Here, we will introduce to you the five legendary athletes whose dedication and talent are recognized by the world sport. Take a look at this list of your favorite sports idols!
Roger Federer (tennis)
Roger Federer was born in 1981. He is a Swiss professional tennis player called with many nicknames such as the Express Train, Record King, or Mount Everest of world tennis.
He is a rare case that is identified as the best player of all time by most of the experts. With 17 Grand Slam championships and more than 300 weeks of ranking No. 1 in the world, Federer left his opponents a great distance.
With almost no weaknesses, this tennis legend has become one of the best tennis players of all time. Over the years, he has been loved by fans all over the world thanks to his great talent and elegant manner.
Maradona (football)
Born in 1960, Argentinian football genius Diego Maradona is the greatest football player of all time. He was once awarded the Player of the Century in the admiration of world fans.
In the 1986 World Cup, Argentina's captain shined throughout the tournament and scored 5 goals. Maradona is the player who left the biggest mark on the mind of the king sports lovers worldwide in the past 50 years.
Maradona had 2 out of the 10 best goals of all time. However, according to W88 - the sport betting website in Asia, he was suspended for 15 months in 1991 after being discovered using banned substances. Nonetheless, Maradona is still worshiped by millions of football fans from all over the world.
Michael Jordan (basketball)
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in 1963. This American basketball player is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Joining Chicago Bulls at the age of 21, Jordan and the club dominated the American professional basketball (NBA) tournament during the 1980s and 1990s with two NBA championship hat tricks.
Jordan's highlights are his superb shooting ability and defense skills. Besides, because of his ability to jump and handle the ball for a long time in the air, fans have given him the name Air Jordan.
Jordan is also the one who promotes the NBA's image to the North American public and around the world. Jordan made basketball a sport inherently only for a small group of tall players into a culture of fashion, music, cinema, and other fields.
Michael Phelps (swimming)
Michael Phelps was born in 1985. This American professional swimmer is one of the greatest athletes in the Olympics with 28 medals of all kinds.
Michael Phelps is also the record holder for the most gold medals in Olympic history with 23 units. This comprises the record for the most gold medals in personal content with 13 pieces, the record for the most medals in individual content with 16 pieces.
Michael Phelps also won 26 gold medals at the World Long Tank World Championship, 1 gold medal at the Short Tank World Championship, and 16 gold medals in the Inter-Pacific Championship. This talented swimmer has a total of 66 gold medals of all kinds.
All these achievements are more than enough to honor him as the best athlete in Olympic history. Michael Phelps retired after the 2016 Olympics.
Michael Schumacher (F1 racing)
Schumacher was born in 1969. He is the greatest racer in the history of Formula 1 racing. Schumacher seemed to be born for F1 when he won first place in a racing competition when he was only 6 years old. He is the first German to win a Formula 1 world championship and helped popularize the sport in Germany.
Schumacher's illustrious career ended in 2006. He already has seven world championships, a great achievement that no one has ever done. He was also the first and only Formula 1 driver to ever stand on the podium for an entire season in 2002.
In particular, surpassing the success of the title, Michael Schumacher is also known as an influential global philanthropist with a huge amount of donations.
Conclusions
Above are five great athletes who have entered the history of world sports talent. The sports legends of the world, some quit, some are still dedicated, each in a different field. However, their outstanding achievements and their influence on the sports world is already recorded in history!
