Greatest Sporting Achievements - Non Football

The Great British Curling Team

What a win

 

RE: What's your definition of a sport? nt

Well, for starters it involves some physical exertion coupled with the skill.


My comment was with regard to you saying they were sports because there was a lot of skill involved, just pointing out that there are activities that include skill but it doesn't necessarily mean that they are sport.

 

7 tour de france's

thats seven 2,500 mile bike races. from someone who came back from cancer, it is an absolutely amazing achievement, and one that it's unlikely anyone will come close to ever again. anquetil, indurain and merckx won five each, and they are absolute legends in the world of cycling. lance armstrong is one of the top sportsmen ever, there are few who come close.

 

Archie Stinchcombe

Born November 17th, 1912 in Cudworth near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, Archie Stinchcombe went on to achieve almost every honour possible in British ice hockey.


In 1936, Archie was a member of the Great Britain team that swept all before them in winning the European and World Championship titles together with the Olympic Games gold medal. He continued his national team exploits playing in the ’37 and ’38 European Championship winning squads, and went on to captain his country in the 1948 Olympic Games campaign. Archie was Born in Cudworth in 1912.

Without doubt though, the single most impressive fact about his playing career is that in a span which covered seventeen years and included those memorable days representing his country, Archie Stinchcombe achieved it all with the sight of only one eye, the other having been damaged in a boyhood accident.

Neil