If you're looking for a triumph of an underdog then John Hilton winning the men's singles at the European Table Tennis Championships is hard to beat.
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If you're looking for a triumph of an underdog then John Hilton winning the men's singles at the European Table Tennis Championships is hard to beat.
Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak. Plus he banged Marilyn Monroe
Steve Redgrave winning gold medals at about 9 consecutive Olympic games.
Boris wining Wimbledon at age 17.
Roger Bannister running a mile really quickly.
Hulk Hogan beating Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3.
Peter Crouch getting Abbey Clancy to marry him.
Boris wining Wimbledon at age 17.
Roger Bannister running a mile really quickly.
Hulk Hogan beating Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3.
Peter Crouch getting Abbey Clancy to marry him.
Munster - 12 All Blacks - 0 (1978)
Gerry McLoughlin (Munster): "RTE didn't bother sending any cameras down to film it - they thought it was a waste of time. Nobody gave us a prayer. Some people were afraid for us. They didn't think we belonged on the same pitch."
"One hundred thousand people say they were at Thomond Park that day. Ninety thousand of them are liars. They've been at it for more than twenty-five years. Imagine lying to your grandchildren about a rugby match. I know why they do it though. What happened that day can never happen again."
Stu Wilson (New Zealand): "This match will live with me forever. How couldn't it? It was the one black spot on what was an incredible journey on that tour.
We went away wanting to win every game. We wanted to be the first All Blacks to win a Grand Slam and we wanted to be the new Invincibles.
We got our Slam but we also got a thumping from Munster."
The day Munster shook the rugby world:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/720331
Gerry McLoughlin (Munster): "RTE didn't bother sending any cameras down to film it - they thought it was a waste of time. Nobody gave us a prayer. Some people were afraid for us. They didn't think we belonged on the same pitch."
"One hundred thousand people say they were at Thomond Park that day. Ninety thousand of them are liars. They've been at it for more than twenty-five years. Imagine lying to your grandchildren about a rugby match. I know why they do it though. What happened that day can never happen again."
Stu Wilson (New Zealand): "This match will live with me forever. How couldn't it? It was the one black spot on what was an incredible journey on that tour.
We went away wanting to win every game. We wanted to be the first All Blacks to win a Grand Slam and we wanted to be the new Invincibles.
We got our Slam but we also got a thumping from Munster."
The day Munster shook the rugby world:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/720331
Nadia comaneci's perfect 10 in 76 olympics
Steffi Graf's achievements in tennis field
Michael Phelps
Micheal Jordan
Usain bolt
Steffi Graf's achievements in tennis field
Michael Phelps
Micheal Jordan
Usain bolt
Phelps' medal tally is just ridiculous. Definitely a top 5.
Esther Vergeer, woman's Wheelchair tennis player won 559 out of her last 560 matches, when she won gold at the 2012 olympics she was on a 470 match winning streak.
What on earth! That's amazing.Career record 700–25
Career titles 148
Roger Federer for comparison...
Career record 1058–237
Career titles 88
Absolutely no mention of Cal Ripken Jr? I know baseball isn't exactly the most global of sports...but this was his accomplishment -
He played in 2,632 consecutive games - the previous record was 2,130 games and stood for 56 years. The person in third place only played 1,307 (so Cal more than doubled his streak!!!!)
To put it into perspective - it took him from 1982 to 1998 to compile this record - 162 games a season!
He played in 2,632 consecutive games - the previous record was 2,130 games and stood for 56 years. The person in third place only played 1,307 (so Cal more than doubled his streak!!!!)
To put it into perspective - it took him from 1982 to 1998 to compile this record - 162 games a season!
Phil Taylor (darts) won over 200 titles (83 majors) (next best major winner in pdc is MVG with 12)
Record 1575 wins 200 defeats, no player has a wining record vs him
Record 1575 wins 200 defeats, no player has a wining record vs him
Aberdeen winning the ECWC IN 1983
David Rudisha's 10th fastest official 800m time has only been beaten by 4 men and he also has the fastest three times in history. Between 2009 and 2011, he had a winning streak of 34 races in a row, 26 of which were finals.
Jamaican bobsled team walking that sled across the line.
Michael Dunlop winning his 27th TT this week, overtaking his late uncle Joey, must be among of the ballsiest sporting achievements ever if not outright the greatest.
The TT is unreal, to stay alive for that duration and in that race is a testamont tbh. Just an unreal achievement.
Only just found out that this is the one and only time Real Madrid lost a European cup final. Which is kind of mind blowing. Had to be Fergie in charge, of course.
Was sure I saw some sort of graphic the other day that indicated they'd lost a few. Looked it up and they have.
ECWC - Chelsea 1971
European Cup/CL - Benfica 1962, Inter 1964, Liverpool 1981.
Maybe it was that Aberdeen were the last team to bet them in a European final? That still holds. 11 out of 11 since then.
Actually, yeah, that’s it. They were the last team to beat them. Forty years ago!
Rocky Balboa lasting the incredible fifteen rounds against Apollo Creed. That's surely up there. I Remember watching it and being mind blown, all those years ago.
Michael Schumacher’s 5x consecutive WDC with one manufacturer. Probably unlikely to ever be repeated. If not for some pretty average regulations designed to kill Bridgestone’s dominance over Michelin for 1 year, it likely could have been 7x.
Then beat Ivan Drago in the Soviet Union.
Pretty much anything Alex Honnold does might qualify for the greatest sporting achievement ever.
Mark Cavendish with his 35th stage win in the Tour de France. Greatest sprinter ever.
This thread was made before Leicester won the league, but might as well mention them because they definitely deserve it.
This, only that I'm being serious.