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Hunter MahanHe had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U. S. Junior Amateur.
Keith TapiaUnder the Puerto Rican flag, he won gold at the 2007 AIBA Cadet World Championships and other international tournaments, while winning the heavyweight national championship locally.
Dakoda DowdAs of June 2008, Golfweek ranked her 231st among all junior U. S. girls golfers.
Tori NonakaAlready in 2011, Tori has taken home the titles of USPSA Area 6 Top Production Lady and High Junior, Pro AM High Junior and High A Class in the Limited Division.
Bobby RiggsIn 1941, he won his second U. S. Championships singles title, following which he turned professional.
Gabriela SabatiniIn 1983, age 13, she became the youngest player to win the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.
Claire BevilacquaIn 2003, after only four years of competing, she won the title of State Champion as well as the Australian Pro Junior Women's Champion.
Sam MatchIn 1947, playing doubles for Rice University Match along with his doubles partner Bob Curtis beat Herbert Flam and Gene Garrett of UCLA 6 -- 4, 8-10, 3 -- 6, 6 -- 2, 7 -- 5 to win the NCAA doubles title.
Mariusz WachHe first became acquainted with boxing in 1990, amassing a 90-fight amateur career that saw him represent his native Poland in numerous amateur tournaments.
Filip PeliwoPeliwo became the first Canadian male and second Canadian ever to win a Grand Slam in singles at any level with his 2012 Wimbledon boys' title win.
Katya VirshilasIn 2001, she and her partner won the Canadian Latin Dance Championship.
David WittHe enjoyed a successful junior career, during which time he won the USTA Boys' 16s Clay, Hard and National Championships and was the top-ranked under-16 in the USTA in 1989.
Brandie BurtonShe also was runner-up in the 1989 U. S. Women's Amateur to Vicki Goetze.
Bj?rn BorgIn 1972, at the age of 15, Borg became one of the youngest players ever to represent his country in the Davis Cup and won his debut singles rubber in five sets against seasoned professional Onny Parun of New Zealand.
Madison Kocian Kocian qualified to Junior Elite status in 2009, making the Junior U. S National Team, aged 12.
Misaki DoiThis flurry of successes catapulted Doi to No. 3 in Japan's under-18 tennis rankings for 2007 ; she had been recognized early on as one of Japan's rising stars in junior tennis.
Britta HeidemannA year later, in 2009, Heidemann secured the European championship title, thus becoming the first épée fencer to hold all three major titles at once.
Mark MendelblattIn 1989, at the age of 16, he teamed with his 19-year-old brother David to outrace 21 other entries and win the Laser II North American Championships in Maryland.
Jake ShieldsHe is also a two time All American wrestler from Cuesta College, placing 4th in the state tournament in the 177 lb weight class in 1997 and 3rd in the 197 lb weight class a year later.
Kevin KimHe beat Russell in the finals of the 1994 USTA National Boys' 16 Clay Court Championships, and lost to Russell in the finals of the 1994 Easter Bowl Boys' 16s Championships.
Calvin DemarestStarting in 1909, he competed in professional as well as amateur tournaments, winning at least three professional championships.
Vladimir Korotkov (tennis)Korotkov successfully played in international amateur tournaments, winning a number of international tournaments played in the Soviet Union, including doubles event at the 1973 Summer Universiade.
Peter WestbrookIn 1974 as a college senior, Peter placed first at the Amateur Fencers League of America's (now known as the United States Fencing Association) National Championships, beating world-class fencers like Alex Orban and Paul Apostol and securing the title of America's Best Sabreur.
Ong Beng HeeIn August 1998, the Penang teenager crowned a glittering junior career in the USA by becoming the World Junior Champion -- an achievement that made him the first non - Pakistan i Asian to claim the most prestigious junior title.
Gabriela Dabrowski At the beginning of 2006, she became the first Canadian to win Les Petits As, one of the most prestigious 14 and under tournaments in the world.
Kurumi NaraIn 2004, after entering the middle school associated with Osaka Sangyo University, Nara won the girls' singles title in the All Japan Middle School Tennis Championship.
Vinay BhatAs of the 2010 US Chess Championship in Saint Louis, Bhat was ranked No. 16 in the US.
Lisa RaymondAs a junior, Raymond won five U. S. National (USTA) singles and doubles titles, and she was ranked No. 1 in the U. S. for players 18 and under in 1990.
Natalia Shliakhtenko In 2010, like the Ukrainian triathlete Inna Tsyganok, Shliakhtenko represented Stade Poitevin Triathlon at the prestigious French Club Championship Series'' Lyonnaise des Eaux''.
Jessie GilbertJessica Gilbert had represented England in every major chess competition from the age of 12, and came to prominence when she won the Women's World Amateur Chess Championship in 1999.
Nour El SherbiniOn 2 August 2009, Sherbini creates squash history when she won the women's title in the World Junior Squash Championships (U-19) to become the sport's youngest ever world champion at the age of just 13.
Ryo Ishikawa On 20 May 2007, Ishikawa became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour by winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age 15 years and 8 months.
Henry Tiller Tiller's career started in 1931, when he became Norwegian amateur junior lightweight champion at the age of 17.
Colin EdwardsIn 1991 Edwards began competing in amateur road-racing events locally, but rapidly progressed to national events.
Peter KennaughIn 2008 he came second in the senior British National Road Race Championships thus becoming the British under 23 champion.
Aditya PatelIt was only in 2007, in his final year of high school, that he won the National racing championship in Single seaters for the NK Racing team owned by Narain Karthikeyan as well Rotax Max India challenge and went on to represent the country in the Rotax world finals held in Al-Ain.
Chris Perry (golfer)He won the Minnesota State Amateur and Minnesota State Open titles before turning pro in 1984.
Rachel HetheringtonIn 1992, she won the New South Wales Amateur Open and the Tasmanian Amateur Open.
Ai MiyazatoAs an amateur in 2003, she won a professional event on the LPGA of Japan Tour -- the Dunlop Ladies Open in Miyagi Prefecture, where she was attending high school at the time.
Billie LawlessLawless was a rower and in 1967 he stroked the first Senior Heavyweight crew to win the American and Canadian Schoolboy National Championships (Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association) in the same year.
Bobby Cole (golfer)In 1966, Cole won the British Amateur at Carnoustie, Scotland, at age 18, the youngest winner to that stage.
Juan Mart?nez de Irujo Martinez de Irujo made his debut on the Labrit fronton in 2003, and soon became an important player, winning the Hand-pelota championship and runner-up with Lasa III on the doubles tournament held the same year.
Zhou Mi (badminton) Since 1998 Zhou has won more than twenty international singles titles on the world circuit and has achieved number one world rankings at various times.
Ryan SachireHe also won the consolation in 1999 and reached the semis of the national clay court championships the same year.
Erik FankhouserIn his first national competition, the 2006 North American Championship, he placed fourth in the heavyweight division.
Elizabeth KolevaShe was one of the Golden Girls of Bulgaria that dominated Rhythmic Gymnastics in 1980's.
Nicol DavidShe remained the only female squash player to have achieved this until 2007, when Raneem El Weleily won her second World Junior Championship.
Robert BrienIn 1963 Brien, with Greg Cotterill, won the Australian Championships Boys Doubles Championship.
Felicia ChinShe also won the National Inter-School A Division Softball Girls championship title with VJC in 2002.
Rebecca HudsonShe won the 2000 Daily Telegraph Women's Golfer of the Year award, and was a member of the Great Britain & Ireland 2000 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship team.
Kiri BagaThis win qualifier her for the 2009 U. S. Figure Skating Championships.
Gary SykesDuring his time as an amateur Sykes also won titles in the junior ABA's as well as the full ABA title in 2005 beating Mike Robinson in the 60 kg category in the event held at the Excel Arena in London.
Cecil PedlowPedlow had already represented Ireland at Junior Wimbledon after winning the u-18 title at the All-Ireland Tennis Championships at Fitzwilliam Tennis Club (Dublin) in 1952, aged 17.
Laura Hodges As a competitor at the 2002 Australian Under-20 national championships, Hodges won the Bob Staunton Award as the player of the tournament.
Dorothy CheneyAt the 1940 U. S. Championships, Cheney and her partner Jack Kramer lost to Marble and Bobby Riggs 9 -- 7, 6 -- 1.
Aslam PahalwanAfter becoming the champion of Punjab, he wrestled and defeated a number of bona fide wrestlers, like the 1939 IWA Heavyweight Champion, Australian George Pencheff, who were operating throughout India during early 1950s.
Hunter HaasHe won the 1999 U. S. Amateur Public Links.
Markus PommerAmongst others he won 2004 the Southern German ADAC Kart Cup -- ICA Junior.
Andrea JaegerShe won 13 U. S. national junior titles, including the most prominent junior titles in tennis : the 1979 Orange Bowl and 1979 Boca Raton.
Amy YangIn 2005 she won the Queensland Amateur Championship, the youngest winner ever of that championship.
Rusudan GoletianiIn 1997, she won the World Championship for Girls Under-18 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Jackie TrailHer national junior titles are : In 1996, Trail won the Girls 16s USTA National Sportsmanship Award.
Kayden TroffOn January 24, 2009, Troff won the Utah Speed Chess Championship at age ten, becoming the youngest player to win that event.
Lisa MaguireLisa played for Great Britain and Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy in July 2009, becoming the second youngest player at the age of 14 ever to represent the side, along with her twin sister Leona who was the youngest player by 15 minutes.
Kang MinKang Min reached 2nd place in Korea Pro Game Association rating in April 2004.
Lisa Maguire2010 Lisa played for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup in 2010, becoming the second youngest player at the age of 15 ever to represent the side, along with her twin sister Leona who was the youngest by 15 minutes.
Ilana KlossIn 1977 she won both the German and Canadian championships, and the British clay court championship.
Paul Brady (handballer)In June 1998, he won the US Nationals 19 and Under Singles in Los Angeles, won the Junior Nationals in the same age group the following December in Chicago, Illinois and won the title again the next June, this time in Baltimore, Maryland.
Henri Leconte Leconte first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1981.
Mark MendelblattIn 1984, when he was 11 years old, he was the overall winner at the International Optimist Dinghy National Sailing Championships in Maryland, and also won the North American title.
Marlene HaggeIn 1949, at the age of 15, she became the youngest athlete ever to be named Associated Press Athlete of the Year, Golfer of the Year and Teenager of the Year, and she won the U. S. Girls' Junior and the WWGA Junior titles.
Jackie Trail Trail moved up the world rankings rapidly in 1997.
Bill TildenHe dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 18-year amateur period of 1912 -- 30, he won 138 of 192 tournaments, He owns a number of all-time tennis achievements namely.
Don FlyeDon participated in three United States National Singles Championships (Forest Hills, N. Y.) and three United States National Doubles Championships (Boston, MA) and in the 1955 first round play at Wimbledon http://www.
Wilfrid FosterAs well as his cricketing accomplishments, Foster was a fine rackets player, winning the Public Schools raquets championship with his brother, H. K. Foster, in 1892 and the Amateur Doubles Championship on two occasions.
May SuttonIn 1904 at age 18, May Sutton won the singles title at the U. S. Championships.
Karen SheperdAs the nation's top-rated woman, Karen Sheperd continued her dominance by defeating Belinda Davis, Cynthia Rothrock and Lori Clapper in Women's Black Belt Forms at the Diamond Nationals on May 2, 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Yani TsengShe went on to win her second major of the year on 1 August 2010 by winning the Women's British Open by one stroke and became the youngest woman in the modern era to win three major championships.
Matteo ManasseroIn 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever winner of the British Amateur Championship, defeating England's Sam Hutsby in the final.
Hind DehibaShe became vice-world champion High school cross country in 1996 in Turkey (youngest world champion cross country team).
Ivana Hong Hong qualified to Junior Elite status in 2004 and made the United States Junior National Championships at age eleven.
Alexa GlatchAs a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls 14s and Girls 18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls 16s division in 2004.
Jeannine GarsideOn January 24, 1999, in the 57 kg final of the 1999 Canadian National Championships held in Sudbury, Ontario Jeannine defeated Danielle Bouchard of Quebec by a 5-3 score to win her first national title and earn a place on the Canadian National Women's Boxing team that would soon pit her against some of the best female fighters in the world at her weight.
Kevin SwindellIn 2009, Swindell won the USAC Knoxville Nationals and the Louis Vermeil Classic and was the Australian National Midget Champion.
Aksana (wrestler)At the age of 17 she was the youngest participant in the 1999 IFBB European Fitness Championships.
Jackie TrailIn 1992, at the age of 12, Trail was ranked # 1 in Kentucky in the Girls 12s, Girls 14s, Girls 16s, Girls 18s and Women's Open divisions.
Serena Brooke Brooke began to compete in amateur competitions in 1990 where she was crowned the Queensland amateur surfing title as well as the Australian National Title.
Clarissa ChunShe captured the state wrestling title in 1998, the first year girls wrestling was a sanctioned sport.
Robin ColemanIn 1997, after 1 1/2 years of serious training, she competed in her first bodybuilding competition, California's Border States, placing first in the novice and second in the open heavyweight division.
Henni Zu?lShe was a nominee for Britain's Best Awards for Home Grown Talent and entered the professional Ladies European Tour after turning pro in 2008.
Alexandra ObolentsevaWith seven wins and a single draw, she became the FIDE World Girl School Champion for 2012 in category girls under 11 years.
Mark KirchnerHe made the youngest triple Olympic Champion in biathlon ever as by February 1994 he was just 23 years and 10 months old.
Rod LaverIn 1967, Laver won 19 titles, including the Wimbledon Pro, the U. S. Pro Championships, the Wembley Pro Championship, and the French Pro Championship, which gave him a clean sweep of the most important professional titles, a professional Grand Slam.
Thierry OmeyerMember of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team : world champion (three times), European champion (twice) and olympic champion (twice).
Steven BowditchHe had a distinguished amateur career, which includes medalist honours at the 2001 Australian Amateur.
Sumie Sakai: * Tara Bush : *'' Pune Tang'' (WEW) : * AJW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Yuko Kosugi : * AWF Women's Championship (2 times) : * JDStar Junior Championship (1 time) : * JDStar Queen of the Ring Championship (1 time) : * NECW North American Women's Championship (1 time) : * PWI ranked her # 20 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008.
Grace Min Min did not play for the majority of 2006, and her first tournament was the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships, an under 14 tournament at the Bollettieri Sports Academy.
Garry KasparovKasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at the age of 22 by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov.
Dave Schultz (wrestling)Schultz began wrestling in junior high school, and would win both his first national and international wrestling titles in 1977 -- the same year he had become a state champion as a senior at Palo Alto High School.
Anja DittmerIn France, Dittmer takes part in the prestigious Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux and represents Charleville Tri Ardennes, the silver medalist in the French Club Championship Series 2011.