GREAT BRITAIN The Olympic Games Olympic Games in
GREAT BRITAIN The Olympic Games
Olympic Games in the UK Great Britain and Northern Ireland - the name under which the athletes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland perform at the Olympics. Britain was one of the 14 countries that participated in the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 , and since then the UK athletes do not miss a single Olympics. During a speech at the Olympics Great Britain has won 715 medals at the Summer Olympics and 22 medals at the Winter Olympics. UK is the only team to win at least one gold medal at every Summer Olympics. In accordance with long-standing normalize relations , Northern Ireland athletes at the Olympics, can play for the team of Ireland , as legally entitled to dual citizenship. Britain hosted the Olympics three times: Summer Olympic Games 1908 Summer Olympics 1948 2012 Summer Olympics All games were held in London
Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy
Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy Scottish outstanding professional track cyclist , a sixtime Olympic champion, 11 -time world champion , two-time champion of the Commonwealth Games. Member of the Order of the British Empire ( 2005), Knight Bachelor (2009). In 2008 at the Beijing Olympics was the second in the history of the British athlete after swimmer Henry Taylor won three gold medals at one Olympics. Only at the Olympics and world championships Hoy won 31 awards , 17 of them - gold.
Sir Mark Bradley Wiggins
Sir Mark Bradley Wiggins British track and road racing cyclist, who plays for «Team Sky» . Wiggins is a four-time Olympic champion and three times on the track and once on the highway, a six-time world champion on the track and the winner of the Tour de France 2012
Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave
Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave Illustrious British rower, one of the most renowned in the history of the rowers. Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1997) and Knight Bachelor. In the period 1990 -1996 performed in duo with Matthew Pinsent.
Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie
Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie English sailor, four-time Olympic champion (the second after Paul Elvstrema). Won medals at all Summer Olympic Games from 1996 to 2012. The first athlete to win medals in five different Olympic Games, and the third, who won five Olympic medals in sailing (after Torben Graelya and Robert Scheidt).
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