american football?
greatclotman
+1
Level 27
Nov 3, 2016
woo i got 21/30

considering I'm 11, not bad.

Lo2617Key
+1
Level 10
Jan 14, 2017
Kevin Martin is a basketball player, he plays for the Minnesota timberwolves
manOFsteel
+1
Level 30
Jan 19, 2017
What amazes me is how more people guessed tiger woods than michael jordan. And woods being at the very top doesn't make a difference
kenpo17
+1
Level 67
Sep 8, 2017
Jordan has been retired for awhile now.
ivanb22
+2
Level 50
Feb 5, 2017
This should be a yellow field type of quiz because after one goes through all the players, it becomes listing of different sports.
kenpo17
+1
Level 67
Sep 8, 2017
There are definitely some I wouldn't get if I had to actually match the athlete instead of just throwing different sports out there.
jajaco2017
+1
Level 60
Mar 2, 2017
only 18% know Ed MOses ?!
fearlesslyred
+1
Level 36
Apr 24, 2017
didn't read Michael Phelps so I didn't answer it... feel so stupid right now
viktoraxel
+2
Level 28
Apr 28, 2017
its football not soccer and it is also called american football not football!!!!!!!!!
milehigh12
+1
Level 25
Sep 8, 2017
Not on this site it isnt
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Sep 8, 2017
Can't believe that Quizmaster has left the Cheater Lance Armstrong in on this list of SPORTS. I feel ashamed just writing his name down, it's a wonder Maradona isn't on the list along with Johnson and a few other drug taking cheats.
kenpo17
+1
Level 67
Sep 8, 2017
He's also left Kevin Martin, even though numerous people have pointed out that there is another Kevin Martin that plays basketball in the NBA, who is at least as well known if not moreso than the one in curling.
milehigh12
+1
Level 25
Sep 8, 2017
Kevin Martin is a well known Basketball player that played in the NBA for 12 seasons. You google that name that is what comes up i was trying to your find your answer and could not.

Maybe pick a different name in curling

Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Sep 9, 2017
Is he more famous than Michael Jordan? No? Then, maybe you should figure out that its a different Kevin Martin.
PickleChicken
+1
Level 44
Nov 10, 2017
You should totally add bowling to this list. Maybe lacrosse too.
tralalalalala
+1
Level 39
Jan 25, 2018
Again football is american, and as this is an American website, Quizmaster has done it correct. However, maybe add football as an acceptable response for David Beckham? If you can't you are still right. An for all those haters out there, this is an American hosted website, so if you don't like it, don't use it...
markthoma
+1
Level 70
Jan 26, 2018
It's so funny how angry people get about the soccer/football thing even though everyone already knows both words. Just like I know that most of the world calls football "American football" because to them futbol/football means something else.

It's. just. not. that. hard.

Also, for the cycling purists ... the cheater you know is no different than the cheater you don't know. Both are cheaters. Therefore, you have to be careful in holding anyone in high esteem in the sports world...odds are way too good that they're a cheater who just hasn't gotten caught.

Majic
+2
Level 45
Jan 30, 2018
Damn americans are ignorant. It is not to hard to search for most popular sports in the world and create a list of those sports with some world stars. Not to mention that football is Beckham sport not soccer.
NikyVestern
+3
Level 54
Mar 26, 2018
You should add handball or waterpolo instead of these obscure sports such as skateboard, parkour etc.
Elan
+2
Level 62
Mar 30, 2018
This should absolutely be a yellow box quiz.
IvanAndonov
+1
Level 66
Jun 22, 2018
Athletics or track and field should be accepted for both Bolt and Moses (btw he was also very successful in bobsled, so I would consider that, too). Hurdling and sprinting are neither sports nor events or disciplines, e.g. on Wikipedia they are considered acts or methods of running.
dave123
+1
Level 65
Jul 3, 2018
Please accept association football.
hipshakeirl
+1
Level 59
Jul 16, 2018
What is parlour? And for me mixed martial arts is not a sport
roleybob
+3
Level 75
Aug 20, 2018
It's a room you use to socialise in
KeroseneAndFire
+1
Level 55
Aug 20, 2018
There should be a yellow box, You can just name random sports and get it right without knowing the person.
Badge
+1
Level 42
Aug 24, 2018
No motorsport? F1, motoGP, dakar. Names like Schumacher, Loeb, Rossi. And I miss darts; Van Barneveld, Taylor.
Archer1212
+1
Level 60
Sep 24, 2018
to be fair, there's a relatively well-known professional basketball player named Kevin Martin...
Vaggaboned
+1
Level 48
Oct 15, 2018
Didn't know a lot of the people on the list, but faired well enough just going through different sports.
lvtharrison
+1
Level 72
Oct 29, 2018
More people have heard of a surfer than Ed Moses, one of the truly great competitors in sport. Unbeatable for years.
spenarico
+1
Level 31
Jan 18, 2019
Parkour a sport?????
notluke
+1
Level 21
Mar 17, 2019
Ahahaha gymnastics is spelt with a "y"
sven1010
+1
Level 38
Mar 22, 2019
You should rename the quiz, "how many sports can you name?".
Ferbin
+1
Level 69
Jun 13, 2019
Beckham, really? -facepalm-
Volkswagen
+2
Level 64
Jul 23, 2019
Beckham-football, soccer
roleybob
+1
Level 75
Jul 23, 2019
I think this quiz has the same couple of comments repeated more times than any other quiz I have seen on this site, possibly with the exception of the April Fools quizzes.

Oh, how I wish people would read at least a few comments before posting their own

Kanemac41
+1
Level 44
Feb 16, 2020
Surely add motorsport and put in Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher or Ayrton Senna
rainman787
+1
Level 41
Feb 22, 2020
This should have that yellow box thing where you have to guess on specific athletes at a time.
carlonian
+1
Level 55
Mar 12, 2020
Please add Chess - Vishwanathan Anand/Magnus Carlsen/Garry Kasparov
stubart409
+1
Level 62
May 10, 2020
Should accept gridiron for football. And while your add it can you put in a different representative for football...er, I mean soccer. Other than whatshisface...
hellodrew
+1
Level 60
Jun 17, 2020
Firstly, would it be better to have a yellow box for each clue, I ignored the clues and just started naming every sport I could think of and managed to get a lot of sports who i'd never heard of the athletes.

Secondly, surely we can change Lance Armstrong to another cyclist who isnt a liar, cheat and a complete disgrace to the sport!?

Tyacke
+1
Level 60
Jul 16, 2020
Any activity where the outcome or result is decided SOLELY on the opinion of judges, instead of measureable differences in performance, are NOT a sport in my opinion. Gymnastics, diving, figure skating etc are little more than novelty acts while others, such as boxing or judo which have more than one way if deciding a winner, should be regarded as sports.
Linen
+1
Level 51
Aug 12, 2020
About football and soccer... I live in america but am chinese and so when I visited china once I started talking to some people about sports, and I mentioned this game called soccer, everyone else was utterly confused and that's how they found out I wasn't actually from china
Linen
+1
Level 51
Aug 12, 2020
And what about dick fosbury for the high jump?
jbro
+1
Level 45
Sep 13, 2020
can you accept skating, for scatboarding and figure skating
Cog
+1
Level 71
Oct 26, 2020
Come on. David Beckham plays football
SilentButterfly
+1
Level 24
Nov 24, 2020
Figure skating is not a sport...neither is cheerleading and parkour.
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 48
Jan 26, 2021
Choose a different athlete for football (Like Tom Brady or something)
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 48
Jan 26, 2021
oh i didn't pay attention and missed golf...
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