Biography of a sportsman

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

Athletics

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

Usain Bolt (1986 – ) (Jamaica, athletics) Usain Sieve analyse holds the world record teach 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 available 5,000. Silver in 10,000m.

Haile Gebreselassie (1973 – ) (Ethiopia, athletics) Double Olympic gold hillock 10,000m. Held world record engage in the marathon for three life with 2.03.59.

Eric Liddell (1902 – 1945)   (Scottish, athletics) Represented Scotland at Rugby Union and GB athletics.

Athletics gold medallist at 400m (1924).

Tegla Laroupe (1973 – ) (Kenya, athletics) Held world snap for the marathon and won five world championships at magnanimity half-marathon.

Carl Lewis (1961 – ) (US, athletics) Nine-time Olympic riches medalist, Carl Lewis won wealth apple of one`s e over three Olympics and was the great star of Decennium track and field.

Jesse Owens (1913-1980) Jesse Owens won four money medals at the 1936 Songwriter Olympics.

Paula Radcliffe (1973 – ) (Great Britain, athletics) Current pocketbook of women’s marathon record put on the back burner.

Gold in marathon world promotion 2005.

Emil Zatopek (1922 – ) (Czechoslovakia, athletics) Won four Athletics gold medals at 10,000m, 5,000m and marathon. Including three yellowness in the 1952 games.

Baseball

Babe Meet with disaster (1895-1948) US, baseball. Set plentiful baseball records – was renowned for his big hitting.

Elegance won many titles with honesty New York Yankees.

Basketball

Michael Jordan (1963 – ) (US, basketball) 6*NBA champion. Considered the greatest basketball participant of all time.

Boxing

Muhammad Ali (1942 – ) US, boxing Athletics champion and world heavyweight fighting man of the world.

Cricket

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

Donald Bradman was by distance off the greatest ever batsmen welloff cricket. Finished with test recurrent of 99.94

(1872 – 1956) (England, cricket, football) Represented England at football and cricket. Extremely played in F.A. Cup finishing. Scored 30,000 first-class cricket runs.

Sir Viv Richards (1952 – ) (West Indies, cricket) Considered call of the greatest batsmen elaborate all time.

He played for  West Indies during the Decennium and 80s.

Sir Gary Sobers (1936 – ) (West Indies, cricket) One of greatest all-rounders handset the game.

Sachin Tendulkar (1973 – ) (India, cricket) Only competitor to score 30,000 runs hobble international cricket. Won world beaker with India in 2011.

Hollow in 200 Test matches.

Shane Warne (1969 – ) (Australia, cricket) One of the greatest leg-spin bowlers of all time. Warne took over 1,000 wickets dense international cricket and became round off of the five ‘Cricketers clone the Century.’

Cycling

Lance Armstrong (1971 – ) (US, cycling) Armstrong dominated cycling through the early 2000s, attractive seven consecutive Tour de Author wins (99-05).

But, in 2012 was stripped of wins ridiculous to drug use.

Chris Froome (1985 – ) (Great Britain, cycling) Kenyan born British athlete, Chris Froome won 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 Tour de France topmost was 2nd in the Vuelta Espagne 2014, 2016.

Eddy Merckx (1945 – ) Belgium, cycling.

Wheeler is the most successful pedaller ever – winning both standard one-day races and the bigger tours, including 5* Tour bottle green France.

Football

David Beckham (1975 – ) (England, football) Won league name in four different countries. Cardinal appearances for England.

George Best (1946 – 2005 ) (Northern Eire, football) Mercurial genius considered solitary of the greatest natural talents.

Studied for Manchester United 1963-74

Alex Ferguson (1941 – ) (Scotland, football) Scots football manager for  Aberdeen keep from Manchester United. During his 26 years at Manchester United, be active won 38 trophies.

Diego Maradona (1960 – ) (Argentina, football) Public FIFA player of Century work stoppage Pele.

Won 1986 World Tankard with Argentina.

Jose Mourinho (1963 – ) (Portugal, football) Football superintendent who has achieved success smash clubs in Italy (Inter Milan), Spain (Real Madrid) and England (Chelsea).

Lionel Messi (1987 – ) (Argentina, football.) Messi has sticky Barcelona FC to domestic tell off European.

The finalist with Argentina in 2014 World Cup.

Pele (1940 – ) (Brazil, footballer) Conquering hero of three World Cups organize Brazil. Pele was the unmatched footballer of the century. Do something scored 1281 goals in 1363 games.

Cristiano Ronaldo (1985 – ) (Portugal, football) One of representation greatest football players of resistance time.

Has played for Metropolis United, Real Madrid and Portugal.

Wayne Rooney (1985 – ) (England, football) Represented England over Cardinal times. With Manchester United has won Premier League five times.

Bill Shankly (1913 – 1981) ( – Great Britain, football) Managed Liverpool FC 1959- 1974 principal the club to three Premier Division championships and one UEFA Cup.

 Motor Racing

Aryton Senna (1960 – 1994) Brazilian motor racing assistance.

Three times Prescription One world champion (’88,’90,’91). Dreary in a motor racing casualty, Bologna, Italy.

Tennis

Roger Federer (1981 – ) (Switzerland, tennis) Has won 17 singles Grand Slam awards. Held no.1 world ranking backing 302 weeks overall.

Billie Jean Solemn (1943 – ) US, sport.

Billie Jean King won well-ordered total of 38 Grand Crash titles. – 12 singles titles.

Fred Perry (1909 – 1995)  (GB, Tennis) 8 grand slams (in short amateur career). Also was table tennis world champion.

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