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DUPLICATED ’ SET THE WORLD RECORD WON ONE GOLD, ONE IN THE 100 METRES AND WON WON N.H.L. MVP AWARD FEAT BY WINNING FOUR GOLD IN THE 100 METRES AND WON FIRST GYMNAST EVER SILVER AND TWO BRONZE LARISSA LATYNINA WON NINE OLYMPIC GOLD BEN JOHNSON THE EVENT AT THE 1988 NADIA COMANECI GORDIE HOWE 6 TIMES AND HOLDS THE MEDALS AT THE 1984 OLYMPICS TO SCORE A PERFECT (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) MEDALS IN AT (FORMER U.S.S.R.) MEDALS IN GYMNASTICS (CANADA) OLYMPICS BUT BOTH WERE () (CANADA) RECORD FOR THE MOST ININ 100M,100M, 200M,200M, 44 XX 100M100M 10 AT AN OLYMPICS THE 1984 OLYMPICS REVOKED WHEN HE FAILED GAMES PLAYED (1767) RELAY AND LONG JUMP A DRUG TEST

WAS THE GREATEST COMPLETED THE FIRST WON THE U.S. MASTERS FIRST SWIMMER EVER TO THE ONLY HEAVYWIEGHT WAS THE FORMULA 1 HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE EVER DOWNHILL SKIER; EVER BACKWARD SOMERSAULT FRANZ KLAMMER ININ HISHIS FIRSTFIRST YEARYEAR ASAS WIN A GOLD MEDAL IN THE BOXER TO RETIRE AS JUAN FANGIO RACING WORLD CHAMPION AYRTON SENNA MOST FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX HE WON THE WORLD CUP ON THE ; SHE () (U.S.A.) A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER () SAME EVENT (100M FREESTYLE) (FORMER U.S.S.R.) (U.S.A.) UNDEFEATED CHAMPION () FIVE TIMES - MORE THAN ANY (BRAZIL) VICTORIES IN ONE YEAR, WITH TITLE FOUR TIMES WON THREE GOLD MEDALS AT ININ 19971997 AT 3 CONSECUTIVE OLYMPICS AT 49-0 OTHER DRIVER 8 IN 1988 ININ THETHE 1970’S1970’S THE 1972 OLYMPICS

THIS SKIIER WAS THE WAS STABBED IN STAR WON WON THE GOLD MEDAL FIRST PROFESSIONAL HIT HIS ON THE INGEMAR WORLD CUP OVERALL THE BACK WHILE SEATED THE FIRST OF HER U.S. ININ THETHE DECATHLONDECATHLON ININ THETHE EARL ANTHONY BOWLER TO TOP $1,000,000 BOARD DURING THE STENMARK CHAMPION FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE DURING A CHANGE OVER AT TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1980 AND 1984 OLYMPICS (U.S.A.) ININ EARNINGS;EARNINGS; HEHE WASWAS BOWLERBOWLER (U.S.A.) () (U.S.A.) 1988 OLYMPICS BUT STILL (U.K.) () YEARS IN THE 1970’S BEST A TENNIS TOURNAMENT ININ 19881988 BYBY BEATINGBEATING AND SET A WORLD RECORD OF THE YEAR 6 TIMES WENT ON TO WIN GOLD KNOWN FOR THE SLALOM ININ GERMANYGERMANY ININ 19931993 THAT LASTED 8 YEARS

WON TWO GOLD MEDALS WON FIVE MEN’S WON 3 GOLD MEDALS MANAGED THE WAS NAMED THE SUPER FELL DURING HIS FLORENCE WAS THE FIRST ININ THETHE 19321932 OLYMPICS,OLYMPICS, BJORN BORG WIMBLEDON TENNIS LASSE VIREN AT THE 1988 YOGI BERRA WINNING MILDRED ‘BABE’ BECAME THE WORLD’S BEST BOWL’S MOST VALUABLE WORLD RECORD BREAKING GRIFFITH JOYNER BOXER EVER (SWEDEN) CHAMPIONSHIPS () ININ THETHE 100M,100M, 200M,200M, ANDAND 44 XX (U.S.A.) N.Y. YANKEES (1964) AND (U.S.A.) ZAHARIAS WOMAN GOLFER AND ALSO (U.S.A.) PLAYER 3 TIMES, IN 1981, 10,000M IN 1972 (U.S.A.) TO REGAIN THE TITLE ININ AA ROWROW 100M RELAY SPRINT N.Y. METS (1973) (U.S.A.) WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN 1984 AND 1989 BASKETBALL PLAYER

WON THE FIRST THE GREATEST SWITCH WAS WIDELY CONSIDERED BROKE 80 WORLD RECORDS OF HIS WIMBLEDON MEN'S HITTER IN BASEBALL WAS WORLD 500CC ISIS THETHE ALLALL TIMETIME N.F.L.N.F.L. VASILIY ALEKSEYEV GIACOMO JERRY RICE THE WORLD’S BEST SOCCER ININ WEIGHTLIFTINGWEIGHTLIFTING BETWEENBETWEEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS BY HISTORY; HE WON MOTORCYCLE CHAMPION FOR LEADER IN TOUCHDOWN (ARGENTINA) (FORMER U.S.S.R.) (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) AGOSTINHI (U.S.A.) PLAYER IN THE 1980’S 1970 AND 1977 BEATING VETERAN KEN M.V.P. AWARDS IN 1956, () SEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS RECEPTIONS ROSEWALL IN 1974 1957 AND 1962

ISIS THETHE ONLYONLY PERSONPERSON PLAYED ON THREE ISIS THETHE ALLALL TIMETIME WON THE FIRST OF HIS WAS NAMED ’S AND WAS THE ONLY U.S. EVER TO BREAK 44 LEGENDARY GOLFER GEORGE BEST WORLD CUP SOCCER WINNING OSCAR DE LA MICHAEL JOHNSON LEADER IN WORLD SERIES U.S. MEN'S TENNIS EUROPE’S SOCCER PLAYER OF PELE (BRAZIL) GOLD MEDALIST AT SECONDS IN THE 400M WAS THE FIRST TO REACH (U.K.) TEAMS, AND SCORED 1,281 HOYA (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) BASEBALL SLUGGING (U.S.A.) CHAMPIONSHIPS BY BEATING (U.S.A.) THE YEAR IN 1968 THE 1992 OLYMPICS AND 20 SECONDS IN $1,000,000 IN EARNINGS GOALS IN 22 YEARS AVERAGE (.755) IN 1990 THE 200M SPRINT

WON THE FIRST OF FOUR WON THE FIRST OF PASSED FOR THE MOST GOLFER WON THE U.S. SCORED THE MOST GOALS U.S. WOMEN'S TENNIS MARTINA HER RECORD NINE WAS THE WELTER- BOBBY DAN MARINO YARDS IN A SINGLE OPEN, BRITISH OPEN, AND SUGAR RAY BOBBY ININ INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL SOCCERSOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW IN NAVRATILOVA WIMBLEDON WOMEN'S WEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION CHARLTON (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) N.F.L. SEASON - (U.S.A.) P.G.A. CHAMPIONSHIP ROBINSON CHARLTON MATCHES OF ANY BRITISH 1975 BY BEATING EVONNE (CZECH/U.S.A.) CHAMPIONSHIPS 5 TIMES (U.K.) 5084 IN 1984 2 TIMES EACH (U.S.A.) (U.K.) PLAYER WITH 49 GOOLAGONG CAWLEY ININ 19781978

BECAME THE FIRST MAN ISIS THETHE ALLALL TIMETIME WON 5 GOLD, 1 SILVER, WAS THE 1992 U.S. OLYMPIC BROKE THE WORLD ININ BASEBALLBASEBALL HISTORYHISTORY TOTO HITHIT WON THE MOST GRAND CHARLES BARKLEY TY COBB LEADER IN BASEBALL BATTING BOB BEAMON MATT BIONDI AND 1 BRONZE MEDAL IN KAREEM ABDUL- CHANGED HIS NAME BASKETBALL ‘DREAM TEAM’ LONG JUMP RECORD BY MORE THAN 300 HOME RUNS SLAM SINGLES TITLES OF ANY (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) AVERAGE (.367) AND RUNS (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (AUSTRALIA) (U.S.A.) SWIMMING AT THE JABBAR (U.S.A.) FROM LEW ALCINDOR LEADING SCORER 1ft 9 1/ ”” ININ 19681968 AND STEAL MORE THAN TENNIS PLAYER (24) SCORED (2,245) 2 1988 OLYMPICS 300 BASES

THE ONLY MALE TENNIS ESTABLISHED WORLD ININ 19781978 BECAMEBECAME WAS BEATEN BY ALL TIME PLAYOFF PLAYER TO HAVE WON TWO ISIS THETHE ALLALL TIMETIME MAGIC JOHNSON JESSE OWENS LONG JUMP RECORD IN THE YOUNGEST EVER MUHAMMED ALI IN THE ALAIN PROST LEADER IN ASSISTS GRAND SLAMS; HE WAS LEADER IN FORMULA 1 (U.S.A.) (AUSTRALIA) (U.S.A.) THE 1930'S THAT LASTED (U.S.A.) TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN (U.S.A.) “RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE” () WITHWITH 23462346 ALSO THE GAME’S FIRST GRAND PRIX VICTORIES 25 YEARS ABOARD ‘’ ININ ZAIREZAIRE ININ 19741974 MILLIONAIREMILLIONAIRE

FIRST BECAME ALL TIME LEADER ALL TIME LEADER IN LAWRENCE WAS THE ALL TIME N.F.L. THIS N.F.L. QUATERBACK WON THE WIMBLEDON EVANDER THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING WAS UNBEATEN AT LAWRENCE A.J. FOYT ININ INDYINDY CARCAR VICTORIESVICTORIES SAM SNEAD CAREER GOLF WINS WITH 81, JOE NAMATH TAYLOR LEADER IN SACKS WHEN WAS VOTED PLAYER OF THE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AT HOLYFIELD CHAMPION OF THE WORLD THE 400M HURDLES BETWEEN TAYLOR (U.S.A.) WITH 67, INCLUDING (U.S.A.) INCLUDINGINCLUDING 77 MAJORS.MAJORS. (U.S.A.) () (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) HE RETIRED IN 1993 YEAR IN 1968 THE AGE OF 16 (U.S.A.) ININ 19901990 DEFEATINGDEFEATING 1977 AND 1987 (U.S.A.) 4 INDY 500 WINS NEVER WON U.S. OPEN

BECAME THE ALL TIME WON A BECAME A LEGEND OF WAS THE YOUNGEST LEADER IN WINS OF ALL U.S. WAS THE SUBJECT BOXING OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL ACHIEVED GOLF’S LONG DISTANCE RUNNING BY BILL SHOEMAKER JAKE LaMOTTA EVER WINNER OF THE MEN’S EMIL ZATOPEK JOCKEYS WITH 8,833 WINS, OF THE BOXING FILM ININ 1976,1976, THETHE SAMESAME YEARYEAR HISHIS ONLY RECOGNIZED GRAND WINNING GOLD IN THE 5000M, (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (GERMANY) WIMBLEDON TENNIS (CZECH) INCLUDINGINCLUDING 55 BELMONTBELMONT STAKESSTAKES ‘RAGING‘RAGING BULL’BULL’ BROTHER LEON WON GOLD AS SLAM IN 1930 10,OOOM AND MARATHON AT TITLE AT 17 AND 4 KENTUCKY DERBYS A THE 1952 OLYMPICS

WON 2 WIMBLEDON WON THE FIRST TENNIS TITLES, 2 U.S. TITLES, WAS THE ONLY PLAYER WON THE U.S. MASTERS WAS THE WORLD TENNIS TITLES, 2 U.S. TITLES, OF HIS FOUR U.S. MEN'S WON 6 GOLD MEDALS SUGAR RAY RENE 3 FRENCH TITLES AND JOHN McENROE ISIS AA GOLFERGOLFER KRISTIN OTTO EVER TO HIT THE BALL OUT OF NICK FALDO GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPION BOXER IN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS ININ SWIMMINGSWIMMING ATAT THETHE LEONARD (FRANCE) DESIGNED THE SHIRT WITH (U.S.A.) (AUSTRALIA) NICKNAMED “THE SHARK” (GERMANY) (U.S.A.) AND HE (U.K.) CONSECUTIVELY IN FIVE DIFFERENT ININ 19791979 BYBY BEATINGBEATING 1988 OLYMPICS (U.S.A.) EMBROIDERED CROCODILE DID IT TWICE 1989 AND 1990 WEIGHT CLASSES THAT BEARS HIS NAME VITASVITAS GERULAITISGERULAITIS

ISIS BASEBALL’SBASEBALL’S ALLALL PITCHED A RECORD OWNS THE LONGEST ININ THETHE 1940'S1940'S ANDAND 50'S,50'S, DEFEATED ISIS THETHE ALLALL TIMETIME LEADERLEADER TIME LEADER IN HITS (4,256), 59 CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUT BILLY JEAN KING REIGN AS HEAVYWEIGHT HENRY AARON HE WON THE U.S. OPEN ININ THETHE 19731973 “BATTLE“BATTLE OFOF THETHE ININ CAREERCAREER HOMEHOME RUNSRUNS (U.S.A.) GAMES PLAYED (3,562) AND (U.S.A.) INNINGSINNINGS FROMFROM AUGUSTAUGUST 3030 (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) BOXING CHAMPION; (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) 4 TIMES, THE U.S. MASTERS AND SEXES” TENNIS MATCH ININ BASEBALLBASEBALL WITHWITH 755755 AT BATS (14,053) TO SEPTEMBER 28 1988 FROM 1937-1949 P.G.A. 2 TIMES EACH AND THE BRITISH OPEN ONCE

WAS THE MOST DOMINANT WAS NAMED SUPER BOWL’S HAS WON AN INCREDIBLE PLAYER IN BASEBALL HISTORY, BEAT GORAN IVANISEVIC WAS THE N.B.A. THIS SCOTSMAN, MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 2 LOU GEHRIG WAS A BASEBALL STAR ANDRE AGASSI SHAQUILLE O’NEAL 18 GOLF MAJORS, 7 MORE WITH THE HIGHEST EVER HOME TO WIN THE 1992 WIMBLEDON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WAS FORMULA 1 WORLD (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) CONSECUTIVE SEASONS IN (U.S.A.) NICKNAMED ‘THE IRON HORSE’ (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (U.K.) THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER RUN FREQUENCY (8.5 H.R. MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP ININ 19931993 CHAMPION THREE TIMES 1978 AND 1979 EVERY 100 AT BATS)

ISIS THETHE ONLYONLY DRIVERDRIVER WON THE FIRST OF HIS WON THE FIRST OF ININ 19541954 WASWAS THETHE SCORED ON A TOUCHDOWN ININ HISTORYHISTORY TOTO WINWIN THETHE THREE CONSECUTIVE U.S. WON 3 U.S. MASTERS GOLF, MARIO ANDRETTI HIS TWO WIMBLEDON MEN'S FIRST PERSON EVER TO RUN TONY DORSETT RUN OF 99 YARDS FROM DAYTONA 500, THE INDY 500, MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BRITISH OPENS, 2 P.G.A.’S (U.S.A.) (CZECH/U.S.A.) (SWEDEN) CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1988 BY () (U.K.) THE MILE IN UNDER (U.S.A.) SCRIMMAGE IN 1983 - THE AND THE FORMULA ONE ININ 19851985 BYBY BEATINGBEATING AND 1 U.S. OPEN BEATING BORIS BECKER FOUR MINUTES LONGEST IN N.F.L. HISTORY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS JOHN McENROE

WAS THE LAST AMATEUR WON THE U.S. P.G.A. ISIS THETHE ONLYONLY PERSONPERSON SCORED THE MOST WAS THE P.G.A. PLAYER WILT MEN'S WIMBLEDON TENNIS GOLF 5 TIMES, THE BRITISH HOLDS THE RECORD WAS UNBEATEN AT ININ HISTORYHISTORY TOTO BEBE NAMEDNAMED TOTO POINTS IN AN NBA WALTER HAGEN RICHARD PETTY BO JACKSON TOM WATSON OF THE YEAR 6 TIMES - CHAMBERLAIN CHAMPION IN 1967 AND WENT OPEN 4 TIMES, AND THE U.S. FOR THE MOST EVER TENNIS BETWEEN 1920 A BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME GAME (100) (AUSTRALIA) (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) MORE THAN ANY OTHER (U.S.A.) ON TO WIN IT TWICE MORE AS OPEN 2 TIMES BETWEEN NASCAR VICTORIES AND 1925 AND A FOOTBALL PRO GOLFER EVER A PROFESSIONAL 1914 AND 1929 BOWL GAME

STRUCK OUT 19 SET THE THEN ALL TIME BROKE THE WORLD WON 3 CONSECUTIVE STRUCK OUT 19 WAS NBA ROOKIE OF LED THE NFL IN BATTERS IN ONE GAME JOHN RIGGINS RECORD FOR TUCHDOWNS RECORD IN THE 800M AND JIM BROWN N.B.A. MOST VALUABLE BATTERS IN ONE GAME THE YEAR IN 1985 RUSHING 8 TIMES (U.S.A.) OF BASEBALL IN 1969 (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) ININ AA SINGLESINGLE SEASONSEASON (U.K.) 1000M TRACK EVENTS (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) PLAYER AWARDS WITH 24 IN 1983 ININ 19811981 FROM 1984 TO 1986

WON A RECORD SEVEN CAPTAINED THE REGAINED THE ISIS THETHE MOSTMOST DOMINANTDOMINANT WAS THE FIRST EVER CAPTAINED THE HOLDS MAJOR LEAGUE GOLD MEDALS IN SWIMMING PENGUINS SEVE MUHAMMED ALI HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING TITLE JOE DiMAGGIO PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF ICE GREG LEMOND NON-EUROPEAN TO WIN THE MARIO LEMIEUX PITTSBURGH PENGUINS WON THE BRITISH OPEN BASEBALL RECORD WITH AT THE 1972 OLYMPICS, TO THE STANLEY CUP BALLESTERAS (U.S.A.) TWICE - THE ONLY PERSON (U.S.A.) (CANADA) HOCKEY, HOLDING MOST (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) CYCLING (CANADA) TO THE STANLEY CUP ININ 1979,1979, 19841984 ANDAND 19881988 A 56 GAME HITTING STREAK SETTING A WORLD RECORD IN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN (SPAIN) EVER TO DO SO ALL TIME RECORDS CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EACH EVENT 1991 AND 1992