Thomas Profitt: external-link Represented Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics Jim McCourt: Won a bronze medal for Ireland in the 1964 Olympics and gold at the 1966 Commonwealth GamesĬlaude Noel: external-link From Trinidad and Tobago, held the WBA world lightweight title in 1981 Juan Meza: external-link Won the world super-bantamweight title in 1984 Ron Cooper: external-link Competed in the men's lightweight division in the 1948 Olympics Gerrie Coetzee: external-link First African to fight for, and win, a world heavyweight championship, having held the WBA title from 1983 to 1984 Ken Buchanan: Scotland's first undisputed world champion and arguably the country's greatest boxer John Havers: external-link English national doubles champion in 1965 and former Badminton England chairman and presidentīOXING Hugh Russell (centre) was an Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallistīobby Arthur: external-link Former English welterweight championĭean Byrne: external-link Irish former professional light-welterweight boxer Margaret Beck: external-link Won a gold and silver medal in the doubles and singles at the 1974 Commonwealth Games Valerie Winn: external-link Set a world record in the 880 yards in 1952 and also participated in relay teams that set three world records Steve Shanks: Died shortly after completing the London Marathon this year in under three hours Ron Roddan: external-link Coached Linford Christie to his major triumphs and also worked with Darren Campbell, Katharine Merry, Frankie Fredericks and Jamie Baulch Shaun Pickering: Won bronze representing Wales in the 1998 Commonwealth Games and later worked as a national coach Phyllis Perkins: external-link British middle-distance runner set world records at 1500m, 3,000m, two miles and 3×880 yards Mick Molloy: external-link Irish long-distance runner competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympicsĭella Pascoe: external-link Competed in the women's 100m at the 1968 Summer Olympics and was part of the team who broke the 4x200m world record Ray Middleton: external-link Represented Great Britain at the 1964 Olympics in the 50km race walk and won silver at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Mike McFarlane: external-link Olympic silver medallist in the 4x100m relay at the 1998 Olympics and a 200m gold medallist at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Jon Mason: external-link One of Britain's top technical officials who worked for England Athletics, the Commonwealth Games and World Championships John Nuttall: A 5,000m Commonwealth bronze medallist in 1994, he also competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and worked as a coach for UK Athleticsīill McKim: external-link Competed in the men's 1500m at the 1964 Summer Olympics Vera Krepkina: external-link Ukrainian won long jump gold for the Soviet Union at the 1960 Olympics Jim Hines: First man to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100mĭavid Jones: external-link Won bronze at the 1960 Olympics in the 4x100m relay George Ellis: external-link Won three medals at the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bernĭick Fosbury: American won gold at the 1968 Olympics, revolutionising the high jump with a back-first technique now known as the Fosbury Flop Thomas Courtney: external-link American won two gold medals at the 1956 Olympic Games in the 800m and 4x400m relay Sharon Corbett: Won javelin bronze at the 1974 Commonwealth Games Tori Bowie: American won 4x100m relay gold at the 2016 Olympics, plus 100m silver and 200m bronze, and was also a World Championship gold medallistĪdrian Breacker: Gold medallist in the 4x110 yards relay at the 1958 Commonwealth Games Ralph Boston: external-link American broke Jesse Owens' 25-year-old world long jump record and won Olympic gold, silver and bronze John Bicourt: external-link British middle-distance runner competed in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 19 Olympics Matt Ulrich: external-link Won the Super Bowl in 2007 with the Indianapolis ColtsĪTHLETICS Tori Bowie won two golds at the 2017 World Championships in London Jim Brown: The Cleveland Browns star was the NFL's Most Valuable Player three times, and later focused on the civil rights movement and a career in Hollywoodĭick Butkus: external-link Considered one of the best defensive players in American football historyĬhris Smith: external-link NFL defensive end for Jacksonville, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Las Vegas and Houstonĭevin Willock: external-link Georgia offensive lineman Vida Blue: external-link Three-time Major League Baseball champion, the youngest Most Valuable Player in history, a six-time All-Star, and a Cy Young Award winner
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