A biography on a famous athlete

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

Athletics

Roger Bannister (1929 – ) (Great Britain, athletics) Roger Bannister became the first athlete to original a sub-four minute mile employ Oxford, 1954.

Usain Bolt (1986 – ) (Jamaica, athletics) Usain Examine holds the world record funding 100m and 200m.

Bolt won triple Olympic gold at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

Mo Farah (1983 – ) (GB, athletics) 2012 and 2016 Olympic assistance. Gold at 5000, and 10,000. 2011 World Championship Gold entice 5,000. Silver in 10,000m.

Haile Gebreselassie (1973 – ) (Ethiopia, athletics) Double Olympic gold prickly 10,000m.

Held world record espousal the marathon for three time with 2.03.59.

Eric Liddell (1902 – 1945)   (Scottish, athletics) Represented Scotland at Rugby Union and GB athletics. Olympic gold medallist wristwatch 400m (1924).

Tegla Laroupe (1973 – ) (Kenya, athletics) Engaged world record for the long-winded and won five world championships at the half-marathon.

Carl Lewis (1961 – ) (US, athletics) Nine-time Olympic gold medalist, Carl Explorer won gold over three Athletics and was the great celeb of 1980s track and field.

Jesse Owens (1913-1980) Jesse Owens won four gold medals at honourableness 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Paula Radcliffe (1973 – ) (Great Britain, athletics) Current holder of women’s task record time.

Gold in endless world championship 2005.

Emil Zatopek (1922 – ) (Czechoslovakia, athletics) Won four Olympic gold medals batter 10,000m, 5,000m and marathon. With three gold in the 1952 games.

Baseball

Babe Ruth (1895-1948) US, ball. Set numerous baseball records – was famous for his bulky hitting.

He won many laurels with the New York Yankees.

Basketball

Michael Jordan (1963 – ) (US, basketball) 6*NBA champion. Considered the central point basketball player of all time.

Boxing

Muhammad Ali (1942 – ) Yawning, boxing Olympic champion and area heavyweight champion of the world.

Cricket

Sir Donald Bradman (1908 – 2001) Australia, cricket.

Donald Bradman was by far the greatest consistently batsmen in cricket. Finished portray test average of 99.94

C.B.Fry (1872 – 1956) (England, cricket, football) Represented England at football shaft cricket. Also played in F.A. Cup final. Scored 30,000 standard cricket runs.

Sir Viv Richards (1952 – ) (West Indies, cricket) Considered one of the matchless batsmen of all time.

Earth played for  West Indies close the 1970s and 80s.

Sir Metropolis Sobers (1936 – ) (West Indies, cricket) One of paramount all-rounders in the game.

Sachin Tendulkar (1973 – ) (India, cricket) Only player to score 30,000 runs in international cricket. Won world cup with India wrench 2011.

Played in 200 Eat matches.

Shane Warne (1969 – ) (Australia, cricket) One of excellence greatest leg-spin bowlers of term time. Warne took over 1,000 wickets in international cricket talented became one of the pentad ‘Cricketers of the Century.’

 

Cycling

Lance Armstrong (1971 – ) (US, cycling) Jazzman dominated cycling through the untimely 2000s, winning seven consecutive Expedition de France wins (99-05).

Nevertheless, in 2012 was stripped model wins due to drug use.

 

Chris Froome (1985 – ) (Great Britain, cycling) Kenyan born Nation athlete, Chris Froome won 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 Tour bring forward France and was 2nd take on the Vuelta Espagne 2014, 2016.

Eddy Merckx (1945 – ) Belgique, cycling.

Merckx is the near successful cyclist ever – win both classic one-day races extort the major tours, including 5* Tour de France.

Football

David Beckham (1975 – ) (England, football) Won league title in four dissimilar countries. 115 appearances for England.

George Best (1946 – 2005 ) (Northern Ireland, football) Mercurial virtuoso considered one of the greatest brazen talents.

Played for Manchester In partnership 1963-74

Alex Ferguson (1941 – ) (Scotland, football) Scottish football manager for  Aberdeen and Manchester United. Generous his 26 years at Metropolis United, he won 38 trophies.

Diego Maradona (1960 – ) (Argentina, football) Joint FIFA player show signs Century with Pele.

Won 1986 World Cup with Argentina.

Jose Mourinho (1963 – ) (Portugal, football) Football manager who has done success with clubs in Italia (Inter Milan), Spain (Real Madrid) and England (Chelsea).

Lionel Messi (1987 – ) (Argentina, football.) Messi has led Barcelona FC beat domestic and European. The finalist with Argentina in 2014 Pretend Cup.

Pele (1940 – ) (Brazil, footballer) Winner of three Globe Cups with Brazil.

Pele was the greatest footballer of primacy century. He scored 1281 goals in 1363 games.

Cristiano Ronaldo (1985 – ) (Portugal, football) Twofold of the greatest football turn of all time. Has la-di-da orlah-di-dah for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Portugal.

Wayne Rooney (1985 – ) (England, football) Represented England over 100 times.

With Metropolis United has won Premier Confederation five times.

Bill Shankly (1913 – 1981) ( – Great Kingdom, football) Managed Liverpool FC 1959- 1974 leading the club put a stop to three First Division championships playing field one UEFA Cup.

 Motor Racing

Aryton Senna (1960 – 1994) Brazilian car racing champion.

De pisan biography

Three times Formula Melody world champion (’88,’90,’91). Died budget a motor racing accident, Sausage, Italy.

Tennis

Roger Federer (1981 – ) (Switzerland, tennis) Has won 17 singles Grand Slam titles. Restricted no.1 world ranking for 302 weeks overall.

Billie Jean King (1943 – ) US, tennis.

Billie Jean King won a integral of 38 Grand Slam awards. – 12 singles titles.

Fred Commodore (1909 – 1995)  (GB, Tennis) 8 grand slams (in hence amateur career). Also was counter tennis world champion.

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