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61. NIKOLAI ADRIANOV (USSR)

- Birth Date: 14 November 1952
- Most Gymnastics medal winner male athlete of the Olympics (15 medal)
- Olympics: 7 gold (1972 - Floor Exercise, 1976 -
Floor Exercise, vault, all-around, rings, 1980 - vault, team) , 5 silver, 3 bronze
- 9 gold medal in the World Championships

Gymnastics

muller-L.jpg (4348 bytes) 62. GERD MUELLER (GERMANY)
- Birth date: 3 November 1945 - Munich
- Most gol of thw World Cup finals (14 goal; W.Germany-74 leading scorer)

- 1 World Cup Title (1974 - With W.Germany)
- 1 European Champs (1972 - with W.Germany)
- 3 European Club's Champs (1974,75,76 - with B.Munich)
- 1 Cup Winners Cup (1967, with B.Munich)
- 4 Bundeliga title, 4 German Cup
- National Team Career: 62 match, 68 goal
- Club Career: Nordingen 31 match, 46 goal, B.Munich 459 match, 401 goal
- Best Player of the Europe (1970)
- 7 times Bundesliga Leading scorer.

Soccer

alekseyev-L.jpg (3300 bytes) 63. VASILY ALEXEYEV (USSR)
- Birth Date: 1942
- 2 times Olympic Champion at the +108 kg (1972 - 640 kg, 1976 - 440 kg)
- First weightlifter press, snatch, clean-jerk reach total 600kg.
- World Championships: 8 gold
- 71 world record (All time leader)

Weightlifting

stenmark-L.jpg (3285 bytes) 64. INGEMAR STENMARK (SWEDEN)
- Birth Date: 19 March 1956
- Olympics: 2 gold (1980 - G.Slalom, Slalom) 1 bronze (1976 - G.Slalom)
- World Champs: 3 gold (1978 - G.Slalom, Slalom, 1982 - Slalom) 1 silver (1982 - G.Slalom)
- 3 World Cup overall title (1976,77,78), 6 times second
- 86 race won at the 15 year career (1974-89). (40 G.Slalom, 46 Slalom - All time leader)
- 15 races consecutive won at G.Slalom. (March'78 - February'80)

Skiing

zelezny-L.jpg (3239 bytes) 65. JAN ZELEZNY (CZECH REP.)
- Birth Date: 16 June 1966
- Olympics: 3 gold (Javelin - 1992,96, 2000) 1 silver (Javelin - 1988)
- Only athlete has 'Javelin hat-trick' at the Olympics.
- Currently, world record (98.48) and Olympic record (90.17) holder.
- 2 World Champs (1995 - 89.58, 1993 - 85.98)
- IAAF Best Athlete of the Year (2000)
Athletics
elvsroem-L.jpg (3264 bytes) 66. PAUL ELVSTROEM (DENMARK)
- Birth Date: 25 February 1928 - Kopenhag
- 4 Olympics gold medal (1848,52,56,60)
- Only sailer has 4 Olympic gold.
- 11 world title at 7 different event (Finn, 505, Flying Dutchman, Soling, Snipe, Star and 5.50)
- He competite 11 olympics between 1948-88. (record)
Sailing
nopic.jpg (2976 bytes) 67. PAL KOVACS (HUNGARY)
- Birth Date: -
- 3 Olympic gold (Sabre 1952 - Sabre team 1952-56)
- World Champs: 10 gold (Sabre - 1937,52,53, Sabre Team 1952-59) 2 silver, 1 bronze
Fencing
zoff-L.jpg (2852 bytes) 68. DINO ZOFF (ITALY)
- Birth Date: 28 February 1942
- Italian legendary goalkeeper.
- 1 World Cup title (1982 - with Italy)
- 1 European Champs (1968 - with İtaly)
- 1 UEFA Cup (1977 - with Juventus)
- 6 Serie A title, 2 Coppa Italia with Juventus (1972-83)
- He protected his goal-post 1144 minutes at the National matches. (record)
Soccer
rezantsev-L.jpg (3230 bytes) 69. VALERY REZANTSEV (USSR)
- Birth Date: 8 October 1948 - Moscow
- Two Olympic Title at 90 kg greco-roman (1972,76)
- 5 World Champs (1970,71,73,74,75)
- 3 European Champs (1970,73,74)
- He did'nt lose in 7-year professional career's major tournaments between 1970-76.
Wrestling
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70. JOE LOUIS (USA)

- Birth Date: 13 May 1914 - Alabama
- Died: 12 April 1981
- Career (1934-51): 72 match, 68 won, 3 lost, 1 fight didn't complete, 54 knock-out
- He has world heavyweight title between 1937-50
- He lose to Ezzard Charles at September 1950.

- He retired when lose to Rocky Marciano at October 1951.

Boxing

 

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