Willie Williams: The Legendary Sprinter and Visionary Coach Willie Williams (1931-2019) was an iconic American sprinter known for his record-setting performance in the 100 meters.…
French athlete, sprinter. On 4 July 2015, he equated with the European record (9:86 sec) in the 100m, becoming co-holder with Portuguese- horn Nigerian Francis…
South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He is the current world record holder, world champion and…
Italian sprinter with a personal best in the 100 m of 9.99, the first Italian in history to break the 10 seconds barrier. He won…
American independent singer, songwriter, musician and artist, she has toured extensively in the USA and Europe with a wide variety of musicians, including Lady Lamb…
Australian sprint swimmer who became the fastest swimmer in history in 2008. Sullivan became the fastest swimmer on record after he broke the world 50…
American sprinter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London in the 100 m event. Stevens won his first round heat with a time…
Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed in the 400 m event, he won a Bronze medal for the British West Indies in the 4×400 m relay…
Jamaican sprinter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was the twin brother of Mal Spence, an Olympic…
American sprinter. He won the silver medal in the Olympic 100m in Rome 1960. Link to Wikipedia biography
Lebanese sprinter. She is the 100m Lebanese national record holder and she has represented her country at one outdoor and two indoor World Championships. Link…
French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. Link to Wikipedia biography
Dutch road cyclist racer (1975-85), sprinter, born to a farmer who had 10 children. His major victories were the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Milan-San Remo,…
French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. At the 1987 World Championships in Rome he won the silver medal in a time of 20.16,…
British field and track runner, called “The Thinnest Man Since Gandhi.” A successful runner from 1949, he broke four world records 1951-1961. Pirie was employed…
American sprinter, nicknamed Pell Mell in the late 1940s, who won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was ranked first in the…
English sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. Her older brother Alexander was also a sprinter at international level as they both were selected to…
Jean-Claude Nallet: The Dynamic Manifesting Generator in Athletics Jean-Claude Nallet, born on March 15, 1947, in Ambérieu en Bugey, France, is celebrated not just as…
American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics where he was also the leader of the American sprint team. He has been…
French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay…
Italian sprinter, the holder of a world record in the 200m in 1972 and 1979. Mennea competed in international competitions from 1972, winning 15 national…
French athlete from West Indies, sprinter, he won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics with the French relay (world record) and a gold one…
American track and field athlete who moved into Olympic history in Los Angeles in 1984 by matching Jesse Owen’s all time record of four Gold…
German athlete, track star for the German Democratic Republic before 1990. DeutschWeltklassesportlerin, Sprinter-Königin, über Doping gestolpert, späte Rehabilitation. Link to Wikipedia biography
French-Algerian (Kabyle) rap singer, the frontman of the Alliance Ethnik group. He sang induet with Cheb Mami. He was married to Muriel Hurtis, a French…
American athlete and drug cheat, the first woman to win five medals in a single Olympics, although she was later stripped of all these medals…
American sprinter and professional football player who won a gold medal in the 4×100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was…
Dutch cyclist racer (1962-73), he won the Tour de France 1968 only for a few seconds. Also famous as a sprinter, he won several times…
Italian track and field sprinter and long jumper, current 100 m Olympic champion and 60 m European champion. He holds the 100 m European record…
Belgian sprinter who competed in the men’s 100m at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Link to Wikipedia biography
German sprinter who won the 1960 Olympic 100 m dash. He was the first non-American to win the event since Percy Williams of Canada took…
Chilean sprinter of German descent who competed in the men’s 200 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics. After his retirement from athletics he devoted himself…
French road bicycle racer, who became a professional in 2002 when he signed with the Bonjour team. In 2003 and 2004, he rode for Brioches…
American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters dash. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American…
French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 60 metres. At the 2002 European Championships he finished fourth in 4×100 m relay with teammates…
French athlete, a sprinter. Together with Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, and Lueyi Dovy, he won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay…
André Darrigade: French Road Cyclist and Manifesting Generator André Darrigade, born on April 24, 1929, in Dax, France, is a celebrated French road cyclist known…
French sprinter, who won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and a gold medal…
Italian professional cyclist, placing in the Tour de France three times. Cipollini, who began his professional career as a road racer in 1989, is noted…