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Key sports location

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Wembley in London
Principality Stadium in Cardiff
Wimbledon

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Olympic game in UK

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1908
1948
2012

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Paralympic game

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Sir Ludwig Guttman
German refugee
Stoke and Mandeville Hospital

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Sir Roger Bannister

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First man to run a mile under 4 minutes 1954

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Sir Jackie Stewart

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Scottish former racer

Won Formular 1 championship three times

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Bobby Moore

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Captain of English football team in 1966

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Sir Ian Botham

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Captain of English cricket team

Number of English test cricket records for batting and bowling

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Jayne Torvill and Chistropher Dean

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Ice dancing gold medalist 1984

Four consecutive world championships

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Sir Steve Redgrave

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Gold medalist in rowing

Five consecutive Olympic games

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

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Paralympiads
16 medals including 11 gold medals
Won London Marathon six times
30 world records

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Dame Kelly Holmes

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Two gold medals in 2004

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Dame Ellen MacArthur

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Yachtswoman in 2004

Fastest person to sail around the world single handed

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Sir Chris Hoy

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Scottish Cyclist won six gold and one silver Olympic medals

11 world championship titles

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David Weir

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Paralympiad
won six gold medals in two paralympics
Won London Marathon six times

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Sir Bradley Wiggins

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Cyclist
2012, won the Tour de France
Eight Olympic medals
Gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016

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Sir Mo Farah

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British distance runner, born in Somalia

Gold medal in 2012 and 2016 in 5000 and 10000m

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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

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Gold medal in 2012 Heptathlon

Silver in 2016

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Sir Andy Murray

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Scottish tennis player
Won US Open in 2012
Won Olympic Gold and Silver in 2012
2013 and 2016 Wimbledon 
Won Gold 2016
19
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Ellie Simmonds

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Paralympics

Gold medal for 2008, 2012, 2016

20
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Expression from Cricket

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Rain stopped play
Batting on a sticky wicket
Playing a straight bat
Bowley a googly
It's not just not cricket
21
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Horse racing - famous races

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Royal Ascot - five day race in Berkshire
Grand National at Aintree in Liverpool
Scottish Grand Nation in Ayr
National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket, Suffolk

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First tennis club

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Leamington Spa 1872

23
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Sir Francis Chichester

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First person to sail single-handed around the world passing the Cape of Good Hope (Africa) and Cape Horn (South America) in 1966/67

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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

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First person to go across the world without stopping

25
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Famous sailing event

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Cowes on the Isle of Wight

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Famous F1 racers

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Damon Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Jenson Button

Life in the UK test (6 decks)

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