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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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