Even those who are not into sports know the names of the world's great athletes. This has become much easier with the technological process. Every day there are more and more new records, victories and achievements in the world of sports. Interesting facts about athletes can tell a lot of new things, because these individuals are devoted not only to training, but they also have a personal life. There are even interesting facts about athletes for kids. This is due to the fact that from childhood, many begin to get involved in football or volleyball, swimming or wrestling.
1. The Olympic Games were also attended by such ancient thinkers as Aristotle, Socrates, Demosthenes and Hippocrates.
2.Polish athlete Stanislava Valasevich in 1932 set a record by conquering the hundred-meter race.
3.Herman Mayer, who is the holder of the Alpine Ski World Cup, has the old nickname "Herminator".
4. The tallest basketball player is considered to be the representative of China, Song Minming.
5.Lightning struck during a football match in Congo in 1998, killing 11 players.
6. The fastest athlete is Usain Bolt from Jamaica.
7. In ancient times, at competitions in Greece, all athletes were naked.
8. Many athletes pat themselves on the shoulders before swimming, which is considered a ritual that reduces stress.
9. Interesting facts about Russian athletes confirm the fact that Nikolai Adrianov is the most successful gymnast.
10 The Williams sisters tennis players are staunch Jehovah's Witnesses.
11.Rafael Nadal, who is a tennis player, combines tennis and poker.
12.Formula 1 racer Fernando Alonso got into karting at the age of 3.
13. In the Danish national team in ancient times, the goalkeeper was the physicist Niels Bohr.
14. The oldest football club of the Ukrainian Premier League is Metalist.
15. Brazilian football coach Luis Felipe Scolari is considered the highest paid coach.
16. Goalkeeper Joe Hart is considered the fastest goalkeeper.
17.Vasily Virastyuk from Ukraine is considered the most powerful man in the world. He is able to move 7 cars at the same time.
18. Approximately 68% of hockey players have lost at least one tooth on the ice.
19.Oscar Swann, who finished 2nd in shooting competition, is the oldest male to win an Olympic medal.
20. The average age of athletes who take part in the Olympic Games is 20 years.
21. In 1994 there was a strange football match between Barbados and Grenada. At the end of the match, the Barbados scored an own goal, getting 30 minutes of extra time, and ultimately won.
22. Diego Maradonna of Argentina is the best striker in the history of world football.
23 The champagne pouring at the awards ceremony for the racing athletes began in 1967.
24 Boxer Michael Tyson is the youngest world heavyweight champion.
25 Polish footballer Lukas Podolski has the strongest shot.
26. Boxer Mike Tyson has 7 children from different women.
27. Olympic champion Stanislava Valaskevich was both a woman and a man at the same time.
28 A 70-year-old pensioner has landed in southwestern France after a parachute jump. And he only had one leg.
29. In 1988, after the jump, the athlete Julissa Gomez "ceased to exist."
30 There can be no more than 13 athletes in a water polo team.
31. Tennis player Rafael Nadal plays with his left hand, although he is not left-handed.
32. A total of 5 female drivers have competed for the entire existence of the Formula 1 World Championship.
33 Bethany Hamilton, who is a surfer from America, lost her arm as a teenager, but did not give up the sport.
34 Boxer Lennox Lewis became the champion at the Seoul Olympics.
35. The father of Novak Djokovic, a famous tennis player, played football.
36. The first coach of Maria Sharapova was Yuri Yudkin. At the beginning of 2004, she was already included in the top 20 tennis players in the world.
37. From the age of 8, Roger Federer took the racket in his hands and eventually became the best tennis player in the world.
38. Michael Jordan, who was previously a good basketball player, is now a successful businessman.
39.Serena Williams is considered the richest tennis player.
40 Andy Murray has been playing tennis since the age of 3.
