Colin Jackson

Colin Jackson

male, 42 years old
Television presenter, cardiff, Sports commentator, commentator, cbe, From Cardiff…Formerworldrecordholder
Colin Ray Jackson CBE (born February 18, 1967 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh sprint and hurdling athlete of Jamaican and Scottish ancestry, who now...
Bob Beamon

Bob Beamon

male, 63 years old
University of Texas at El Paso alumni, Olympic competitor for the United States, track and field athlete, 1968 Summer Olympics, World Championship, Formerworldrecordholder…1991 World Championships in Athletics, world record, record
Robert ("Bob") Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is a former American track and field athlete, best known for his long-standing world record in the...

Arturo Barrios

male, 47 years old
Formerworldrecordholder, Athlete at the 1992 Summer Olympics, world record, World record progression 10000 metres men, Olympic competitor for Mexico, 1988 Summer Olympics…world record holder
Arturo Barrios (born December 12, 1962) is a Mexican long-distance runner, who finished in fifth place in the 10.000 metres at the 1988 Summer...
Zola Budd

Zola Budd

female, 43 years old
Formerworldrecordholder, South African, World Cross Country Championships, Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, barefoot
Zola Pieterse, still better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd (born May 26, 1966 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State in South Africa), is a...
Sydney Wooderson

Sydney Wooderson

male, deceased (2006)
Death from renal failure, English middle distance runner, athlete, mbe, Athlete at the 1936 Summer Olympics, runner…Formerworldrecordholder
Sydney Charles Wooderson MBE (August 30, 1914, - 21st December 2006), dubbed "The Mighty Atom", was an English athlete whose peak career was in the...
Minh Thai

Minh Thai

male
Vietnamese American, Vietnamese sportspeople, Formerworldrecordholder, American speedcubers, Non-fiction writer, American
Minh Thai was a sixteen-year-old Vietnamese high school student from Los Angeles when he won the first world championship on June 5, 1982 in...
Pavel Ploc

Pavel Ploc

male, 45 years old
Czechoslovak sportspeople, Ski jumping world records, ski jumping world record, Ski jumper at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Formerworldrecordholder, Ski jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics…FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Pavel Ploc (born June 15 1964). is a former Czechoslovakian ski jumper who competed from 1982 to 1991. In 1983 he set the ski jumping world record...
Jimmy Siemers

Jimmy Siemers

male, 27 years old
Arizona State University, Arizona State University alumni, water skier, Formerworldrecordholder, American water skier, Mastercraft
Jimmy Siemers (b. March 24, 1982) is a professional 3-event water skier. He is currently on the Mastercraft Pro Ski Team and is a previous world...
Thomas Knauff

Thomas Knauff

male
state college, Ridge-and-valley Appalachians, Formerworldrecordholder, Soaring Hall of Fame, ridge soaring, Glider Basics from First Flight to Solo
Thomas L. Knauff (born 1938) is an American author, glider pilot, flight instructor, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Designated Pilot...