Le Mans and European Hill Climb and Formula One race winner Juan Pablo Montoya (born 1975), 1x CART Champion, 2x Indianapolis 500 winner, Formula One and NASCAR race winner Nelson Piquet (born 1952), 3x Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), 3x Formula One World Champion Skateboarding Bob Burnquist (born 1976),better known as Bob is the most medalist in X Games history,with a total of 30 medals Letícia Bufoni (Born 1993 ),considered one of the greatest names in the history of the sport Surfing Sofía Mulánovich (born 1983), 3x World Champion, Surfing Hall of Fame Phil Rajzman (born 1982), 2x World Champion Gabriel Medina (born 1993) Ítalo Ferreira(born 1994) Filipe Toledo (born 1995) Adriano de Souza (born 1987) Tennis Maria Bueno (1939–2018), 19x Champion of Grand Slam events, International Tennis Hall of Fame Rosemary Casals (born 1948), 12x Champion of Grand Slam events Gigi Fernández (born 1964), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event Mary Joe Fernández (born 1971), 2x Champion of Grand Slam events, 2 Olympic gold medals Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event Andrés Gómez (born 1960), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event Fernando González (born 1980), 2x Olympic medalist Gustavo Kuerten (born 1976), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event Anita Lizana (1915–1994), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event, first Latin American to be ranked World Number One Nicolás Massú (born 1979), 2x Olympic gold medals David Nalbandian (born 1982), Tennis Masters Champion Alex Olmedo (1936–2020), 3x Champion of Grand Slam events Rafael Osuna (1938–1969), 4x Champion of Grand Slam events Monica Puig (born 1993), Olympic gold medalist Marcelo Ríos (born 1975), first Latín Américan man ranked World Number One in the ATP Gabriela Sabatini (born 1970), 2x Champion of Grand Slam events Pancho Segura (1921–2017), International Tennis Hall of Fame Paola Suárez (born 1976), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event Guillermo Vilas (born 1952), 1x Champion of Grand Slam event Volleyball Giba (born 1976) Fabiana Alvim (born 1976) Sérgio Santos (born 1975) Fofão (volleyball player) (born 1970) UFC Anderson Silva (born 1975) José Aldo (born 1986) Amanda Nunes (born 1988) Cris Cyborg (born 1985) Writers See also List of Latin American writers (by country). A-L Paulo Coelho(born 1947),lyricist and novelist Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639), dramatist Isabel Allende (born 1942), best selling novelist Arambilet (born 1957), created first Latin American story using computerized linetext/ASCII art Julia Alvarez (born 1950), poet, novelist and essayist