How much do you know about world-class sporting champions? (5)

QUESTIONS.
1. Who was the US woman sprinter, Olympic silver medallist 1984 and winner of
3 golds in the 1988 Olympics, died in 1998 at 29 years of age?
2. Who was the English footballer, long time associated with Manchester United,
capped 106 times for England scoring 49 goals? In all played 754 games, scored
245 goals.
3. Who was the US heavyweight champion of the world 3 times, now a sporting
icon considered by many to have been ‘the Greatest’?
4. Who was the Moroccan athlete, Olympic champion 1984; Grand Prix winner
1986 and World Champion 1987, all distances from 1,500 metres to 5,000
metres?
5. Who was the US athlete who dominated the long-jump, his record set in 1968
of 8.90m remained until broken by Mike Powell in 1991?
6. Who was the English cricketer who scored 5,200 runs and took 383 wickets in
102 Test Matches? 4 times took ten wickets in amatch.
7. Who was the US tennis player,won men’s singles title at Wimbledon x 2; US
Open x 5; and Australian Open x 1? Partnered Ilie Nastase in winning men’s
doubles twice.
8. Who was the Scottish jockey, third in the all-time winners table; ridden 17
Cl;assic winners including the Derby twice, (1979 on Troy; 1980 on Henbit)?
9. Who was the US athlete, the greatest 400m hurdler ever? Olympic champion x
2 (1976/84),World champion x 4 .
10. Who was the Swiss skier, winner of a record number of victories in the
downhill during the ‘80’s and a total of 39 World Cup victories?
11. Who was the English rower, Commonwealth and World champion and winner
of 5 consecutive Olympic gold medals?
12. Who was the US Baseball player considered by experts to be the greatest all rounder ever?
13. Who was the Brazilian footballer, a legend in the game, played in 4 World Cups,
winning 3; scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 first-class games?
14. Who was the most-capped French rugby player (111 caps) at centre?
15. Who was the US boxer who won 12 world title fights at 5 different weights?

ANSWERS.
1. Florence Griffith-Joyner. 2. Bobby Charlton. 3. Muhammad Ali. 4. Said Aouita. 5. Bob
Beaman. 6. Ian Botham. 7. Jimmy Connors. 8.Willie Carson. 9. Edwin Moses. 10.
Pirmin Zurbriggen. 11. Steve Redgrave. 12. Babe Ruth. 13. Edison Arantes do
Nascimento (Pele). 14. Philippe Sella. 15. Sugar Ray Leonard.