Lionel Messi – . Argentina, football. Carl Lewis - US, athletics Billie Jean King – US, tennis Eddy Merckx – . Belgium, cycling. Jackie Joyner-Kersee -1962-. US, athletics. Abebe Bikila -Ethopia, athletics. Al Oerter -US, athletics. Alex Ferguson -Scotland, football. Andy Murray -Great Britain, tennis. Aryton Senna -1960 – 1994. Brazilian motor racing Asbel Kiprop -Kenya, athletics. Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1911-1956 -US, athletics, golf. Babe Ruth -US, baseball. Bernard Hinault -France, cycling. Bill Shankly -Great Britain, football. Bjorn Borg -Sweden, tennis. Bo Jackson -US, Baseball. Bob Beamon -US, athletics. Bobby Moore -Great Britain,football. C.B.Fry -England, cricket. Chris Evert -US, tennis. Chris Froome -Great Britain, cycling. Chris Hoy -Great Britain, cycling. David Beckham -England, football. Won league title in four different countries. 115 appearances for England. David Campese -Australia, Rugby Union. Diego Maradona -Argentina, football. Joint FIFA player of Century with Pele. Won 1986 world cup with Argentina. Emil Zatopek - Czechoslovakia, athletics. Eric Liddell -Scottish, athletics. Eusebio -Portugal, football. Fausto Coppi -Italy, cycling. Fred Perry -Great Britain, tennis. Gareth Bale -Wales, football. Gareth Edwards -Wales, Rugby Union. George Best -Northern Ireland, football. Greg Lemond -US, cycling. Grete Waitz -Norway, athletics. Haile Gebreselassie -Ethiopia, athletics. 2* Olympic gold in 10,000m. Held world record for marathon for 3 years with 2.03.59 Henry Cooper -Great Britain,boxing. Hicham El Guerrouj -Morocco, athletics. Jack Nicklaus -Australia, golf. Jacques Anquetil -France, cycling. Jim Thorpe -US, swimming. Jimmy Connors -US, tennis. Joe DiMaggio -US, basball. Johan Cruyff -The Netherlands, football. voted European player of the century. John McEnroe -US, tennis. Jonathan Edwards -Wales, Rugby Union. Jose Mourinho-Portugal, football. Kelly Slater -US, Surfing. Kenenisa Bekele -Ethiopia, athletics. Lance Armstrong -US, cycling. Lewis Hamilton -motor racing. Magic Johnson -US, Basketball. Manny Pacquiao -Phillipines, boxing. Maria Sharapova -Russia, tennis. Mark Spitz -US, swimming. Martina Hingis -Switzerland, tennis. Martina Navratilova -US, tennis. Michael Johnson -US, athletics. Michael Jordan -US, basketball. Michael Phelps -US, Swimming. Won 18 Olympic gold medals, and 22 medals in total. Michael Schumacher -Germany, motor racing. Mo Farah -Great Britain, athletics. Monica Seles -Yugoslavia / US, tennis. Nadia Comaneci -Romania, gymnastics. Nick Faldo -Great Britain, golf. Paavo Nurmi -Finland, athletics. Paula Radcliffe -Great Britain, athletics. Rafael Nadal -Spain, tennis. Rod Laver -Australia, tennis. Roger Bannister -Great Britain, athletics. Roger Federer -Switzerland, tennis. Has won 17 single Grand Slam titles. Held no.1 world ranking for 302 weeks overall. Ronaldhino -Brazil, football. Sachin Tendulkar -India, cricket. Only player to score 30,000 runs in international cricket. Won world cup with India in 2011. Sebastian Coe -Great Britain, athletics. Serge Blanco -France, Rugby Union. Serguei Bubka -Ukraine, athletics. Seve Ballesteros -Spain, Golf. Severiano Ballesteros -golf. Shane Warne -Australia, cricket. Sir Gary Sobers -West Indies, cricket. One of greatest all- rounders in the game Sir Steve Redgrave -Great Britain, rowing. Steffi Graf -Germany, tennis. Steve Davis -England, snooker. Stirling Moss -Great Britain, motor racing. Tegla Laroupe -Kenya, athletics. Tegla Laroupe -Kenya, athletics. W.G. Grace -England, cricket. Wayne Rooney -England, football. Indian Famous athletes - World famous sports person - Important sports athletes list for Competitive exams preparation like SSC IBPS RBI SBI etc.
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