List of South African sportspeople

This is a list of South African sportspeople, organized by the sport which they are primarily known for.

American football

  • Gary Anderson, kicker for Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Minnesota and Tennessee (born 1959)
  • Ezra Butler, linebacker for the New York Jets (born 1984)
  • Greg Joseph (born 1994), placekicker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League
  • Jerome Pathon, wide receiver for Indianapolis, New Orleans and Atlanta (born 1975)
  • Naas Botha, placekicker for Dallas Cowboys (born 1958)

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

  • Steve Nash, point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers (born 1974)
  • Thabo Sefolosha, shooting guard for Chicago and Oklahoma City (born 1984)

Boxing

Botha (right) vs. Parker, 2013

Canoeing

Cricket

See also: South African Test cricketers, South African ODI cricketers, South African Twenty20 International cricketers, South African women Test cricketers

Cycling

Golf

Ice Hockey

  • Rudi Ball (1911–1975), German-South African Hall of Fame ice hockey player
  • Olaf Kölzig, goaltender (born 1970)

Motorsports

See also: South African racecar drivers and Formula One drivers

Netball

  • Irene van Dyk, played for South Africa and New Zealand, most capped international player of all time (born 1972)
  • Leana De Bruin, played for South Africa and New Zealand (born 1977)

Rugby

Soccer

Surfing

Swimming

Tennis

  • Neil Broad, seven ATP tour doubles titles and Olympic doubles silver medallist (born 1966)
  • Amanda Coetzer, 1998 Family Circle Cup (born 1971)
  • Kevin Curren, four Grand Slam doubles titles (born 1958)
  • Cliff Drysdale, player and television commentator (born 1941)
  • Roger Federer, holds both Swiss and South African citizenship (born 1981)
  • Wayne Ferreira, 1996 Canada Masters, 2000 Eurocard Open and Olympic doubles silver medallist (born 1971)
  • Ian Froman, South African-born Israeli tennis player and patron
  • Bob Hewitt, men's doubles champion: Wimbledon, French and US Open; convicted rapist (born 1940)
  • Ilana Kloss, won 1976 US Open Women's Doubles (w/Linky Boshoff), highest world doubles ranking # 1 (born 1956)
  • Johan Kriek, 1981 and '82 Australian Open champion (born 1958)
  • Frew McMillan, men's doubles champion at Wimbledon, French and US Open (born 1942)
  • Abe Segal (1930–2016), tennis player

Triathlon

Other sports

See also

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