Notable British Sportsmen and Women Life in the UK Test Questions

Marathon

Torvill and Dean competed on ice, not on the road.

Ice dancing

They also won four consecutive world championship titles in ice dancing.

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Swimming

Neither Torvill nor Dean was an Olympic swimmer.

Rowing

Rowing gold was won by Sir Steve Redgrave, not Torvill and Dean.

Sir Ian Botham

Sir Ian Botham captained the England cricket team and held numerous Test batting and bowling records.

Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore captained the England football team that won the World Cup in 1966.

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Sir Jackie Stewart

Sir Jackie Stewart was a Scottish Formula 1 racing driver who won the world championship three times.

Sir Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, in 1954.

Sir Roger Bannister

Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile on 6 May 1954 at Oxford.

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David Weir

David Weir is a Paralympic wheelchair racer, not known for mile records.

Mo Farah

Mo Farah holds British records for 5,000 m and 10,000 m, not the sub-four-minute mile.

Sir Chris Hoy

Chris Hoy is a track cyclist who won six Olympic gold medals — not a runner.

He won the Formula 1 world championship three times

Sir Jackie Stewart is a Scottish former racing driver who won the F1 world championship three times

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He won gold medals in rowing in five consecutive Olympic Games

This describes Sir Steve Redgrave, a rower, not a racing driver

He captained the English cricket team

This describes Sir Ian Botham, who also holds Test cricket records for batting and bowling

He captained the English football team that won the World Cup in 1966

This describes Bobby Moore, who led England to their only World Cup victory

Bradley Wiggins

Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France in 2012.

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Sir Steve Redgrave

Sir Steve Redgrave is a rower, not a cyclist.

Andy Murray

Sir Andy Murray is a tennis player, not a cyclist.

Sir Chris Hoy

Sir Chris Hoy won six Olympic gold medals in cycling but did not win the Tour de France.

Sir Ian Botham

Sir Ian Botham was England's celebrated cricket captain, not a Paralympian.

Dame Elle MacArthur

Dame Ellen MacArthur is a solo yachtswoman, not a Paralympian.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson won 16 Paralympic medals (11 gold) over five Games and six London Marathon titles.

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Dame Kelly Holmes

Dame Kelly Holmes won two Olympic gold medals in the 2004 Athens Games in track athletics.

Sir Jackie Steward

Sir Jackie Stewart is a Scottish F1 racing driver, not a cricketer

Sir Ian Botham

Captained the English cricket team and holds Test records for both batting and bowling

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Sir Roger Bannister

First man to run a mile in under four minutes in 1954; not a cricketer

Bobby Moore

Captained the England football team that won the 1966 World Cup; not a cricketer

5

Five is one short — Hoy also won a silver medal on top of six golds.

6

Six gold medals make Hoy the most decorated British Olympic cyclist.

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7

Seven would be the total including silver; gold medals alone number six.

2

Two medals was the haul of many Olympians — Hoy far exceeded this.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

Tanni Grey-Thompson won 16 Paralympic medals in wheelchair racing, not swimming.

David Weir

David Weir is a wheelchair racer who won six Paralympic golds, not a swimmer.

Ellie Simmonds

Ellie Simmonds won Paralympic gold for swimming in 2008, 2012 and 2016, and holds multiple world records.

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Sophie Christiansen

Sophie Christiansen is a Paralympic equestrian athlete, not a swimmer.

Sir Ian Botham

Captained England and holds Test records for both batting and bowling.

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Sir Steve Redgrave

Won rowing gold at five consecutive Olympic Games, not cricket.

Sir Jackie Steward

Scottish Formula 1 champion; no connection to cricket.

Bobby Moore

Captained England's 1966 World Cup-winning football team.

Sir Chris Hoy

Scottish cyclist; his Olympic gold medals came on the velodrome, not the track.

Bradley Wiggins

Cyclist; first Briton to win the Tour de France (2012), not a distance runner.

David Weir

Paralympic wheelchair racer and six-time London Marathon winner, not a 10,000m runner.

Mo Farah

Born in Somalia; the first Briton to win Olympic gold in the 10,000m, at London 2012.

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She won the London Marathon six times

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and David Weir each won the London Marathon six times.

She won gold medals for ice dancing at the Olympic Games in 1984

That was Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.

She won gold medals in rowing in five consecutive Olympic Games

That was Sir Steve Redgrave.

She was the fastest person to have sailed around the world single-handed

MacArthur achieved this in 2004, sailing solo non-stop in record time.

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