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51. NEDO NADİ (ITALY)

- Birth Date: 9 June 1893
- Died: 29 January 1940
- Big legend in the Fencing History.
- He won 6 Olympic Gold medal.
- 1912 Stockholm: Foil,

- 1920 Antwerp: Foil, Foil Team, Epe Team,  Sabre, Sabre takım
- 1 times world Champion (1930 - Epe)
- He did'nt lose consecutive 72 tournaments in the six years.

Fencing

52. TAMIO KONO (USA)
- Birth Date: 27 June 1930 - Sacramento
- Olympics: 2 gold (1952 - 70 kg, 1956 - 83 kg), 1 silver (1960 - 76 kg)

- World Champs: 6 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
- He won every tournament placed between 1952-59.
- 2 times World's best weightlifter elected (1957,59)
- 27 world record holder.

Weightlifting

53. JACK WILLIAMS NICKLAUS (USA)
- Birth date: 21 January 1940 - Columbus
- 70 PGA Tour, 10 Senior Tour victory
- 6 Masters Cup winners (1963,65,66,72,75,86)
- 5 times PGA Tour Champion (1963,71,73,75,80)
- 4 times US Open Champion (1962,72,80)
- 5 times PGA Best Golfer of the year awards
- PGA Century's best golfer awards (1988)
- 31 tournament won Non-PGA Tour
Golf
platini-L.jpg (3456 bytes) 54. MICHAEL PLATINI (FRANCE)
- Birth Date: 21 June 1955 - Joeuf
- European Championship (1984 - with Fransa)
- World Cup: Fourth place 1982, third place 1986 with Fransa)
- National Team: 72 match, 41 goal
- Club Career: 429 match, 224 goal
- Best Player of the World (1984,85)
- Best Player of the Europe (1983,84,85)
- 1 European Club's Championships (1985 - with Juventus)
- 1 Cup Winners Cup victory (1984 - with Juventus)
- 2 Serie A titles (1984,86 - Juventus)
- 1 French League titles (1981 - St.Etienne)
- 3 times Serie A leading scorer (1983,84,85)

Soccer

55. ALBERTO TOMBA (ITALY)
- Birth date: 19 December 1966 - San Lazzaro
- Olympics: 3 gold (1988 - Slalom, G.Slalom, 1992 - G.Slalom) 2 silver (1992 Slalom, 1994 Slalom
- First athlete won a medal three olympic games in the alphine skiing.
- World Championship: 2 gold (1996 - G.Slalom, Slalom), 2 bronze
- World Cup: 1995 - overall Champion, 8 time different disciplines titles.
- 50 victory in the World Cup (15 G.Slalom, 35 slalom)
Skiing
56. NIKI LAUDA (AUSTRIA)
- Birth date: 22 February 1949 Wien
- 3 times F-1 Championships (1975,77,84)
- He one of six pilot , three-time champion.
- He became champion, come back after deadly crash in 1979.
- Career (1971-85): 171 GP, 25 victory, 24 pole, 24 best-lap, 54 podium, 420.5 points
Motorsport
57. NORBERT SCHEMASKY (USA)
- Birth date: 1924
- Olympics: 1 gold (1952 - 91 kg), 1 silver, 2 bronze
- World Champs: 3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
- World record: 24
Weighlifting
gordonrichard-L.jpg (3602 bytes) 58. GORDON RICHARDS (G.BRITAIN)
- Birth date: 5 May 1904 - Shropshire
- Died: 10 November 1986 - Kintbury
- 4870 race won (All-time leader)
- 26 times champions 34 year (1921-54) career (record)
- Most race winning record in the one season (269 victory - 1947)
- 14 classic race victory (Record)
Equestrian
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59. JOE FRAZIER (USA)

- Birth Date: 12 January 1944
- WBC and WBA World Champion (1970-72)
- Career (1965-81): 37 fight, 32 won, 4 lost, 1 draw, 27 knock-out
- In March 1971, he became first boxer beat to M.Ali. But he lose to two times his opponent.
- Career's first defeat from Foreman.

Boxing

60. ALEXANDER ROMANKOV (USSR)
- Birth Date: -
- Olympics: 1 gold (1988 - Foil team) 2 silver, 2 bronze)
- 10 World Championship (5 Foil, 5 Foil team)

Fencing

 

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