Naomi Osaka became the world's No. 1 ranked player in women's tennis following her Grand Slam wins at the 2018 U.S. Open and the 2019 Australian Open. She was the first Asian player, male or female, to reach this top ranking.

Axell Hodges is a six-time X Games medalist and motocross competitor. He crashed and injured his ankles while practicing for the longest motorcycle jump in history.

Vicki Golden is a professional freestyle motocross rider and four-time X Games gold medalist.

Travis Pastrana is an American professional stuntman and competitive motorsports athlete who is a multiple X Games gold medalist and NASCAR racer.

Tristan Thompson is a Canadian-American professional basketball player with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. He welcomed a daughter with reality star Khloe Kardashian in April 2018.

Hall of Fame basketball center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. He won six NBA titles, five with the Los Angeles Lakers, over 20 years.

Mirai Nagasu is the first American female figure skater in history to perform a triple axel at an Olympics, which she accomplished at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Tonya Harding is an American figure skater who ruined her future in the sport when she was implicated in the attack on fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Winter Olympic trials.

Figure skater Adam Rippon became the first openly gay American man to qualify for the Winter Olympics with his selection to the U.S. team for the 2018 PyeongChang Games.

Ronda Rousey is making history: the UFC announced they’re inducting her as their first female Hall of Famer in a ceremony this July 5 in Las Vegas. “There would be no women in UFC without Ronda Rousey,” UFC President Dana White said in the statement.

Irishman Conor McGregor became the biggest star in the sport of mixed martial arts while claiming the Ultimate Fighting Championship's featherweight and lightweight titles.

American golfer Jack Nicklaus won six Masters Tournaments among his 18 career major championships—both professional records.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a professional soccer player who has set records while playing for the Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus clubs, as well as the Portuguese national team.

Swimmer Michael Phelps has set the record for winning the most medals, 28, of any Olympic athlete in history.

Fiery Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic became one of Europe's top strikers while starring for eight consecutive title-winning clubs.

American gymnast Aly Raisman is a two-time Olympian who won six Olympic medals as a member of the U.S. women’s gymnastics teams, the 'Fierce Five' in 2012 and 'Final Five' in 2016.

Tiger Woods is a professional golfer who set an amazing career in motion in 1997 when he became the youngest man and the first African American to win the U.S. Masters.

NBA guard James Harden has emerged as one of the top players in pro basketball since his trade to the Houston Rockets in 2012.

Former pro basketball player Kobe Bryant won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers while establishing himself as one of the game's all-time greats. He died tragically in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020.

American tennis great Billie Jean King broke down barriers by pushing for equal prize money for women and becoming one of the first well-known openly gay athletes.

In a CNN interview, beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh-Jennings says she was warned she might lose her sponsorships when she discovered she was six weeks pregnant with her first child at the London Olympics. “Certain brands stepped up when others leave. That’s just the cycle of life,” she said.

American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, a 2010 Olympic gold medalist, has won four World Cup overall titles and owns the record for most World Cup wins by a woman.

American skateboarder and snowboarder Shaun White, known as the "Flying Tomato," is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. He has also won multiple Summer and Winter X Games medals.

African American boxer Joe Louis, who reigned as world heavyweight champion from 1937 until 1949, is regarded as one of his sport's all-time greats.