Great Olympians

Who would you say are the Greatest Olympians?

 
 

Here are some of our GB list...who else would you add?

Cycling

Sir Chris Hoy - 6 Gold 1 Silver

Sir Bradley Wiggins 3 Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze

Pentathlon

Mary Peters - Gold

Decathlon

Daley Thompson 2 Gold

 
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Rowing

Sir Steve Redgrave - 5 Gold medals at 5 consecutive Olympics!

Matthew Pinsent 4 x Gold

Katherine Grainger 1 x Gold 4 x Silver

Heptathlon

Denise lewis - 1 x Gold 1 x Bronze

Jessica Ennis-Hill 1 Gold and 1 Silver

Running

Seb Coe 2 x Gold 1500 m 2 x Silver 800 m

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Javelin

Tessa Sanderson 1 x Gold

Hurdles

Sally Gunnell 1x Gold 400 m hurdles and 1 x Bronze 400m relay

100m

Linford Christie 1 x Gold 1 x Silver 1 x Silver 4 x 100m relay

Triple Jump

Jonathan Edwards 1 x Gold 1 x Silver

400 m

Christine Ohuruogu 1 x Gold 1 x Silver 2 x Bronze 400 m relay

 
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Swimming

Adrian Moorhouse 1 x Gold 100M breaststroke

Duncan Goodhew 1 x Gold 100m breaststroke 1 x Bronze 4 x 100m medley

Distance Running

Sir Mo Farah 2 x Gold 5000m 2 x Gold 10,000m

With thanks to the International Olympic Committee for the video in this article


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