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1 Athletics: Ruth
Fuchs first broke the world javelin record in 1972 but to which
woman did she lose the record in 1977 before regaining it in 1979?
2 Snooker: Stephen
Hendry won the Benson and Hedges Masters tournament for five
successive years from 1989 but who ended his unbeaten run by
defeating him 9-8 in the 1994 final, the only time this player ever
appeared in the B&H Final?
3 Cricket: Who
became the first man to take a test match hat-trick for Zimbabwe
when doing so against Bangladesh at Harare in 2004?
4 Tennis: When
Ann Jones won the French Open title for the second time, who was the
Australian winning that year’s men’s event to claim his only
Grand Slam title?
5 Football: Who
was Cambridge United’s youngest ever debutant when at 16y 228d he
played against Wolves in November 1982?
He went on to gain 12 England caps between 1992 and 1994
while at two different clubs.
6 Boxing: Who
won the World Welterweight title in 1961 by beating Benny Paret in
13 rounds? During the
1960s he held the world welterweight and middleweight championships
on more than one occasion. His
last fight was a 10 round loss to Alan Minter in 1977.
7
Horse Racing: Which horse became
the first non 3 year old to win the Yorkshire Oaks when it was
thrown open to older horses in 1994?
8 Horse
Racing: BOLLIN PATRICK
in 1989 gave which flat jockey his 1000th win?
9
Boxing:
In Dec 2003, who defeated William Joppy to unify the
WBC, IBF and WBA Middleweight titles?
10
Football:
Which team when beating Valencia in 1964 became the first to
win the Fairs/UEFA Cup in a final played over only one leg?
11
Motor Racing: He was never
World Champion but who won the Brazilian Grand Prix three times
between 1977 and 1981, twice driving a Ferrari and once a Williams?
12
Cricket: Who played his last
test for New Zealand against England in 1965 having made a then
record of 58 appearances? He
scored 3428 runs including 6 centuries with a highest score of 142
against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1961/62.
13 Olympic Sports: Who won a
bronze medal for GB in the Modern Pentathlon at the 2004 Olympics
coming from 14th place with a superb run in the 3000m.
14
Athletics: Who retained his
Marathon title at the 2005 World Championships?
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