Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Amazing Sports Celebrities and Their Spectacular Records

World’s Greatest Athletes of All-Time

Here’s a list of exceptionally spectacular athletes from around the world and their amazing achievements.

Rafael “Paeng” Nepomuceno
Rafael “Paeng” Nepomuceno, named the greatest Filipino athlete of all time by Philippine Congress, was also inducted into the International Bowling Hall of Fame in St. Louis, MO. He is bowling 6 times world champion in 4 different decades (1970s,1980s, 1990s, and 2000s)

He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for three records: 1) for most Bowling World cup wins, 2) for being the youngest ever to win the Bowling World Cup (at 19 years of age), and 3) for having won the most number of bowling tournament titles. In total, Paeng has 118 career bowling titles.

He is the only bowling athlete in the world who has received the prestigious International Olympic Committee President's Trophy and was the first international male bowling athlete to be enshrined in the International Bowling Hall of Fame.

In 1999, the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) named Paeng as the "International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium”.

Roman Sebrle


One of the most spectacular athletes in the world is Roman Sebrle, a Czech decathlete could jump over Shaquille O’Neal. He could throw a 16-pound ball the length of a 53-foot yacht. From a running start, he could leap over a two-lane highway. He has won Olympic gold and silver medals for the Czech Republic and is the current world champion in Decathlon.

Jim Brown

Jim Brown was a NFL running back, named in 2002 by The Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever. However he could potentially have also had a career in basketball, lacrosse, track and field, baseball and boxing. He is the only person to be admitted to the halls of fame for pro football, college football and lacrosse, and was offered a minor-league deal by the New York Yankees. To top it off, he finished fifth in the 1956 national decathlon championship.

Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras holds record of most number of All-Time Grand Slam singles win in lawn tennis with a total of 14.

Jack Nicklaus

Jack William Nicklaus, a Pro golfer, had won the most major championships in professional golf with 18. He is also known as “The Golden Bear”.

Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson played at the highest level of sports in the United States in both NFL and Major League Baseball, and became the first athlete to be named an All-Star in two major sports. In 1992 Jackson also tried his luck in basketball and he played briefly for a semi-pro team in Los Angeles.

Alex Rodriguez

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez hit his 400th career homerun in 2005 making him the youngest player in MLB history to pass that milestone at the age of 29.

Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe could do it all in track and field, and he was the best football player of his era. Thorpe was an awesome runner, a tenacious tackler, and drop-kicked 50-yard field goals with ease. Thorpe also played baseball, putting in six major-league seasons with the Giants, Reds and Braves and hitting a career .252. After the 1912 Olympics, in which Thorpe won the decathlon and pentathlon, King Gustav V of Sweden called him "the greatest athlete in the world."

Mariusz Pudzianowski

Mariusz Pudzianowski is a five-time World's Strongest Man. He runs laps around the competition and is able to be both quicker and stronger than his fellow strongmen.

Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Nurmi is regarded by many as the best Olympian of all time.

Hank Aaron/Nolan Ryan/Pete Rose

The baseball player with most homeruns is Hank Aaron with 755 career homeruns while Nolan Ryan has the most strikeouts with 5,714 career strikeouts and Pete Rose has the most hits with 4,256 career hits.

LeBron James

LeBron James is the youngest-ever National Basketball Association or NBA All-Star MVP in 2006.

Jeff Gordon

Jeff Gordon is four-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion. At 16, he was the youngest person ever granted a racing license by the United States Auto Club or USAC.

Kareem Abdul-Jabar/ John Stockton

The All-Time NBA record for career points is Kareem Abdul-Jabar with 38,387 while record for career assists is John Stockton with 15,806.

Wilt Chamberlain /Reggie Miller

The rebound king in the National Basketball Association is Wilt Chamberlain with 23,924 and the 3-points king is Reggie Miller with 2,560.

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