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31 Asian American Pacific Islander Athletes Who Are The Greatest At Their Sport

AAPI athletes are some of the best in the world.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander History Month. To celebrate the occasion, I decided to make a list of the 31 best AAPI athletes I have seen (in no specific order).

1. Apolo Ohno

Apolo Ohno

2. Asuka

Asuka making her entrance

3. B.J. Penn

BJ Penn

4. Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee fighting

5. Chloe Kim

Chloe Kim holding US Flag

6. Dipa Karmakar

Dipa Karmakar

7. Eileen Gu

Eileen Gu

8. Greg Louganis

9. Hideki Matsui

10. Hines Ward

Hines Ward

11. Ichiro Suzuki

12. Jalen Green

Jalen Green

13. Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin

14. Julie Chu

Julie Chu

15. Kristi Yamaguchi

Kristi Skating

16. Kyler Murray

17. Li Na

Li Na

18. Manny Pacquiao

Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao

19. Michelle Kwan

Michelle Kwan

20. Naomi Osaka

Naomi taking questions

21. Natalie Chou

Natalie Chou

22. Patrick Chan

23. Saki Kumagai

Saki Kumagai playing soccer

24. Sammy Lee

Sammy Lee Diving

25. Tedy Bruschi

Tedy Bruschi

26. Tiger Woods

Tiger Roods in the Famous Sunday "Red Polo"

27. Troy Polamalu

Troy Polamalu

28. Tua Tagovailoa

Tua

29. Wataru Misaka

Jeremy Lin and Wataru Misaka

30. Yao Ming

Yao Ming

31. Younghoe Koo

Younghoe Koo

Which athlete did you love most on this list? Any names that I missed? Tell me below in the comments.