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Lord Sebastian Coe
Born: 29/9/1956 Hammersmith, London Runner download video script Click images to enlarge Seb Coe not only won the gold medal in the 1,500 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but he repeated the performance four years later in Los Angeles. At both events he also took silver medals in the 800 metres. He…
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Neil Jenkins
Born: 8/7/1971, Church Village Outside half/Centre/Full back Wales 87 caps (1991-2002) download video script Click images to enlarge Neil scored 1,049 points for Wales in 87 internationals with 11 tries, 130 cons, 235 pens and 10 drop goals and was one of the deadliest kickers in world rugby. For Wales he played outside half on…
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Ronan O’Gara
Born: 07/3/1997, San Diego, California, USA Outside Half Ireland 128 caps (2000-2013) download video script Click images to enlarge Ronan is a former rugby union international and is a current coach. He played as an outside half and is Ireland’s second most-capped player and second highest points scorer. He is currently head coach of La…
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Lynn Davies, MBE, CBE
Born: 20/5/1942 Nantymoel Long Jump download video script Click images to enlarge Nicknamed ‘Lynn the Leap’, he achieved a great breakthrough for British field events by taking the Olympic Games long jump title of 1964 in Tokyo. He went on to win the European Championships of 1966 and the Commonwealth Games of both 1966 and…
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Jack Nicklaus
Born: 21/1/1940 Columbus, Ohio, USA Golfer download video script Click images to enlarge Jack was nicknamed ‘The Golden Bear’ throughout his great golfing career. He is a retired professional golfer and golf course designer. He is widely considered to be either the greatest or one of the greatest golfers of all time, having won 117…
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Ian James Rush, MBE
Born: 20/10/1961 St Asaph, Denbighshire Forward download video script Click images to enlarge Though Ian Rush played 73 times for Wales, scoring 28 goals (1980-1996), he made his mark in football more outside the Principality. He became a legend in two spells with Liverpool, making in total 660 appearances and scoring 346 goals. He had…
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Muhammad Ali
Born: 17/1/1942, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Died: 3/6/2016 Scottsville, Arizona, USA Professional Boxer and Activist download video script Click images to enlarge He was born as Cassius Marcellus Clay (Jr.) and in 1964, already the world heavyweight champion, he denounced his ‘slave name’ and officially became Muhammad Ali. He was an American professional boxer and activist.…
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Francois Pienaar
Born: 2/1/1967, South Africa Flanker South Africa 29 caps (1993-1996) download video script Click images to enlarge Francois was not only the captain of South Africa in all his 29 appearances, but he famously led them to victory in the 1995 World Cup, beating New Zealand in the final. His role was played by American…
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Joe Allen
Born: 14/3/1990, Carmarthen Midfield Player Wales 74 caps (2009-2022, 2 goals) download video script Click images to enlarge Joe was in October 2023 on the books of Swansea City, having announced his retirement from international football. Indeed, it had all begun for him at Swansea at that age of 17, when he came from Tenby…