Various Sports Heroes Trivia Quiz

Answer: high jump

Javier Sotomayor was born on Cuba on 13th October 1967. He was first man to clear 2.40m in 1989. He won gold medal at 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Artur Partyka was born in Poland on 25th July 1969. He won bronze medal in Bacelona and silver medal at Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996. Charles Austin was born in USA on 19th December 1967. He won gold medal in Atlanta.

Answer: basketball

Michael Jordan was born in USA on 17th February 1963. He was selected by Chicago Bulls in the first round, third overall of the NBA Draft in 1984. Karl Malone was born in USA on 24th July 1963. He was chosen in 1996 as one of the "Fifty Greatest Players in NBA History". Larry Bird was born in USA on 12th July 1956. He was selected NBA MVP in 1984, 1985 and 1986.

Answer: soccer

Edson Arantes di Nascimento (Pele) was born in 1940 in Brazil. He was a distinctive player in the Brazilian national soccer team during three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1970. Diego Armando Maradona was born in Argentina on October 30, 1960.

He was the leading man in Argentina's triumph in Mexico 1986 World Cup. Ronaldo was born in Brazil on September 22, 1976. His real name is Ronaldo luis Nazario de Lima.

Answer: snooker

Steve Davis was born in England on August 22, 1957. He was the first to make a maximum break of 147 in a major tournament. Stephen Hendry was born in Scotland on January 13, 1969. He became the youngest World Professional Champion, at 21 years and 106 days on 29th April 1990. Ronnie O'Sullivan was born in England on December 5, 1975. He turned pro in 1992, his nickname is "The Rocket".

Answer: boxing

Andrew Golota was born in Poland on January 5, 1968. In his professional debut in February, 1992, he smashed Roosevelt Shuler in nine minutes. Lennox Lewis won his first gold medal at the age of 18 at the World Junior Championship in 1983. Evander Holyfield was born in USA on 19th October 1962. He won his first world title in a 15-round dramatic fight against Dwight Muhammed Qawi.

Answer: ski jumping

Adam Malysz was born in Poland on December 3, 1977. He won silver medal on K120 and bronze on K90 at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games in 2002. Janne Ahonen was born in Finland on 11th May 1977. He is an invidual World Champion 1997 in the K90 from Trondheim. Sven Hannawald was born in Germany on 9th November 1974.

He became historic by winning all four competitions in the Four Hills Tournament in 2001-02 season.

Answer: swimming

Ian Thorpe was born in Australia on October 13, 1982. At the 2001 Fukuoka World Championships he won six gold medals. Aleksandr Popov was born in Russia on 16th November 1971. He was selected to the International Olympic Committee in 1999. Pieter van den Hoogenband was born in Holland on March 14, 1978. He won two gold medals at Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

Answer: sprints

Ato Boldon was born in Trinidad on December 30, 1973. At the 2000 Olypmics in Sydney he won silver medal in the 100-meters and the bronze medal in 200-metres. Frankie Fredericks was born October 2, 1967 in Namibia. He became Namibia's first Olympic medalist when he won silver medal in both the 100m and 200m at Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Donovan Bailey was born in Jamaica on December 16, 1967.

He moved from Jamaica to Canada at age 13.

Answer: tennis

Boris Becker was born in Germany on 22nd November 1967. In his career he won six Grand Titles. Pete Sampras was born in USA on 12th August 1971. He won twice in Australian Open, seven times in Wimbledon and five times in US Open. Andre Agassi was born in USA on 29th April 1970. He won his first Grand Slam Tournament in 1992.

Answer: ice hockey

Mariusz Czerkawski was born in Poland on April 12, 1972. As a offensive winger, Czerkawski was picked by the Boston Bruins with their fifth pick, in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. Mario Lemieux was born in Canada on October 4, 1965. He was chosen Calder Trophy winner in 1984. Wayne Gretzky was bon in Canada on January 26, 1961.

After his retirement, following the 1998-99 season, he was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999.