Some famous Armenian Athletes by name in order of appearance. Youri Djorkaeff - Soccer James Essian - Baseball Robert Emmiyan - Long Jump Alecko Eskandarian - Soccer Garry Kasparov - Chess J.C. Agajanian - Motorsports Armen Nazaryan - Wrestling Ara Parseghian - Football (Coach) Ben Agajanian - Football Frankie Kazarian - Wrestling Andranik Eskandarian - Soccer Steve Bedrosian - Baseball Jerry Tarkanian - Basketball (Coach) Sargis Sargsian - Tennis Vanes Martirosyan - Boxing Alain Boghossian - Soccer Tigran Petrossian - Chess Andre Agassi - Tennis Alain Prost - Motorsports Karo Parisyan - Martial Arts Magdalena Maleeva - Tennis Katerina Maleeva - Tennis Manuela Maleeva - Tennis Arthur Abraham - Boxing Garo Yepremian - Football Eric Assadourian - Soccer Yorgo Alexandrou - Bobsledding Dan Janigian - Bobsledding Manny Gamburyan - Martial Arts David Nalbandian - Tennis Albert Azaryan - Gymnastics Vic Darchinyan - Boxing Levon Aronian - Chess Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian - Tennis