Gold winner at the 1912 Olympics’ pentathlon and decathlon. Played professional baseball, football, and basketball.
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Won a record 59 Grand Slam titles across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles lawn tennis. In 1983–1984, she finished with an 86-1 record and three consecutive Grand Slam singles titles.
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His presence was synonymous with victory. He won seven Super Bowls and appeared in 10, redefining what’s possible for an NFL quarterback. At the age of 43, he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl LV win over Kansas City.
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In Olympic swimming, no name resonates louder than Michael Phelps’. He won 23 Olympic gold medals across four Games, excelling in the butterfly, freestyle, and medley swimming events. His eight-gold performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics shattered a 36-year-old record set by Mark Spitz.
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This boxer, revered as much for his activism as for his fists, reshaped boxing’s image. He claimed the world heavyweight title three times and won gold at the 1960 Olympics. Ali shocked the world with his eighth-round knockout of George Foreman in 1974.
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Scoring over 757 goals in official competitions, Pele remains Brazil’s second-highest goal scorer with 77 international goals. This footballer won three FIFA World Cups and became a global ambassador for the sport. In 1969, his 1,000th goal drew an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 spectators.
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Biles brought gravity-defying moves to gymnastics and introduced techniques so advanced that judges struggled to score them accurately. The athlete holds 37 Olympic and World Championship medals, the most ever by a gymnast, male or female. Her “Biles II” vault includes her signature Yurchenko double pike.
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No sprinter has electrified crowds quite like the man dubbed “the fastest human alive.” Bolt clinched gold medals in the 100m and 200m at three consecutive Olympics—2008, 2012, and 2016. In 2009, he set a 100m record of 9.58 seconds that remains unbroken
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Redefining women’s tennis with unrelenting force and surgical accuracy, Serena amassed a record 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era. Her dominance spanned over two decades, outlasting multiple generations of opponents. In 2017, she won the Australian Open while eight weeks pregnant
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Dominance on the basketball court reached new heights in the 1990s with six NBA titles and six Finals MVPs. Jordan combined athleticism and relentlessness, leading the Chicago Bulls through two separate three-peats. His 33.4-point playoff average still stands as the highest in NBA history
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