Statistics: The great ones. Part One Athletes.

Argentine football player, striker and captain of the Argentine national team. The best scorer in the history of the championship of Spain, Barcelona and the national team of Argentina. He is recognized as one of the best football players of all time.

Portuguese footballer who plays for the Italian club Juventus and the Portuguese national team. The best scorer in the history of the Real Madrid club and the Portuguese national team. He is considered one of the best football players of all

An American professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight category; one of the most famous boxers in the history of world boxing. Champion of the XVII Summer Olympic Games in 1960.

American basketball player, former NBA player. The best basketball player in history. He played as an attacking defender. Jordan was instrumental in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s

the only football player in the world who became world champion three times as a player (in 1958, 1962 and 1970). Participant of four world championships. The best player of the 1970 World Cup.

James is a four-time NBA champion, four-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, four-time NBA Most Valuable Player

An American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for twenty seasons for one team, the Los Angeles Lakers.

American swimmer, 23-time Olympic champion, 26-time world champion in the 50-meter pool, multiple world record holder.

Soviet football player, goalkeeper, who played for Dynamo Moscow and the USSR national team. Olympic champion in 1956 and European champion in 1960, 5-time champion of the USSR, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.

World champion in 1986, vice-world champion in 1990. World champion among youth teams in 1979. The best player of the 1986 World Cup. Footballer of the Year in South America in 1979 and 1980.

WBC, WBA, IBF, and The Ring World Champion. The lineal champion. Defeated 11 fighters for the world heavyweight title. The highest paid boxer in history.

Three-time winner of the Olympic Games (1988, 1992, 1996, in the category up to 130 kg), nine-time world champion (19891991, 19931995, 19971999), 12- multiple European champion.

Jamaican track and field athlete, specialized in short-distance running, eight-time Olympic champion and 11-time world champion. During his performances, he set eight world records.

Belarusian biathlete, four-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion, winner of the 2014/15 World Cup, winner of 6 small Crystal globes of the Biathlon World Cup

He has won 111 ATP tournaments in total. The first racket of the ATP for 310 weeks, including 237 consecutive weeks, which remains an unbeaten record, the five-time first racket of the world at the end of the season

Canadian hockey player, center forward. One of the most famous athletes of the XX century. . In the National Hockey League, where Gretzky earned the nickname The Great, he set 61 records.

Byrd is one of the best basketball players in the history of the NBA, as well as a versatile player who throughout his career regularly ranked in the top ten in terms of performance, rebounds and results

The Soviet and Ukrainian athlete is a pole vaulter. The first person in the world to jump above six meters. Olympic champion in 1988.

Soviet weightlifter, who set 79 world records and 81 USSR records during his sports career. He trained under the guidance of the 1964 Olympic champion Rudolf Pluckfelder.

German Formula 1 racing driver, seven-time world champion. The owner of numerous records of the Formula 1 World Championship: the number of wins in one season, fastest laps, as well as championship titles in a row

Four-time Stanley Cup winner and two-time Avco Cup winner, six-time winner of the Hart Trophy and Art Ross Trophy, 23-time participant in the NHL All-Star games.

Norwegian skier, eight-time Olympic champion and nine-time world champion. Between 1992 and 1999, Delhi won the World Cup six times, finishing second in 1994 and 1998.

Soviet and Russian skier, 4-time Olympic champion, 7-time world champion, multiple USSR champion, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.

Finnish middle- and long-distance runner, nine-time Olympic champion, winner of the largest number of Olympic medals in the history of athletics. The sporting nickname is the Flying Finn.

Russian athlete, MMA fighter, four-time world champion in mixed martial arts - MMA heavyweight according to Pride FC, two-time according to RINGS, two-time according to WAMMA

An American basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He is the leader in the number of points scored in the regular season in the history of the NBA.

A Norwegian figure skater who competed in singles and pair skating, and later an American actress. The first and only three-time Olympic champion in women's singles

American golfer, 15-time winner of Major tournaments. Laureus World Sports Awards Athlete of the Year: 2000, 2001. He holds many golf records.

Soviet hockey player, forward of the CSKA team and the USSR national team, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Two-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion. The best hockey player of the USSR.

Brazilian racing driver, three-time world champion in Formula 1 racing. In just ten years of performances, he won 41 races and won 65 pole positions.

Italian motorcycle racer. Nine-time world champion in road and circuit motorcycle racing in various classes (7 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)...

Three-time Olympic champion (1996, 2004, 2008), six-time world champion (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005), Six-time European champion (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006), four times more than

Ethiopian stayer and marathon runner. Two-time Olympic champion and four-time world champion in the 10,000 meters, four-time world indoor champion in the 1500 and 3000 meters.

Soviet Belarusian athlete, freestyle wrestler, three-time Olympic champion, multiple world, European and USSR champion. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, author of two books on wrestling.

Three-time Olympic champion (1972, 1976, 1984), silver medalist at the 1980 Winter Olympics. 10-time world champion (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983).

outstanding German athlete (kayaking), eight-time Olympic champion, 28-time world champion...

An outstanding Czechoslovak and Czech javelin thrower, three-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion. On May 25, 1996, he set a world record in Jena, which still remains unsurpassed

A former professional Canadian ice hockey player who played as a goalkeeper. He is now a hockey coach. The nickname is St. Patrick. Patrick Roy has won the Conn Smythe Trophy, the Most Valuable Player award, three times

one of the two best tennis players of the 20th century (along with Martina Navratilova), a great athlete of our time.

Two-time Olympic champion (2004, 2008), bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games. Three-time world outdoor champion and 4-time world indoor champion, European champion

American professional tennis player and philanthropist, winner of eight Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic champion.

Czechoslovak and Czech hockey player who played as a goalkeeper, two-time Stanley Cup winner, Olympic champion.

Romanian gymnast, five-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion, nine-time European champion. One of the world's best gymnasts of the 20th century.

Norwegian biathlete, eight-time Olympic champion, the most decorated biathlete in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.

American diver, four-time Olympic champion, five-time world champion, six-time Pan American Games champion, 47-time U.S. champion. One of the strongest athletes in history

Soviet swimmer, 4-time Olympic champion, multiple world, European and world record holder. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, a pupil of the Ekran sports school, played for CSKA.

Professional arm wrestler, 26-time world champion. He became a world champion at the age of 18.

Soviet speed skater, the only 6-time Olympic champion in the history of speed skating, the absolute champion of the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck.

Vedenin became famous for being able to win the last stage of the 4x10 km relay at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, leaving him one minute behind Norwegian Johs Harviken.

Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player, Olympic champion in 1988, world and European champion in the USSR national team. One of the strongest centers in the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

An outstanding Czechoslovakian and American tennis player, the first racket of the world in 1978-1987, won 18 Grand Slam tournaments in singles, 31 times in women's doubles and 10 times in mixed doubles

A Soviet gymnast, he ranks third in the history of the Olympic Games in terms of the number of medals won in all sports, of which 7 were gold. Multiple champion of the world, Europe and the USSR.

A Soviet figure skater who entered the Guinness Book of Records as an athlete who has never lost in international competitions. She has three Olympic gold medals to her credit, 10 wins for the champion

German biathlete, one of the most decorated biathletes in history. Two-time Olympic champion in 2010, 12-time world champion...

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Soviet gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, multiple world and European champion, USSR in individual and team competitions, Honored Coach of the USSR

the famous gymnast, four-time Olympic champion, three-time world champion, USSR champion in 1975. She became famous for performing unique tricks, which at that time were considered

five-time winner of the overall World Cup (record): seasons 1988/1989, 1990/1991, 1991/1992, 1994/1995, 1996/1997; fourteen-time world champion

Norwegian skier, eight-time Olympic champion, winner of the largest number of awards in the history of the Winter Olympic Games among all athletes, 18-time world champion.

Soviet high jumper, Olympic champion in 1964, European champion in 1962, former world record holder, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1961).

Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov. Their names were known all over the world, and in the Soviet Union they were ready to carry them on their hands: for six years they had no equal in ice dancing.

Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion in 2012, silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Sydney, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Athens and Beijing, World Championship medalist, multiple

A Greek athlete, an ultramarathoner, who gained fame as one of the most successful runners in the world. To date, Janis holds records at all distances from 100 miles to 1000, in addition, he

He is the first javelin thrower in history to win gold medals at three major international competitions: the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the European Championships.