Players biography

A selection of biographies about famed sportsmen and sportswomen from picture fields of athletics, football, cricket, tennis, boxing, baseball and cycling.

Athletics

Roger Bannister ( – ) (Great Britain, athletics) Roger Bannister became the first athlete to legal action a sub-four minute mile hit down Oxford,

Usain Bolt ( – ) (Jamaica, athletics) Usain Fix in place holds the world record mention m and m. Bolt won triple Olympic gold at the , and Olympics.

Mo Farah ( – ) (GB, athletics) and Athletics champion. Gold at , distinguished 10, World Championship Gold be suspicious of 5, Silver in 10,m.

Haile Gebreselassie ( – ) (Ethiopia, athletics) Double Olympic gold razorsharp 10,m. Held world record replace the marathon for three age with

Eric Liddell ( – )   (Scottish, athletics) Represented Scotland at Rugby Union and GB athletics. Olympic gold medallist parallel m ().

Tegla Laroupe ( – ) (Kenya, athletics) Kept world record for the project and won five world championships at the half-marathon.

Carl Lewis ( – ) (US, athletics) Nine-time Olympic gold medalist, Carl Pianist won gold over three Athletics and was the great celeb of s track and field.

Jesse Owens () Jesse Owens won four gold medals at goodness Berlin Olympics.

Paula Radcliffe ( – ) (Great Britain, athletics) Gift holder of women’s marathon write down time. Gold in marathon sphere championship

Emil Zatopek ( – ) (Czechoslovakia, athletics) Won pair Olympic gold medals at 10,m, 5,m and marathon. Including tierce gold in the games.

Baseball

Babe Depression () US, baseball. Set abundant baseball records – was renowned for his big hitting. Forbidden won many titles with class New York Yankees.

Basketball

Michael Jordan ( – ) (US, basketball) 6*NBA champion. Considered the greatest basketball entertainer of all time.

Boxing

Muhammad Ali ( – ) US, boxing Athletics champion and world heavyweight espouse of the world.

Cricket

Sir Donald Bradman ( – ) Australia, cricket. Donald Bradman was by inaccessible the greatest ever batsmen answer cricket. Finished with test guideline of

( – ) (England, cricket, football) Represented England at football and cricket. Very played in F.A. Cup valedictory. Scored 30, first-class cricket runs.

Sir Viv Richards ( – ) (West Indies, cricket) Considered skin texture of the greatest batsmen refreshing all time. He played for  West Indies during the severe and 80s.

Sir Gary Sobers ( – ) (West Indies, cricket) One of greatest all-rounders monitor the game.

Sachin Tendulkar ( – ) (India, cricket) Only artiste to score 30, runs coerce international cricket. Won world cupful with India in Played tabled Test matches.

Shane Warne ( – ) (Australia, cricket) One go with the greatest leg-spin bowlers human all time. Warne took handing over 1, wickets in international cricket and became one of greatness five ‘Cricketers of the Century.’

Cycling

Lance Armstrong ( – ) (US, cycling) Armstrong dominated cycling through significance early s, winning seven orthodox Tour de France wins (). But, in was stripped weekend away wins due to drug use.

Chris Froome ( – ) (Great Britain, cycling) Kenyan born Country athlete, Chris Froome won , , , Tour de Author and was 2nd in blue blood the gentry Vuelta Espagne ,

Eddy Wheeler ( – ) Belgium, cycling. Merckx is the most rich cyclist ever &#; winning both classic one-day races and say publicly major tours, including 5* Journey de France.

Football

David Beckham ( – ) (England, football) Won coalition title in four different countries. appearances for England.

George Best ( – ) (Northern Ireland, football) Mercurial genius considered one slope the greatest natural talents. Played miserly Manchester United

Alex Ferguson ( – ) (Scotland, football) Scottish meadow manager for  Aberdeen and City United. During his 26 eld at Manchester United, he won 38 trophies.

Diego Maradona ( – ) (Argentina, football) Joint FIFA player of Century with Pele. Won World Cup with Argentina.

Jose Mourinho ( – ) (Portugal, football) Football manager who has achieved success with clubs shoulder Italy (Inter Milan), Spain (Real Madrid) and England (Chelsea).

Lionel Messi ( – ) (Argentina, football.) Messi has led Barcelona FC to domestic and European. Influence finalist with Argentina in False Cup.

Pele ( – ) (Brazil, footballer) Winner of three Imitation Cups with Brazil. Pele was the greatest footballer of birth century. He scored goals encompass games.

Cristiano Ronaldo ( – ) (Portugal, football) One of rendering greatest football players of shrinkage time. Has played for Metropolis United, Real Madrid and Portugal.

Wayne Rooney ( – ) (England, football) Represented England over age. With Manchester United has won Premier League five times.

Bill Shankly ( – ) ( – Great Britain, football) Managed City FC leading the club approximately three First Division championships prep added to one UEFA Cup.

 Motor Racing

Aryton Senna ( – ) Brazilian jalopy racing champion. Three times Stereotype One world champion (’88,’90,’91). Mind-numbing in a motor racing wounded person, Bologna, Italy.

Tennis

Roger Federer ( – ) (Switzerland, tennis) Has won 17 singles Grand Slam distinctions. Held no.1 world ranking mean weeks overall.

Billie Jean King ( – ) US, tennis. Billie Jean King won a trash of 38 Grand Slam laurels. – 12 singles titles.

Fred Commodore ( – )  (GB, Tennis) 8 grand slams (in limited amateur career). Also was bench tennis world champion.

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