multisporter

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

multisport +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

multisporter (plural multisporters)

  1. (rare) One who takes part in multiple sports.
    • 1999, Derek Paterson, Adventure Racing: Guide to Survival, page 11:
      Steve went on to become New Zealand's first professional multisporter, eking out a precarious existence at home and mostly unable to raise the sponsorship to contest the more lucrative international races.
    • 2002, Outside, page 79:
      On the home front, Gadd's harried existence is made more harried by the presence of his charming but intense girlfriend, 34-year-old Kim Csizmazia, an equally strong-willed multisporter who competes with him for sponsorship bucks []