- Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe OAM (born 13 October 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales), also known as the "Thorpedo" or "Thorpey", is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and in 2001 he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship. In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship golds, the second-highest number of any swimmer. - Steve Cram
Steve Cram MBE (born October 14 1960) is an English former athlete who vied with fellow English athletes Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett during their domination of middle distance running in the 1980s. He was the first man to run under 3 minutes and 30 seconds for the 1500 metres. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", he set world records in the 1500 metres, 2000 metres, and the mile, within 19 days in the summer of 1985. - Craig Mottram
Craig Mottram is an Australian long distance and middle distance runner. Born on 18 June 1980 in Frankston, Victoria, Mottram specialises in the 5000 metres event. He attended the prestigious Geelong Grammar School. It is there that he found his niche in running and was captain of the school team in his year. On August 14, 2005, Mottram reached a career highlight, coming third in the 5000 metres event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, … - Peter Nicol
Peter Nicol, MBE (born April 5, 1973 in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire), is a former professional squash player from the United Kingdom, who represented first Scotland and then England in international squash. In 1998, while still competing for Scotland, he became the first player from the UK to hold the World No. 1 ranking. During his career, he won one World Open title, two British Open titles, and four Commonwealth Games Gold Medals. - Abi Oyepitan
Abiodun Oyepitan (born December 30, 1979) is a British sprint athlete. Abi was born in Westminster, London and represents Shaftsbury Barnet Harriers athletics club. Her first outing to a major athletics came at the 1998 World Junior Athletics Championships where she finished fourth as part of the British 4 x 100 m relay team. She continued to perform well at the junior level, but her progress was interrupted in 2000 by an injury. - Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish (born June 1, 1976 in Coventry, England) is an English sprint athlete. He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent years he has concentrated mostly on the longer distance. He has also been a regular member of both the British and, at the Commonwealth Games, … - Justin Madden
Justin Mark Madden (born 31 May 1961) is an Australian rules football player turned politician. He rose to prominence as a highly successful player with the Carlton Football Club, after an early stint with Essendon. He switched to politics after his retirement in 1997, and is the current Victorian Minister for Planning. - Nathan Deakes
Nathan Deakes (born August 17, 1977) is an Australian race walker. He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is a four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. He won gold in the 20km walk and 50km walk events at both the 2002 Manchester Games and the 2006 Melbourne Games, becoming the first man to win both the 20km and 50km walks at two consecutive Commonwealth Games. - Jodie Henry
Jodie Clare Henry OAM (born 17 November 1983), Australian swimmer, is a triple Olympic gold medallist and a four time gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games,former world champion in the 100 m freestyle and former women's world record holder for the 100 metre freestyle. With team mate Libby Lenton, a member of the world record breaking and gold medallist 4x100 m freestyle & the 4x100 m medley teams for Australia in the new mellenium. - Peter Mitchell
Peter Mitchell (born 14 June, 1960), commonly called "Mitch", is the presenter of the Melbourne bulletin of "Seven News". Peter grew up on the Mornington Peninsula, attending The Peninsula School, in Mt. Eliza. Peter began at the Nine Network in 1977 as a sport reporter. In this position he covered sports such as Australian rules football, golf, tennis and the Commonwealth Games. - Mark Foster
Mark Foster (born May 12, 1970 in Billericay, Essex, England) is a former British swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres. He is a specialist short course (25 metre pool) swimmer. In terms of medals and longevity (1986-2006), Foster is amongst the most successful British swimmers of all-time. Mark Foster was educated at Alleyn Court prep school in Westcliff on Sea, Millfield School, and Southend High School for boys where he excelled in athletics, … - Jason Gardener
Jason Gardener (born September 18, 1975 in Bath, Somerset, England) is a British sprint athlete. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School, Bath, where he now has a tutor group named after him. - Milkha Singh
Milkha Singh (born in Faisalabad (Lyallpur) on 8 October 1935) is a Sikh athlete, who represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He is nicknamed "The Flying Sikh". Winner of Padma Shri, Olympic 400 m record holder in 1960 Rome Olympics. Gold medal Champion 1958 Commonwealth Games, Asian Games 1958 (200 & 400 metres) and Asian Games 1962 (200 metres). He is one of the greatest athletes India has ever produced. - Sarah Ulmer
Sarah Ulmer (born March 14 1976 in Auckland) is a New Zealand cyclist who won a Gold medal and set new world records at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal. When she left Athens at the end of the games, Ulmer held the Olympic title, the Olympic and world records, the Commonwealth Games title and the Commonwealth Games record for the 3000m individual pursuit. - Gregor Tait
Gregor Tait (born April 20, 1979 in Glasgow) is a Scottish swimmer. He is the reigning Commonwealth Games 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley champion. In addition to his two titles, Tait also claimed two bronze medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. He was hailed as a "national hero" upon his return by Scotland's First Minister, Jack McConnell. - Dawn Fraser
Dawn Lorraine Fraser AO, MBE, (born September 4 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer. She was born in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, into a working class family. She was spotted at an early age of 12 by Sydney coach Harry Gallagher swimming at the local sea baths. Known for her politically incorrect behaviour or larrikin character as much as her athletic ability, Fraser won eight Olympic medals, including five golds, and six Commonwealth Games gold medals. - Lee Beachill
Lee Beachill (born 28 November 1977, in Huddersfield, United Kingdom) is a professional squash player from England. He attended Horbury School, Horbury, a Specialist Language College. Beachill reached the World No. 1 ranking in October 2004. He also finished runner-up at the World Open that year. Beachill was part of the English team which won the World Team Squash Championships in 2005. - Daley Thompson
Francis Morgan Thompson, CBE (born July 30, 1958 in Worcester Park), known commonly as Daley Thompson, is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. Thompson is of Nigerian and Scottish heritage. Thompson's best score in the decathlon was 8847 points, set in the 1984 Olympic competition – a world record that stood until 1992, … - Mike Smith
Mike Smith (born September 16, 1967) is a former Canadian world-class decathlete from Kenora, Ontario. He attended Pinecrest Elementary School, Lakewood Intermediate School and Beaver Brae Secondary School. Smith won a silver medal at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in 1986, and won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games of 1990. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he placed 14th after developing tendonitis. - Valerie Vili
Valerie Vili, née Adams is a shot putter from New Zealand. In 2002 she became junior world champion and landed a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. In 2004 she finished 8th at the Olympic Games. The next year she earned a place in the international elite, winning a surprise bronze medal at the World Championships with a personal best throw of 19.87m. In addition, she finished second at the World Athletics Final. - Bill Sweetenham
Bill Sweetenham has been the National Performance director for Great Britain since November 2000. He has managed the Australian swim team for 4 Olympic Games and 5 Commonwealth Games. He was a swimming coach at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) from the late 1980s till 1994. From 1995 to 2001 he was the National Youth Coach for Swimming Australia. He has worked with more than 12 World Record holders as part of the national team in Australia. - Harry Jerome
Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome (September 30, 1940 - December 7, 1982) was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard a railway porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he moved to North Vancouver at age 12. He competed in college for Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon. He competed for Canada in the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Summer Olympics, winning 100 metre bronze in 1964. - Jane Saville
Jane Saville (born November 5, 1974 in Sydney) is an Australian race walker who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Saville, from an athletically-inclined family, competed in swimming and surf lifesaving events as well as walking as a junior athlete. She has competed at three Olympics, with a midfield result in 1996. However, she became a household name at the Sydney games during an emotional disqualification. - Christian Malcolm
Christian Sean Malcolm (born June 3, 1979) is a British athlete, specialising in the 200m. Malcolm was born in Newport, South Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds. At that year's Commonwealth Games, his 20.29 for the silver medal was a European Junior and Welsh senior record. He took the 2000 European Indoor gold medal in 20.54, for a Welsh Indoor record. - Ashia Hansen
Ashia Hansen (born 5 December 1971 in Evansville, Indiana, USA) is an athlete who is considered Britain's greatest-ever female triple jumper. Although born in the USA, Hansen was adopted at the age of 3 months by a Ghanaian father and a British mother and grew up in the UK after spending a few years in Ghana. Hansen is a member of the Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club in Birmingham, along with other successful British athletes such as Denise Lewis, Kelly Sotherton, … - Liz McColgan
Liz McColgan, MBE (born March 24, 1964) is a former Scottish long distance track and road running athlete. Born Elizabeth Lynch, she was brought up in Dundee. She won the gold in the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan at 10,000 metres, and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She also won a gold medal in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal in the Seoul Olympics in 1988. - Sharron Davies
Sharron Davies, MBE (born November 1, 1962) is one of Britain's most successful swimmers ever. Having won two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and a silver at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Davies has built a successful second career as television presenter and patron for charities for disabled children and fitness. - Alexandra Orlando
Alexandra Michel Orlando (born January 19, 1987 in Toronto) is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast. Orlando has swept to win every rhythmic gymnastics event at the Canadian National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Alexandra Orlando swept the individual event finals at the Elite Canada rhythmic gymnastics competition in 2007 and also won the all around crown. - Abby Hoffman
Abigail ("Abby") Hoffman is a former Canadian track and field athlete. Born in Toronto, she first learned to skate when she was three. When she was nine, she wanted to play ice hockey, however there were no leagues for girls in the Toronto area. She cut her hair and registered her name as 'Ab Hoffman' in the boy's league. She played for a St. Catharines, Ontario boy’s Junior A hockey league as a defenceman and she was selected for the all-star team, … - Matt Shirvington
Matt Shirvington (born 25 October, 1978), also known as Shirvo, is an Australian Olympic athlete and television presenter who held the Australian 100m national sprint title from 1998 to 2002. He was born in Frenchs Forest, Sydney and now spends his time between Sydney and London. Shirvington has generally competed in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay events, finding the most success in the 100m sprint. - Steve Moneghetti
Stephen ("Steve") James Moneghetti (born September 26, 1962 in Ballarat, Victoria) is an Australian long-distance runner. He was not considered to be a good runner in primary school as he never managed to win a single medal. Indeed when he went to join the little athletics his father was told that they didn't want his son coming here because he was a poor runner. - Shane Kelly
Shane Kelly OAM (born January 7, 1972 in Ararat, Victoria) is an Australian cyclist, who's specialty event is the men's 1000m time trial. In this event he is three times world champion (1995, 1996, 1997); and won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and came 4th at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Kelly is probably best known for a mishap at the 1996 Summer Olympics. - John Swinney
John Ramsey Swinney (born April 13, 1964, in Edinburgh) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Tayside North. He was the leader (or National Convenor) of the SNP between 2000 and 2004. Swinney was previously a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tayside North in the British House of Commons, before taking the same seat in the 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections. - Brendan Foster
Brendan Foster, MBE (born 12 January, 1948 in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England) is a British former distance runner, and the founder of the Great North Run. He was educated at St Joseph's Grammar School, the University of Sussex and Carnegie College of Physical Education, now part of Leeds Metropolitan University. Foster's athletic career saw him compete in three Olympic Games, … - Lee Chong Wei
Lee Chong Wei (born October 21, 1982) is a professional badminton player from Malaysia. - Mike Brown
Mike Brown (born May 5, 1984 in Perth, Ontario) is a Canadian swimmer. He started swimming at age seven and is a student at the University of Calgary. His best finish at a world championships was at the 2005 championships in Montreal, Canada when he finished 2nd in the 200 m breaststroke. Latest medal was a gold at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia touching out opponent by 0.01 s. - Ross Davenport
Ross Davenport (b. 1984-05-23) is a British swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200M freestyle and the 4x200 freestyle relay. On Monday, 27th November 2006 he won the acclaimed BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year - won in 2005 by Derbyshire-born yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur. He is a member of the University of Bath swimming club, coached by Ian Turner and trains at Loughborough university. - Ong Beng Hee
Ong Beng Hee (born 4 February 1980, in Penang, Malaysia) is a professional squash player from Malaysia. He reached the World No. 7 ranking in 2001. He won a silver medal in the mixed doubles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games (partnering Nicol David). Ong is a former World Junior Champion. - Li Li
Li Li (Simplified Chinese: 李丽, pinyin: Lǐ Lì) (born July 7, 1983) is the top-ranked female badminton player in Singapore. She was born in China and moved to Singapore in 1997. Li won the 2002 Commonwealth Games Women's singles gold medal by beating favourite Tracey Hallam of England in four sets, causing a major upset for the home team. Li also played at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Gong Ruina of China in the round of 32. - Alex Gough
Alex Gough (born 8 December 1970, in Newport, United Kingdom) is a professional squash player from Wales. Gough reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in 1998. He won a Bronze Medal in the men's singles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
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