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Where to start…born in Jacksonville, 20th December 1942, “BULLET” BOB HAYES was essentially the Usain Bolt of his era; before then deciding at 21 to flip out into the NFL and crushing it there too…
•100m OLYMPIC CHAMPION in 1964 aged just 21!!!🥇
•4x100m Olympic Gold [1964] in what is widely regarded as one of [if not THE] Greatest Ever final leg of a relay…despite taking the baton four metres down and in fifth on the Anchor leg, he powered through the field to deliver a USA GOLD and a WORLD RECORD!!!🥇
•100m WORLD RECORD HOLDER [1964]!!!💥
•NCAA 100m GOLD whilst at Florida A&M!!!🥇
•The First Man to run 100y in 9.1; the First Man to better six seconds for 60y, and Winner of 49 CONSECUTIVE 100m & 100y races between 1962-1964 when he retired from Track aged just 21!!!🔥
•An amazing 11-year Pro Football career as Wide Receiver for the Dallas Cowboys [also briefly with the San Francisco 49ers in 1975]!!!🏈
•He finished with 371 receptions and a career average of 20.0 yards/catch!!!🙌
•Enshrined in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor in 2001; inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009 and also into the US Olympic Hall of Fame!!!✨
•The ONLY Man to win an Olympic Gold AND a Super Bowl!!!🌟
By Popular Demand…a Tribute to 400m Legend QUINCY WATTS…✨🇺🇸⬇️
Majestic in his prime, WATTS remains a fan favourite for the way he took the 400m by storm in 1992 aged just 21/22…
His 43.50 secs 400m clocking in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics didn’t only win him GOLD; it was the second time in as many days that he dismantled the OLYMPIC RECORD of 43.86 secs set by the sensational LEE EVANS in 1968 [the then World Record, lasting 20 years!]…🔥
In total, WATTS ran under the magical sub-44 sec 400m Milestone FOUR times, all in that 1992 season: 43.50 secs | 43.71 secs | 43.83 secs | 43.97 secs!!!💨
In addition to his individual accolades, WATTS has 4x400m Olympic GOLD [1992] and World Championship SILVER & GOLD [1991 & 1993]; the latter in what remains the current WORLD RECORD in a time of 2 mins 54.29 secs [32 years and counting]!!!🥇🥇🥇🥈
Having attended USC [University of Southern California] and Taft High School, he has then coached both and is currently the Director of T&F at USC, where his success and positive impact on the sport continues!✊
This incredible signed photo was sent to us by one of our wonderful Followers, @tonywood29 – the photo itself is awesome, but also matched by the story behind it…inspired as a young boy by BORZOV’s Gold medal heroics at the 1972 Munich Olympics [Gold in the 100m & 200m], @tonywood29 wrote a letter to the British Embassy in Moscow asking for a signed photo from his sprinting Hero…6 months later [and now over 50 years ago!], BORZOV himself both signed and sent the photo you see, signing not just his name, but also his two legendary marks of the day…10.0 & 20.0…his 100m & 200m sprint PBs!!!🔥
Immortalised by his 100m & 200m Olympic sprint double at the 1972 Games, he added Olympic 100m Bronze in 1976 to accompany his 4x European Sprint Golds [1969, 1971 & 1974] and 7x European Indoor Golds over 50/60m [1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977]!!!🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉
Already the FARTHEST in History…now on a mission to become the GREATEST in History…🔥🚀⬇️
Still only 22 and with a current HBM All-Time Ranking of 30th, MYKOLAS ALEKNA is set to soar considerably higher this year…we’re here for it…🌟🚀
CHASING HISTORY in 2025…can’t wait to see inspirational @_taarra_ in action this Year!!!🦅✨⬇️
Only 25 and already the Women’s Long Jump OLYMPIC CHAMPION and just 13cm shy of the All-Time TOP 10 for distance…🥇🙌
With a current HBM All-Time Ranking of 35th in the Women’s Long Jump, TARA DAVIS-WOODHALL is set to soar considerably higher this year…and we’re here for it…🌟🚀
@arshadnadeem29 vs. @neeraj____chopra
GREGÓRIO achieved the remarkable in 2007 when bettering the legendary 17.89m mark [and former Triple Jump World Record] set by João Carlos de Oliveira in 1975 – that performance had stood unbeaten as the South American Record for 32 years before the fellow Brazilian came along with an awesome 17.90m in his home country!✨👏
At his peak, GREGÓRIO’s height was referenced almost as much as his performances [2.02m tall], however his jumping prowess and competitiveness during the early and mid 2000’s shouldn’t be underestimated…a World Championship Silver in 2007, backed up by two World Indoor Silvers [2004 & 2006], two Olympic Top 6 finishes [2004 & 2008], as well as that monster 17.90m PB that is still ranks 12th All-Time for distance 17 years later! 🙌
Triple Jump PB = 17.90m [AR & NR]
Long Jump PB = 8.22m | w8.26m
High Jump PB = 2.10m
100m PB = 11.00 secs
For this combination, ranking the ‘Greatest Ever Sprinter’ we analysed 772 of the very best athletes in History over the flat 100m, 200m & 400m, aggregated their results, and lined them all up against one another!!!🔥
To be in this TOP 10 took some doing…at a top-line level, these sprint Legends have individually chalked up 21 Olympic GOLDS, 27 World Championship GOLDS and 19 WORLD RECORDS!!!🤯
Individual Bios for each Legend in this TOP 10 can be found in our Profile and on our Website…we hope you enjoy…🙌
Honourable mentions to the following [narrowly outside the TOP 10]: ANDY STANFIELD, ATO BOLDON, BOBBY MORROW, DON QUARRIE, FRANKIE FREDERICKS, LASHAWN MERRITT, LLOYD LABEACH, PERCY WILLIAMS, PIETRO MENNEA, WAYDE VAN NIEKERK…🙌
Harrison was a sensational Triple Jumper with incredible technique – until this year, he was the only athlete to have exceeded 18 metres into a headwind and ranks 18th ALL-TIME via HBM!!!✨
Harrison won Gold in the 1991 World Championships, with his crowning moment coming in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics – Gold was achieved with a jump of 18.09m into a headwind!!! It remains the Olympic Record 28 years later!!!🥇🥇
A graduate of Kansas State University, he was a three-time NCAA Champion across the Long & Triple Jump, as well as a four-time US Champion!✊
Triple Jump PB = 18.09m [OR]
Long Jump PB = 8.17m / w8.23m
