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« Reply #1395 on Nov 7, 2009, 8:26pm »
Which Olympic athlete with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals married an Olympian from another sport who won four gold, three silver and two bronze medals?
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« Reply #1396 on Nov 8, 2009, 11:53am »
That would be Valeri Borzov, the 100/200m champion at the 1972 Munich Olympics, who married gymnast Ludmilla Tourischeva.
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« Reply #1397 on Nov 8, 2009, 4:57pm »
Well done Neon - a little too easy me thinks! Over to you........
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« Reply #1398 on Nov 8, 2009, 5:27pm »
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Q. Which pair of British athletes both won medals at the 1971 European Championships and a decade later, when married to each other, competed in the inaugural London Marathon?
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« Reply #1399 on Nov 8, 2009, 5:49pm »
Would that be The Sherwoods?
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« Reply #1400 on Nov 8, 2009, 6:28pm »
I think that could be Trevor and Rosemary (nee Stirling) Wright.
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« Reply #1401 on Nov 8, 2009, 7:17pm »
That's correct, LJD. Trevor finished 3rd in the men's race but I don't know where his wife finished in the women's (won of course by Joyce Smith).
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« Reply #1402 on Nov 10, 2009, 1:08pm »
Your turn, LJD.
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« Reply #1403 on Nov 10, 2009, 9:42pm »
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Here’s an easy one –

Which Jamaican athlete born in 1951, is one of the few athletes to have held the 100 metres and 200 metres world records simultaneously
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« Reply #1404 on Nov 10, 2009, 10:15pm »
That must be the great Don Quarrie.
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« Reply #1405 on Nov 10, 2009, 10:25pm »
Yes you're correct, over to you NeonTiger.
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« Reply #1406 on Nov 10, 2009, 10:32pm »
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Q. Which British Olympian of the 1960s described winter training as 'a bit of a drag' and declared, 'I wouldn't go to watch women's athletics myself. I think it's much too dull.' ?
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« Reply #1407 on Nov 10, 2009, 10:54pm »
I've seen this quote somewhere recently but not sure who said it! Think it was a female athlete so will plump for Mary Rand?
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« Reply #1408 on Nov 11, 2009, 9:56am »
Was it Dorothy Hyman?
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« Reply #1409 on Nov 11, 2009, 11:37am »
Two good guesses but not correct.
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