Jamaica (1986-): Sprinter and multiple gold medalist widely regarded as the fastest person ever timed.
South Africa (1986-): Paralympic champion who also competed in the regular olympics and was convicted of the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.
USA (1985-): Swimmer who won 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold.
USA (1981-): Tennis player who has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles in partnership with her sister.
China (1980-): Basketball player who was eight times NBA All-Star.
Mongolia (1980-): The first Sumo wrestler to ever win all six official tournaments in a single year.
Italy (1979-): Professional motorcycle racer who has won seven Grand Prix World Championships.
Argentina (1975-): Polo player for La Dolfina Polo Team with a 10-goal handicap, the maximum possible.
Cuba (1975-): Volleyball player who won three Olympic gold medals and was named FIVB Best Player of the 20th Century.
New Zealand (1975-2015): The first true global superstar of rugby union who scored 15 tries at the rugby world cup.
Australia (1974-): Netball player capped 122 times for Australia with whom she won three World Championships.
India (1973-): Batsman who holds the record for the most runs in both ODI and Test cricket.
Australia (1973-): Olympic champion in the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Australia (1973-): Speed skater who won the 1,000 m event at the 2002 Winter Olympics after all of his opponents were involved in a last corner pile-up.
Japan (1973-): Baseball outfielder and ten-times MLB All-Star.
Papua New Guinea (1972-): Rugby League player who won both the Australian and English leagues and the World Club Challenge with three different clubs.
Indonesia (1971-): Badminton player who won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Iran (1969-): Association footballer who is the world's all-time leading goalscorer in men's international matches.
Germany (1969-): Racing driver who was seven-times Formula One World Champion.
Kyrgyzstan (1968-): Handball player twice voted World Player of the Year who represented both Russia and Spain at the Olympics, winning medals for both.
South Africa (1967-): World Cup winning captain of the South Africa national rugby union team.
Bulgaria (1967-): Three times Olympic Champion in weightlifting.
Liberia (1966-): Presidential candidate for the 2005 Election who won the 1995 Ballon d'Or when he was a professional footballer.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966-): Basketball player who was an NBA All-Star eight times.
Sweden (1965-): First manager of the Somalia national bandy team who made a record 129 international appearances for Sweden as a player.
USA (1963-): 6 times NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls who scored more points in the play offs than anyone else.
Pakistan (1963-): Former World No. 1 professional squash player who won 555 matches consecutively, a feat unmatched in top level professional sport.
Azerbaijan (1963-): World Chess champion whose loss to the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue marked the end of human's being better than computers at chess.
Ukraine (1963-): Olympic gold medal winning athlete who broke the world record for men's pole vault 35 times.
Fiji (1963-): Golfer who won three major championships.
UK (1962-): Rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000.
Romania (1961-): Gymnast who, at the age of 14, became the first in Olympic history to be awarded the perfect score of 10.0 at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Canada (1961-): Ice hockey player nicknamed 'The Great One'.
UK (1960-): Professional darts player, nicknamed 'The Power', who won a record 16 World Championships.
Brazil (1960-1994): Racing driver who won three Formula One world championships for McLaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991.
USA (1959-): HIV positive basketball player who was five times NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers.
USA (1959-): Linebacker for the New York Giants who is often considered the greatest defensive player in American Football History.
USA (1958-): American road race champion cyclist who also won five individual gold medals as a speed skater at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
China (1956-): Table Tennis player known for his Penhold grip and for winning the Men's singles at the first ever Table Tennis World Cup.
Czechia (1956-): Tennis player who won 41 doubles finals and 18 singles finals in Grand Slam Tournaments.
USA (1954-1999): American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears for thirteen seasons and won the 1985 Super Bowl
Austria (1953-): Champion alpine ski racer who won 25 World Cup downhills and gold at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
USA (1953-): The ring name of Terry Gene Bollea, a professional wrestler who worked for World Wrestling Federation during the 'golden age' of the 1980s.
Antigua and Barbuda (1952-): Two times World Cup winning West Indies Cricketer who never lost a Test series as Captain.
USA (1951-2001): Stock car racing driver who won seven NASCAR Winston Cup championships before dying after a collision at the Daytona 500.
USA (1949-): Reality television star who won Olympic gold in the Decathlon.
Russia (1949-): Figure skater who won 10 successive World Championships and three successive Olympic gold medals as a pair skater.
UK (1949-2010): Northern Irish two times World Champion snooker player who was nicknamed the Hurricane.
USA (1947-): High jumper who in 1968 revolutionised the event, with a unique 'back-first' technique now named after him.
Netherlands (1947-2016): Association football player and coach at the centre of the football philosophy known as Total Football.
Belgium (1945-): Road and track bicycle racer who won 11 Grand Tours including 5 Tour de Frances.
USA (1944-): Track & field athlete and American Football player who gave a Black Power salute after winning the 200-meter sprint at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
USA (1942-2016): Professional heavyweight boxer known for losing the 'Fight of the Century' and winning the 'Thrilla in Manila' and the 'Rumble in the Jungle'.
Mozambique (1942-2014): Portuguese association footballer who won the European Cup and Ballon d'Or while playing for Benfica.
Brazil (1940-): Professional association footballer who won three world cups and is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time.
USA (1940-): Professional golfer who won a record 18 career major championships.
Australia (1937-): Freestyle champion swimmer named Australian Female Athlete of the Century by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
USA (1936-): American Football player who played fullback for the Cleveland Browns and also starred in the film 'The Dirty Dozen'.
USA (1936-1999): Harlem Globetrotter who later scored an unmatched 100 points in a single NBA game for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks.
South Africa (1935-): Golfer who is the only non-American to win all four majors.
Hungary (1935-2012): Water polo player who was injured during the 'Blood In The Water' game at the 1956 Olympics on his way to a Gold Medal.
Ethiopia (1932-1973): Long distance runner famous for winning a marathon gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot.
UK (1929-): Middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-four-minute mile.
Denmark (1928-2016): Yachtsman who won four Olympic gold medals and eleven world titles in eight different types of boat.
Czechia (1922-2000): Runner who in 1952 became the only person to win the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, and marathon in the same Olympics.
USA (1921-1989): Boxer who was World Middleweight champion five times and World Welterweight champion once.
Ireland (1920-1979): Hurler and Gaelic Footballer who played for Cork GAA for 24 years where he won 8 All-Ireland medals.
USA (1919-1972): Baseball player who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era.
Netherlands (1918-2004): Athlete nicknamed 'the Flying Housewife' who won four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics and set world records in a further 3 events.
USA (1913-1987): One of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.
USA (1913-1980): Track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games.
USA (1911-1956): Athlete who won Olympic medals in the 80 m hurdles, javelin and high jump and was the first woman to make the cut in a regular PGA Golf Tour event.
Argentina (1910-1997): Association football Manager who won leagues with Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and Internazionale as well as two European Cups with Inter.
Canada (1910-1946): Jockey who rode the horse 'Seabiscuit' in the 1938 match race against 'War Admiral'.
Australia (1908-2001): Cricketer with a test batting average of 99.94, more than 40 runs better than that of any other batsman.
Germany (1905-2005): Heavyweight champion of the world known for his two fights with the American boxer Joe Louis.
India (1905-1979): Field hockey player who won three Olympic gold medals and scored more than 400 international goals.
Hungary (1904-1984): Actor known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s who won five Olympic gold medals for swimming and one bronze medal for water polo.
UK (1902-1966): Founder, owner and earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters.
Finland (1897-1973): The 'Flying Finn' who dominated distance running in the early 20th century, set 22 official world records and won 9 Olympic Golds.
Spain (1895-1978): President of Real Madrid who transformed the club into one of the most successful sports teams in Europe and cemented the prestige of the European Cup.
USA (1895-1948): Slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees who was nicknamed 'The Sultan of Swat'.
USA (1890-1968): Swimmer who popularized the ancient Hawaiian sport of surfing and bought it to Australia and California.
USA (1887-1953): Athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon and played Baseball, Basketball and American Football professionally.
Cuba (1887-1928): Baseball player who pitched 43 consecutive scoreless innings against touring major and minor league competition.
Brazil (1874-1953): Sportsman who was instrumental in setting up the first association football league in Brazil.
France (1873-1956): FIFA's longest-serving president who was responsible for the formation of the FIFA World Cup.
Canada (1869-1931): Physical educator who invented the sport of basketball in 1891.
Ghana (1865-1930): Association footballer for Preston North End and Sheffield United who was the first non-white to go professional.
France (1863-1937): Founder of the International Olympic Committee and father of the modern Olympic Games.
Japan (1860-1938): Founder of Judo, the form of the Jujutsu martial art used in the Olympics.
UK (1842-1912): Association footballer and administrator who organised and played in both the first football international and the first national domestic competition, the FA Cup.
Australia (1835-1880): Pioneer of Australian rules football and the first true cricketing star in Australia.
Mexico (1449-1481): Ruler of the Aztec Triple Alliance who gambled and lost his entire annual income in a ball game he played versus his friend Xihuitlemoc.
UK (1427-1470): Lord High Constable of England who wrote up detailed rules for Jousting to prevent injuries.
Spain (104-1?? AD): Chariot racer who won 35,863,120 sesterces, making him the best paid athlete of all time in terms of spending power.
Bulgaria (111-71 BC): Thracian Gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War.
Greece (440-??? BC): Spartan Princess and chariot racer who was the first woman in history to win at the ancient Olympic Games.
Greece (530-490 BC): Messenger who, according to folklore, ran from Marathon to Athens to bring news of a victory, thus inspiring the Marathon race.
Turkey (7??-6?? BC): Victor in boxing at the 23rd Olympiad who wrote the rules for Ancient Greek boxing.
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