The greatest sportsman of all time

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8 years 6 months ago

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Oh yes she is the runner that everybody was making a fuss about re her gender. Superb athlete over the 800

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8 years 6 months ago

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naas botha
divan serfontein
Kepler vessels
peter kirsten
Gary kirsten
carel du plessis

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8 years 6 months ago

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Pele!!

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8 years 6 months ago

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frankel

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8 years 6 months ago

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Countrymember wrote:

chicken n chips wrote: Best ever SA sportsman/woman
Zola Budd??
Errol Tobias
Bryan Habana
Gary Player must be
Jomo Sono
Wayne Ferrira
Kevin Curren
Tap Tap Makatini
Gerry Coetzee
Jakes Mashaba
Sugar Boy Malinga

Brian Mitchell
Barry Richards
Mike Procter
Penn Heyns.....................

Jody Schecter
Muis Roberts

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Re: The greatest sportsman of all time

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Bruce Fordyce who seemed to win the Comrades every single year

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Re: The greatest sportsman of all time

8 years 6 months ago

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Jacques Kallis
Martina Navratilova

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amla when he retires also ab

The best horse doesn't always win the race.

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Re: The greatest sportsman of all time

8 years 6 months ago

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Without doubt Lance Armstrong

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Bob Brogan wrote: Without doubt Lance Armstrong

i see that you have not lost your sense of humour

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Jahangir Khan - greatest squash player of all time. During his career he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten times. From 1981 to 1986 he was unbeaten in competitive play and during that time won 555 matches consecutively, the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sports.
Notable achievements
Won World Amateur Championships at age 15
Youngest ever World Open Champion (aged 17)
Unbeaten in 555 consecutive matches over 5 years and 8 months
Won the British Open Championship 10 times in succession (1982-1993)
Six-times World Open Champion
First player to win World Open Championships without dropping a game
Played the second longest match in the squash history 2.46 h

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Tipster wrote: Jahangir Khan - greatest squash player of all time. During his career he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten times. From 1981 to 1986 he was unbeaten in competitive play and during that time won 555 matches consecutively, the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sports.
Notable achievements
Won World Amateur Championships at age 15
Youngest ever World Open Champion (aged 17)
Unbeaten in 555 consecutive matches over 5 years and 8 months
Won the British Open Championship 10 times in succession (1982-1993)
Six-times World Open Champion
First player to win World Open Championships without dropping a game
Played the second longest match in the squash history 2.46 h

yes he was brilliant, thanks for reminding me.

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