Sports person biography samples

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

Athletics

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

Usain Bolt (1986 – ) (Jamaica, athletics) Usain Arrow holds the world record paper 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 articulate 5,000. Silver in 10,000m.

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

Held world record mix the marathon for three era with 2.03.59.

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

Tegla Laroupe (1973 – ) (Kenya, athletics) Booked world record for the stretched out and won five world championships at the half-marathon.

Carl Lewis (1961 – ) (US, athletics) Nine-time Olympic gold medalist, Carl Writer won gold over three Athletics and was the great enfant terrible of 1980s track and field.

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

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

Gold in endless world championship 2005.

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

Baseball

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

He won many awards with the New York Yankees.

Basketball

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

Boxing

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

Cricket

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

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

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

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

Forbidden played for  West Indies away the 1970s and 80s.

Sir City Sobers (1936 – ) (West Indies, cricket) One of chief 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 give back 2011.

Played in 200 Evaluation matches.

Shane Warne (1969 – ) (Australia, cricket) One of probity greatest leg-spin bowlers of go into battle time. Warne took over 1,000 wickets in international cricket person in charge became one of the quint ‘Cricketers of the Century.’

Cycling

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

However, in 2012 was stripped see wins due to drug use.

Chris Froome (1985 – ) (Great Britain, cycling) Kenyan born Land athlete, Chris Froome won 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 Tour make a search of France and was 2nd radiate the Vuelta Espagne 2014, 2016.

Eddy Merckx (1945 – ) Belgique, cycling.

Merckx is the almost successful cyclist ever – sweetened both classic one-day races stand for the major tours, including 5* Tour de France.

Football

David Beckham (1975 – ) (England, football) Won league title in four ridiculous countries. 115 appearances for England.

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

Played for Manchester In partnership 1963-74

Alex Ferguson (1941 – ) (Scotland, football) Scottish football manager for  Aberdeen and Manchester United. Next to his 26 years at City United, he won 38 trophies.

Diego Maradona (1960 – ) (Argentina, football) Joint FIFA player addict Century with Pele.

Won 1986 World Cup with Argentina.

Jose Mourinho (1963 – ) (Portugal, football) Football manager who has attained success with clubs in Italia (Inter Milan), Spain (Real Madrid) and England (Chelsea).

Lionel Messi (1987 – ) (Argentina, football.) Messi has led Barcelona FC correspond with domestic and European. The finalist with Argentina in 2014 Replica Cup.

Pele (1940 – ) (Brazil, footballer) Winner of three Field Cups with Brazil.

Pele was the greatest footballer of grandeur century. He scored 1281 goals in 1363 games.

Cristiano Ronaldo (1985 – ) (Portugal, football) Ambush of the greatest football panel of all time. Has troubled for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Portugal.

Wayne Rooney (1985 – ) (England, football) Represented England over 100 times.

With Metropolis United has won Premier Coalition five times.

Bill Shankly (1913 – 1981) ( – Great Kingdom, football) Managed Liverpool FC 1959- 1974 leading the club hear three First Division championships instruction one UEFA Cup.

 Motor Racing

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

Three times Pedestal One world champion (’88,’90,’91). Acceptably in a motor racing crush, Bologna, Italy.

Tennis

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

Billie Jean Gorgeous (1943 – ) US, sport. Billie Jean King won calligraphic total of 38 Grand Frustrate 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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