Since 2012, the International Sports Hall of Fame has paid a tribute to some of the largest athletes and contributors in the sports world. In contrast to other Fame sports halls, the Ishof turns into various sports, power culture and fitness. De Ishof also acknowledges their members for their success in their sport and for their contributions, service and philanthropic efforts to help others.
Fits Inductees reading as a WHOs WHO about the entire sports world, with names such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, Randy Couture, Ronda Rousey, Kurt Angle and Earl “The Pearl” Monroe that are honored. Bodybuilding -legends Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, Phil Heath and Lenda Murray have joined them over the years as members in the Ishof.
Founder Dr. Robert Goldman has formally announced the list of Inductees who have been chosen for the 2025 class, and the six legends represent several sports and fitness disciplines.
Cydney Gillon
Eight Figure Olympia champion Cydney Gillon joins Murray and Cory Everson as the only female Olympia champions that are admitted to the Ishof. She is the only bodybuilding representative in the 2025 class. Gillon followed at the university at the University of Pennsylvania before she announced her presence in bodybuilding. She was also cast in Survivor: Kaôh Rōng, who completed the show and competition in fourth place.
Since 2017, Gillon has been the face of the figure department. She withdrew from the competition in 2024 after her eighth Olympia victory, but still works in the fitness industry as a show promoter, coach and trainer. That CV will now include Hall of Famer.
Fred Biletnikoff
Super Bowl XI MVP Fred Biletnikoff was a striking university in the state of Florida before he played 14 seasons for the Oakland Raiders his precision while walking routes made the broad receiver a primary target. Biletnikoff was called an All Pro four times. He also spent a season in the Canadian Football League before retired in 1980. Biletnikoff was a member of the 1991 class for the College Football Hall of Fame and mentioned on the sporty news list of 100 largest NFL players in 1999.
His contributions to football go beyond the field. He aimed Tracey’s place of hope in Loomis, California, a hiding place for victims of domestic violence and treatment with substance abuse for women aged 14 to 18 years.
Ryan Crouser
Ryan Crouser is the first triple Olympic gold medal winner in the Shot-PutWinning those awards in 2016, 2020 and 2024. The alum of the University of Texas began to establish records in his sport that went back to his high school days. From 2025, Crouser holds the world record for the longest outdoor with a distance of 23.56 meters and longest inside with a number of 22.82 meters.
Crouser is also a recipient of Jesse Owens Award and was named Track & Field News World Male Athlete of the Year. He was involved in the establishment of the World Shot Put series, which started in April 2025, and helped to raise the sport, both as a competitor and lawyer.
Nancy Lieberman
Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman is a triple all-American of Old Dominion University and a double national champion. By many considered as one of the most important figures in the basketball history of women, “Lady Magic” was also a silver medal winner at the Olympic Games and has two wade trophies to her name. She was part of gold medal-winning teams for the United States in the 1975 Pan American Games and the 1979 World Championships in Seoul, South Korea.
Lieberman became part of the basketball history by being the second assistant coach in the NBA when she worked on the Sacramento Kingsbank from 2015 to 2017. She has also been head coach in the WNBA, NBA G League and the Big3 League. She was the first female coach in the BIG3 who won a championship in 2018.
Leigh Steinberg
Leigh Steinberg was the inspiration behind the iconic film ‘Jerry Maguire’. The sports agent, author and philanthropist has represented more than 300 athletes in multiple sports. The father of three has the record for representing the most number one general draft choices in the NFL with eight and represented various Hall of Fame legends.
Steinberg is also honored for his philanthropy. His efforts benefit the Human Relations Commission, Children Now, Children’s Miracle Network, Coro Fellows Program and the Starlight Foundation. He was also the founder of Steinberg Leadership Institute
(now Glass Leadership Institute), a national program run by the Anti-Defamation League that prepares students to combat racism and inequality around the world.
Grandmaster Bill Wallace
“Superfoot” Grandmaster Bill Wallace’s Name is synonymous with martial arts. He has a 10th-degree black belt and the title of Sōke (Grandmaster) in Shōrin-Ryū Karate. Among his distinctions include the PKA Professional World World World full contact Champion and World Midleweight Champion titles for six years. Wallace took unbeaten with a record of 23-0-0.
Wallace is also the maker of ‘The Superfoot System’, a stretching method with Wallace’s kicking style and fighting approach. He also worked as an actor in films such as “A Force of One” with Chuck Norris and “The Protector” with Jackie Chan.
Worshiped during the Olympia -weekend 2025
The induction ceremony for the class of 2025 takes place on Saturday, October 11 in the Resorts World in Las Vegas, NV as part of the Olympia weekend of 2025. Goldman cherishes this annual event because of the people who have been collected to celebrate that they are being honored.
Goldman had said in the past: “If you look around the room every year, you realize that it could be the last time that you see them in the same place at the same time. That is a moment in time that will never happen again. That is what makes this event so special and memorable.”
Details about attending the event must still be announced from this letter. For more information, go to the Ishof website and follow Goldman on Instagram.
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