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FOR THE RECORD: WHO’S MAKING HEADLINES IN SPORT WORLDWIDE?
Medal-winning Olympic siblings, London 2012
Venus and Serena Williams (USA) tennis, doubles and
individual
3-0-0
Bob and Mike Bryan (USA) tennis, doubles 2-0-0
Peter and Pavol Hochschorner (SLK) canoe slalom, pairs 2-0-0
Haley and Alyssa Anderson (USA) swimming, women’s
relay and individual
1-1-0
Alistair and Jonny Brownlee (UK) triathlon, individual 1-0-1
Pau and Marc Gasol (SPA) basketball, team 0-2-0
Andrei and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (BLR) kyaking, pairs 0-2-0
Sporting siblings have made their mark at the Olympic Games
throughout the modern era and London 2012 was no exception.
The Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, took home three gold
medals between them – one each as winners of the doubles
and another when Serena won the individual women’s tennis
competition. Compatriots Bob and Mike Bryan performed a
similar trick in the men’s doubles – enhanced by their left-hand,
right-hand combination.
In triathlon, Great Britain’s Alistair and Jonny Brownlee
captured the hearts of the home crowd by winning gold and
bronze respectively, while Alyssa and Haley Anderson of the
United States won respective gold and silver in the women’s 4 x
200 freestyle relay and women’s 10k open water swim.
In terms of teamwork however there is nothing quite like
the synchronization required for rowing, canoeing and kayaking
events. Although the rowing events saw no sibling medalists
this year, Slovakia’s Peter and Pavol Hochschorner took gold in
the canoe slalom, while Andrei and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich of
Belarus dominated the 1km kayaking pairs.
But nothing in London quite compares with the exploits of
the American Lopez family which made history at the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games by becoming the first three siblings
since 1904 to make the same Olympic team - and the fi rst three
siblings in history to win medals at the same Olympics.
F1 Drivers to have recorded 30 wins
Michael Schumacher (GER) 1998
Ayrton Senna (BRA) 1991
Alain Prost (FRA) 1988
Nigel Mansell (UK) 1992
Fernando Alonso (SPA) 2012
110 races
115 races
126 races
183 races
188 races
Fernando Alonso’s German Grand Prix victory in July made him
the fifth driver in F1 history to reach 30 race wins.
It was Alonso’s third win at the Hockenheimring, adding to his
2005 and 2010 victorieas. Only Michael Schumacher – who took
just 110 races to reach 30 Grand Prix wins – has won more times
at the German track, with four victories in 1995, 2002, 2004 and
2006. The F1 drivers currently in with a chance of joining the 30-
club are Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettell with 22 wins in 92 races and
Lewis Hamilton with 19 wins in 101 races.
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