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Greco-Roman wrestling, undefeated in international competition from 1987 until 2000
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16 Grand Slam Titles, 18 of 19 straight Grand Slam Finals, 23 straight Grand Slam Semis, 30 (and counting) Grand Slam Quarters.
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Even if Ruth averaged 600 as he claimed he could have, he'd still be behind Don Bradman statistically speaking. Only Heather Mackay, the squash player comes close. Retired undefeated in 19 years and only ever lost twice in a 22 year career
The Babe revolutionized baseball from a long, tough game into the exciting, homerun filled sport we see today. He could also pitch, and was a damn good one, posting world series wins and shutouts. And as he said, "I could've hit .600 if I had just tried for them dinky singles."
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Bradman is statistically the greatest sportsman ever. He averaged 99,94 when a champion averages 50. He is beyond comparison and without doubt, his record will stand forever
His career batting average (99.94) was twice as good as somebody who is considered a champion (if you ave. 50 you are considered a champion batsman) so what was he ? A freak ! He achieved this on bowler friendly uncovered pitches and there was no such thing as helmets, chest guards, forearm guards etc
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Eddy won every major tour at least once. He won every classic at least once. He won the world championships twice. He broke the hour record. He won over FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY RACES!! He definitely deserves to be in the top 5.
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Probably the most gifted snooker player ever to grace the modern game. Has won 5 World Championship titles to his name so far. He is still competing as of 2015 since winning his first ranking title in 1993, the UK Championship. Recently, he broke Stephen Hendry's record in terms of century breaks of 775. As of 18th January, he is on 777.
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This phenomenal snooke player is the ultimate record breaker. Seven world titles, eight UK Championships and eight Masters titles as of 15th January 2024. Also made over 1,200 centuries, nine years since he overtook Stephen Hendry's tally of 775 during the 2015 Masters tournament.
As of December 2023, has won seven World titles (Latest was in 2022), seven Masters, seven UK Championships (has just reached the final of the 2023 equivalent) and over 1,200 centuries. His most recent title was in China, Shanghai Masters, 2023.
As of 17th August 2020, he has won six World Championship titles (won the postponed 2020 version in August), seven UK Championships and seven Masters titles and is the only player to have made more than one thousand career centuries.
As of March 13th 2019, he has won five world titles, seven UK Championships (won the 2018 version in December) seven Masters titles and has just become the first player to achieve 1,000 career century breaks. This was on March 10th in Preston where it all began for him of his incredible journey into the ultimate player he is.
As of 19th January 2018, he has five world titles, six UK Championships (won the 2017 version in December), seven Masters and has compiled more than nine hundred career centuries to date.
As of 27th January 2017, he has compiled over eight hundred and fifty career centuries. He won a record seventh Masters title on 22nd January.
As of February 2016, he has compiled over 800 centuries, many of them 147s. The most recent was the 2014 UK Championship.
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boxing, the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to win every fight in his professional career
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By far most dominant player in his/her sport. Yes, it's racquetball. He had a 137 winning streak over 3 consecutive years. Incredible.
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He competes in the Professional Armwrestling League, and as of 2009 is the number-one armwrestler in the world.[1] John was named by the Guinus Book of World Records as the "Greatest Armwrestler of All Time". Brzenk won four world championships in the heavyweight division through 1994, and gained the nickname of "Superman" for defeating much larger opponents.The heaviest opponent he faced weighed 660 lbs, whom he defeated. In 1995, he won the middleweight world championship.[6] He had an uncredited cameo in the 1987 Sylvester Stallone film Over the Top.
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discus throw, the only athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event for four consecutive Olympics
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7 times world snooker champion hailing from Scotland during the 1990s. His first was in 1990 and the last was in 1999. Now retired, he commentates for the BBC.
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John Harold Force is an American NHRA drag racer. He is a 16-time Funny Car champion driver and an 18-time champion car owner. Force owns and drives for John Force Racing. He is one of the most dominant drag racers in the sport with 145 career victories. No one in Drag Racing is even close!
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Freestyle Wrestling. He a surrendered ZERO points at the 1972 olympic games. That means not one escape, nothing, zero. All with an injured knee and stiches in his head.
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Ghulam Muhammad - Gama Pehalwaan - Undefeated in 50 year career e challenged and beat the worlds best, nobody was willing to take on his challenges, some of which were completely outrageous. Google him for more info
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Three time Olympic 1500m champion (2016, 2021 and 2024). In the second of these, the Olympics, held in Tokyo was postponed for a year due to the worldwide pandemic.
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The ultimate British rower, five Olympic gold medals between 1984 and 2000. It has also led to Britain's dominance in the event which continues to this day.
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The best British swimmer there has ever been. His incredible journey began in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow through to the postponed European Championships in Budapest that actually took place in 2021 (instead of 2020 due to the worldwide pandemic). He also won two Olympic gold medals (2016 and the postponed 2020 version) to date. He is still competing.
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Multiple world female darts champion including her 2016 win at Frimley Green, Surrey.
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Checkers. over 45 year career he only lost 7 games! two of them were to Chinook Computer program. He was essentially "unbeatable". Without question, hands down, the greatest at their respective sport/game in the history of planet Earth!!!
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Otto Graham went to a championship game every single year he played a professional sport. He was a born winner.
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