Sport Flashcards
The UK has hosted the Olympic Games on how many occassions?
3 occasions:
1908
1948
2012
The main Olympic site for the 2012 Games was in?
Stratford, East London
The British team finishes in what place in the medal time in 2012 Olympics?
3rd
Dr Sir Ludwig Guttman, a German refugee helped form what?
The Paralympic Games
First man in the world to run a mile in under four minutes, in 1954.
Sir Roger Bannister
Scottish racing driver who won the Formula 1 world championship three times.
Sir Jackie Stewart
Captained the English football team that won the World Cup in 1966.
Bobby Moore
Captained the English cricket team and holds a number of English Test cricket records
Sir Ian Botham
Won gold medals for ice dancing at the Olympic Games in 1984 and in four consecutive world championships.
Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean
Won gold medals in rowing in five consecutive Olympic Games and is one of Britain’s greatest Olympians.
Sir Steve Redgrave
athlete who uses a wheelchair and won 16 Paralympic medals, including 11 gold medals, in races over five Paralympic Games. She won the London Marathon six times and broke a total of 30 world records.
Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson
Won two gold medals for running in the 2004 Olympic Games.
Dame Kelly Holmes
Yachtswoman and in 2004 became the fastest person to sail around the world singlehanded.
Dame Ellen MacArthur
Scottish cyclist who has won six gold and one silver Olympic medals.
Sir Chris Hoy
Paralympian who uses a wheelchair and has won six gold medals over two Paralympic Games. He has also won the London Marathon six times.
David Weir
In 2012, he became the first Briton to win the Tour de France. He has won seven Olympic medals, including gold medals in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
Bradley Wiggins
won gold medals 5,000 and 10,000 metres and is the first Briton to win the Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 metres.
Mo Farah
won the 2012 Olympic gold medal in the heptathlon
Jessica Ennis
2012 won the men’s singles in the US Open. He is the first British man to win a singles title in a Grand Slam tournament since 1936. In the same year, he won Olympic gold and silver medals and was runner-up in the men’s singles at Wimbledon.
Andy Murray
Paralympian who won gold medals for swimming at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games. She was the youngest member of the British team at the 2008 Games.
Ellie Simmonds
Cricket originated where?
England
Which sport has games which can last 5 days and still result in a draw?
Cricket
Which sport’s idiosyncratic nature and complex laws are said to reflect the best of the British character and sense of fair play?
Cricket
These terms come from which sport? ‘rain stopped play’ ‘bowled a googly
Cricket
