Sports Flashcards
Sir Roger Bannister
First man to run a mile in under 4 min in 1954
Sir Jackie Stewart
Scottish - former racing driver won formula 1 world championship 3 times
Baron Ian Brotham
captained the English cricket team and held a number of English test cricket record for batting and bowling
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
ice skating - gold in 1984 Olympics and 4 consecutive world championship
Sir Steve Redgrave
gold medal in rowing in five consecutinve olympic fames. One of Britain’s greatest olympians.
Baroness Tani Grey-Thompson
uses a wheelchair - won 16 paralympic medals including 11 gold medals in races over 5 paralympic games. She won the London Marathon six times and broke a total of 30 records
Dame Kelly Holmes
Won two gold medals for running in the 2004 Olympic games.
Dame Ellen MacArthur
yachstwoman and in 2004 became the fastest person to sail around the world singlehanded.
Sir Chris Hoy
Scottish cyclist who has won six gold and one silver Olympic medals. Won 11 world championship titles
David Weir
Paralympian who uses a wheelchair. Won six gold medals over 2 paralympic games. Also won the London Maraton eight times.
Sir Bradley Wiggins
cyclist - won the tour de France in 2012 (first briton to do so) Won eight olympic medals .
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
Won gold in the 2012 Olympic Heptathlon, silver in 2016.
Ellie Simmonds
Paralympian - won gold for swimming in 2008, 2012 and 2016 paralympic games. She was the youngest member of the team in the 2008 games.
Mary Peters
Northern irish - won pentathlon in 1972
Sir Robin Knox Johnson
Round the world without stopping
Sir Francis Chischester
First to sail single handed round the worrl in 1966/67
Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button
racing - Grand prix winners
