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30 questions · Match the athlete, sport and achievement. Study the notes, then practise without the clock.
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Study notes: make the connections
Match the athlete, sport and achievement
Start with the sport, then add the particular achievement and year. Separate Redgrave’s rowing, Hoy’s cycling, Holmes’s running and Simmonds’s swimming.
Achievements here are explicitly historical. Later medals do not change what an athlete achieved at a named Games.
| Remember the link | Key fact |
|---|---|
| first man to run a mile in under four minutes | Sir Roger Bannister Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954. |
| three Formula 1 world championships as a Scottish driver | Sir Jackie Stewart Stewart won the Formula 1 world championship three times. |
| captaining England’s 1966 World Cup winning side | Bobby Moore Moore captained England to the football World Cup in 1966. |
| captaining England and excelling at both batting and bowling | Ian Botham Botham was an England cricket captain and a leading all-rounder. |
| Olympic ice-dancing gold in 1984 | Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean Torvill and Dean won Olympic ice-dancing gold in 1984. |
| rowing gold at five consecutive Olympics | Sir Steve Redgrave Redgrave won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games. |
| 11 Paralympic gold medals across five Games | Tanni Grey-Thompson Grey-Thompson won 16 Paralympic medals, including 11 gold. |
| two running gold medals at the 2004 Olympics | Dame Kelly Holmes Holmes won two Olympic gold medals in 2004. |
| being a record-setting solo round-the-world yachtswoman | Dame Ellen MacArthur MacArthur is known for single-handed round-the-world sailing. |
| six Olympic gold medals as a Scottish cyclist | Sir Chris Hoy Hoy won six Olympic gold medals in track cycling. |
| becoming the first British Tour de France winner in 2012 | Bradley Wiggins Wiggins became the first British Tour de France winner in 2012. |
| winning both 5,000m and 10,000m gold at London 2012 | Mo Farah Farah won both long-distance track events at the 2012 Olympics. |
| winning the 2012 Olympic heptathlon | Jessica Ennis Ennis won gold in the seven-event heptathlon at London 2012. |
| winning the men’s singles US Open in 2012 | Andy Murray Murray won the US Open men’s singles title in 2012. |
| swimming gold at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics | Ellie Simmonds Simmonds won Paralympic gold medals in swimming. |
Handbook reference: Chapter 4: A modern, thriving society — Sport. These are original revision notes, not a reproduction of the handbook.
Three quick study checks
Who is described by this sporting achievement: first man to run a mile in under four minutes?
Sir Roger Bannister
Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954.
Which achievement is associated with Sir Roger Bannister?
first man to run a mile in under four minutes
Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954.
Who is described by this sporting achievement: three Formula 1 world championships as a Scottish driver?
Sir Jackie Stewart
Stewart won the Formula 1 world championship three times.