Great Olympians
Below are our 11 articles in the 'great olympians' category:
Muhammad Ali was the self-professed 'greatest' and he lived up to the tag while still known to the world as Cassius Clay, a brash and friendly 18-year-old who competed in the light heavyweight ...
Only two men retained an Olympic decathlon title in the 20th century, Britain's Daley Thompson and American Bob Mathias. The first to do it was Mathias, a clean-cut and self-confident all-American ...
Finland produced a plethora of outstanding distance runners in the 20th century, but none as remarkable as Paavo Nurmi and Lasse Virén. Nurmi is one of only four Olympians to win nine gold medals, ...
Greg Louganis is the greatest diver of all time, but is best remembered for striking his head on the springboard during the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. As he attempted a reverse two-and-a-half ...
One of the most remarkable athletic achievements of the 20th century established Bob Beamon as an Olympic legend on 18th October 1968. The previous day, Beamon, favourite to win the long jump at the ...
Nadia Comaneci was just 14 years old when she became the first gymnast in Olympic history to be awarded the perfect score of 10.0. The Romanian achieved the feat on the uneven parallel bars at the ...
It is said there are two certainties in life - death and taxes. Between 26th August 1977 and 4th June 1987 there were three certainties in life - death, taxes and Ed Moses in the 400 metres hurdles. ...
Kipchoge 'Kip' Keino recorded the most decisive victory over 1,500 metres ever seen at the Olympics when he finished 20m clear of favourite and world record holder Jim Ryun at the 1968 Games in ...
The five gold medals won by American sprinter Michael Johnson are an indication of how good an athlete he was, but so too are his world records for 200 metres and 400m. Both records remain intact ...
Jesse Owens is perhaps the greatest Olympian of all. The black American won an unprecedented four track and field gold medals at the Berlin Games in 1936. He achieved the feat under the steely glare ...
What Mark Spitz accomplished at the 1972 Olympics in Munich is unique. The American swimmer won seven gold medals, a feat that has never been matched at a single Games. The way he achieved it, with ...
