List of Puerto Ricans - Sports

Sports

A

• Benjamin Agosto
  figure skater and Olympic medalist.
• Roberto Alomar
  former baseball player, MLB All-Star, third Puerto Rican inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame (2011).
• Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  former baseball player.
• Sandy Alomar, Sr.
  former baseball player.
• Carmelo Anthony
  NBA player, New York Knicks (Puerto Rican father).
• 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.
• Chris Armas
  soccer player, (Puerto Rican mother).
• Carlos Arroyo
  NBA player, Orlando Magic.
• Harry Arroyo
  boxer, former IBF Lightweight Champion.

B

• Juan Báez
  former basketball player, most recent recipient of Puerto Rico Olympic Medal of Honor.
• José Juan Barea
  NBA player, Dallas Mavericks; first Puerto Rican to play for winning team in the NBA Finals.
• María Elena Batista
  Olympic, PanAm and Central American games swimmer.
• Eddie Belmonte
  thoroughbred racing jockey.
• Carlos Beltran
  baseball, center fielder San Francisco Giants.
• Wilfred Benítez
  boxer, member of Boxing Hall of Fame.
• Dr. David "Kike" Bernier
  retired fencer, former Secretary of Sports and Recreation.
• Hiram Bithorn
  baseball player, first Puerto Rican in Major League Baseball.
• Kristina Brandi
  tennis player.

C

• Iván Calderón
  baseball player.
• Iván Calderón
  boxer/world champion.
• Hector 'Macho' Camacho
  boxer/ former world champion.
• Fernando J. Canales
  swimmer, first Puerto Rican to reach final Championships.
• Orlando Cepeda
  baseball player, member of Baseball Hall of Fame.
• Nero Chen
  boxer, Chen was Puerto Rico's first professional boxer.
• Julie Chu
  Olympic ice hockey player who played the position of forward on the United States women's ice hockey team. She is of Chinese and Puerto Rican descent.
• Conchita Cintron
  renowned female bullfighter (Puerto Rican father)
• Kermit Cintron
  boxer, former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion (2006–08).
• Roberto Clemente
  3,000-hit baseball player, first Puerto Rican member of Baseball Hall of Fame.
• Abdiel Colberg
  first Hispanic pro-rollerblader.
• Dr. Rebekah Colberg
  known as "The Mother of Puerto Rican Women's Sports", Colberg paritcipated in various athletic competitions in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games celebrated in Panama where she won the Gold Medals in Discus and Javelin throw.
• Carlitos Colon
  former professional wrestler.
• Carly Colón
  professional wrestler.
• Ángel Cordero, Jr.
  jockey, member of Jockey Hall of Fame.
• Maritza Correia
  first black Puerto Rican woman in the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team.
• Joe Cortez
  boxing referee; member of Boxing Hall of Fame.
• Miguel Cotto
  professional boxer, former light welterweight, welterweight and junior middleweight world champion.
• Eva Cruz
  volleyball player.
• José Cruz
  baseball player whose number was retired by the Astros.
• Orlando Cruz
  boxer; first professional boxer to publicly announced he is gay.
• Teófilo Cruz
  basketball player
• Victor Cruz
  NFL football player
• Javier Culson
  Olympic athlete and Olympic bronze medalist who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles.

D

• Christian Dalmau
  BSN basketball player.
• Raymond Dalmau
  basketball player.
• Carlos De León
  first boxer to win cruiserweight world title four times.
• Esteban De Jesús
  boxer, former world champion.
• Madeline de Jesús
  Athlete, runner short track, long-jump, triple jump, gold, silver and bronze medallist, participant to 2 Olympic Games.
• Carlos Delgado
  baseball player, New York Mets.

E

• Ivelisse Echevarria
  inducted into the International Softball Federation Hall of Fame (2003).
• Alfredo Escalera
  boxer, former world champion.
• Alfredo L. Escalera
  baseball player, youngest player ever drafted by an MLB organization. drafted in 2012 by the Kansas City Royals franchise.
• Nino Escalera
  baseball player, first Hispanic in the Reds franchise.
• Sixto Escobar
  boxer, first Puerto Rican world champion and member of Boxing Hall of Fame.
• Ángel Espada
  boxer/former champion.

F

• Gigi Fernández
  tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
• Lisa Fernandez
  softball, Olympic gold medalist.
• Ed Figueroa
  baseball pitcher, first Puerto Rican to win 20 games in Major League.
• Enrique Figueroa
  sailing

G

• Rubén Gómez
  first Puerto Rican to pitch and win World Series game.
• Wilfredo Gómez
  boxer/former world champion and member of Boxing Hall of Fame.
• Arístides González
  boxer, first Olympic medalist under flag of Puerto Rico, 1984 Summer Olympics.
• Jorge González
  marathon runner.
• Juan González
  former baseball player.

H

• Herbert Lewis Hardwick a.k.a. "Cocoa Kid"
  boxer - He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012.
• Ivonne Harrison
  track and field athlete.
• Aaron Hernandez
  NFL football player and member of the New England Patriots.
• James Chico Hernandez
  wrestling champion and member of the Latin-American Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
• Ramón Hernández
  former baseball player

J

• Reggie Jackson
  baseball player, member of Baseball Hall of Fame (Puerto Rican father).

K

• Julio Kaplan
  chess International Master & former World Junior Chess Champion.
• Konnan
  professional wrestler.

L

• Anita Lallande
  former Olympic swimmer, holds the island record for most medals won at CAC Games with a total of 17 and 10 gold.
• Alfred Lee,
  basketball player, first Puerto Rican to play in NBA and to play on the NBA play-offs as a member of the 79-80 Los Angeles Lakers.
• Angelita Lind
  track and field athlete.
• Laura Daniela Lloreda
  member of Mexican National Volleyball Team.
• Javy López
  baseball player, Atlanta Braves.
• Mike Lowell
  baseball player, Boston Red Sox.

M

• Felix Magath
  German soccer star and coach (Puerto Rican father).
• Edgar Martínez
  former baseball player.
• Denise Masino
  Female bodybuilder.,
• Mark Medal
  boxer, former IBF Light Middleweight Champion.
• Orlando Melendez a.k.a. "El Gato"
  In 2008, became the first Puerto Rican born basketball player to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.
• Alberto Mercado
  Olympian boxer, only "American" citizen in 1980 Olympics.
• Jerome Mincy
  basketball player.
• John John Molina
  boxer/former world champion.
• José Molina
  baseball player
• Pedro Montañez
  boxer and member of Boxing Hall of Fame.
• Mario Morales
  BSN basketball player.
• Pedro Morales
  wrestler, member of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Hall of Fame.
• Jonny Moseley
  skier, first Puerto Rican member of the U.S. Ski Team.

N

• Emilio Navarro
  first Puerto Rican to play in Negro Leagues.

O

• Luis Olmo
  first Puerto Rican to hit home run in World Series.
• Fres Oquendo
  professional boxer.
• John Orozco
  Olympic gymnast
• Carlos Ortiz
  boxer, former Jr. welterweight and lightwieght champion; member of Boxing Hall of Fame.
• José Ortiz
  former basketball player, PDP candidate for elective office in 2008.
• Luis Ortiz
  boxer, first Puerto Rican to win a Silver Olympic medal.

P

• Raul Papaleo
  Puerto Rican National Volleyball Team.
• Charlie Pasarell
  tennis player.
• Ernesto Pastor
  bullfighter and only Puerto Rican member of the Bullfighting Hall of Fame.
• Victor Pellot, a.k.a. "Vic Power"
  baseball player, second black Puerto Rican in Major League Baseball.
• Jorge Posada
  baseball player, New York Yankees.
• Mónica Puig
  tennis player.

Q

• Carlos Quintana
  professional boxer, former World Boxing Organization's welterweight champion.

R

• Peter John Ramos
  NBA and International basketball player.
• Rico Ramos
  professional boxer
• Germán Rieckehoff
  former president of Puerto Rican Olympic Committee.
• Ramón Rivas
  NBA and International basketball player.
• Antonio Rivera
  boxer a.k.a. "El Gallo" WBA Super Welterweight Champion.
• Filiberto Rivera
  Former UTEP star point guard and current point guard on Puerto Rico National Basketball team.
• Jorge Rivera
  Mixed martial artist.
• Marco Rivera
  NFL football player, first Puerto Rican selected to Pro Bowl.
• Ron Rivera
  NFL football player, first Puerto Rican in the National Football League and to coach an NFL team.
• Iván Rodríguez
  baseball player, Texas Rangers.
• Rubén Rodríguez
  basketball player.
• José "King" Roman
  boxer, first Puerto Rican to fight for world heavyweight title.
• Edwin Rosario
  boxer, former lightweight and Jr. welterwieght champion; member of International Boxing Hall of Fame (2006).
• Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez
  golfer, member of Golf Hall of Fame.
• John Ruiz
  first Hispanic heavyweight boxing champion.

S

• Natasha Sagardia female bodyboarding athlete
  First Puerto Rican to win a gold medal at the ISA World Surfing Games.
• Alex Sánchez
  boxer/ former champion.
• Daniel Santiago
  former NBA basketball player
• O. J. Santiago
  NFL player.
• Samuel Serrano
  boxer/ former world champion.
• Brandon Silvestry
  professional wrestler.
• Jessica Steffens
  U.S. Olompic 2012 Gold Medal Winner.

T

• Julio Toro
  basketball coach
• Andrés Torres
  baseball player, San Francisco Giants
• Georgie Torres
  holds BSN scoring record.
• José Torres
  boxer, member of Boxing Hall of Fame.
• Félix Trinidad
  boxer/ former world champion.

V

• Lisa Marie Varon
  WWE wrestler.
• Jesse Vassallo
  swimmer, current president, PR Swimming Federation and member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
• Javier Vázquez
  baseball player, active leader in strikeouts
• Wilfredo Vázquez
  boxer/ former champion.
• Savio Vega
  former WWF wrestler.
• Ada Vélez
  first Puerto Rican female boxer, to win a championship.
• Juan Evangelista Venegas
  boxer/ first Puerto Rican to win Olympic medal.
• Dick Versace
  first person of Puerto Rican descent to have coached an NBA team.
• Juan "Pachín" Vicéns
  basketball player, led the Ponce Lions team to six championships.

W

• Mark Watring
  equestrian
• Bernie Williams
  baseball player, New York Yankees.