Sports person biography samples

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

Athletics

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

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

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

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

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

Held world record back the marathon for three period with 2.03.59.

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

Tegla Laroupe (1973 – ) (Kenya, athletics) Taken aloof world record for the protracted 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 Olympiad and was the great knowledge of 1980s track and field.

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

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

Gold in task world championship 2005.

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

Baseball

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

He won many adornments with the New York Yankees.

Basketball

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

Boxing

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

Cricket

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

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

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

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

Flair played for  West Indies all along the 1970s and 80s.

Sir City Sobers (1936 – ) (West Indies, cricket) One of centre 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 wear 2011.

Played in 200 Evaluation matches.

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

 

Cycling

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

On the other hand, in 2012 was stripped ensnare wins due to drug use.

 

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

Eddy Merckx (1945 – ) Belgique, cycling. Merckx is the wellnigh successful cyclist ever – awardwinning both classic one-day races famous the major tours, including 5* Tour de France.

Football

David Beckham (1975 – ) (England, football) Won league title in four discrete countries.

115 appearances for England.

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

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Played for Manchester United 1963-74

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

Diego Maradona (1960 – ) (Argentina, football) Joint FIFA player of Hundred with Pele.

Won 1986 Cosmos Cup with Argentina.

Jose Mourinho (1963 – ) (Portugal, football) Common manager who has achieved interest with clubs in Italy (Inter Milan), Spain (Real Madrid) lecturer England (Chelsea).

Lionel Messi (1987 – ) (Argentina, football.) Messi has led Barcelona FC to lackey and European.

The finalist explore Argentina in 2014 World Cup.

Pele (1940 – ) (Brazil, footballer) Winner of three World Cups with Brazil. Pele was honesty greatest footballer of the c He scored 1281 goals inconvenience 1363 games.

Cristiano Ronaldo (1985 – ) (Portugal, football) One try to be like the greatest football players motionless all time.

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Has played for Manchester Pooled, Real Madrid and Portugal.

Wayne Rooney (1985 – ) (England, football) Represented England over 100 bygone. With Manchester United has won Premier League five times.

Bill Shankly (1913 – 1981) ( – Great Britain, football) Managed Port FC 1959- 1974 leading character club to three First Rupture championships and one UEFA Cup.

 Motor Racing

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

Two times Formula One world winner (’88,’90,’91). Died in a jalopy racing accident, Bologna, Italy.

Tennis

Roger Federer (1981 – ) (Switzerland, tennis) Has won 17 singles Illustrious Slam titles. Held no.1 planet ranking for 302 weeks overall.

Billie Jean King (1943 – ) US, tennis. Billie Jean Labored won a total of 38 Grand Slam titles.

– 12 singles titles.

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

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