Best Olympic Athletes from United Kingdom
List of the best Olympic athletes from the United Kingdom. Olympians from every era all have their place in history, but which British Olympian is the best of them all? You can quantify who is the greatest Olympic athlete from the United Kingdom by their times and their measurable, physical achievements, but which one did the best job at capturing the hearts of the public? Which British Olympic athlete is the best of them all? Taking not only into account their times, distances or points scored, but how they inspired the country of the UK during their Olympic years, who is the top UK Olympian of all time? And how do the rest of them measure up? Those are the questions this list hopes to answer. So vote for your favorite British Olympic athletes (chosen from every Olympiad) here and downvote the ones that you don't think had a huge impact on the United Kingdom. Olympic athletes below are ranked by you, so make sure you get as many votes as you can to your favorite ones. Photos of the best British Olympians are included below along with their events, which Olympiad they were a part of and additional information when available. List is made up of many different items, including Adam Pengilly and Zoe Gillings. You may copy this fact-based list to build your own just like it, re-rank it to fit your opinions, then publish it to share it on Facebook, Twitter or any other social sites you frequent. (101 Items)
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Steve Redgrave
1962-03-23 - 2Up 2Down 0
Kelly Holmes
1970-04-19 - 3Up 2Down 0
Victoria Pendleton
1980-09-24 - 4Up 2Down 0
Chris Hoy
1976-03-23 - 5Up 1Down 0
Louis Smith
1989-04-22 - 6Up 1Down 0
Daley Thompson
1958-07-30 - 7Up 1Down 0
Rebecca Adlington
1989-02-17 - 8Up 1Down 0
Ed Clancy
1985-03-12 - 9Up 1Down 01957-10-07
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Christine Ohuruogu
1984-05-17 - 11Up 1Down 01983-04-13
- 12Up 1Down 01958-07-27
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Jason Kenny
1988-03-23 - 14Up 1Down 1
Mark Lewis-Francis
1982-09-04 - 15Up 0Down 01971-10-26
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Katharine Merry
1974-09-21 - 17Up 0Down 0
John Symes
1879-01-11 - 18Up 0Down 01980-06-02
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Jeannette Altwegg
1930-09-08 - 20Up 0Down 0
Beatrice Armstrong
1894-01-11 - 21Up 0Down 0
Janet Simpson
1944-09-02 - 22Up 0Down 0
Leon Taylor
1977-11-02 - 23Up 0Down 0
Alfred Tysoe
1874-03-21 - 24Up 0Down 0
Alan Wharmby Jackson
- 25Up 0Down 01981-04-08
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Kristan Bromley
1972-03-07 - 27Up 0Down 0
Leonard Meredith
1882-02-02 - 28Up 0Down 0
Brian Phelps
1944-04-21 - 29Up 0Down 0
Lesley McKenna
1974-09-08 - 30Up 0Down 01979-07-31
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Martin Edward Reynolds
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Jamie Staff
1973-04-30 - 33Up 0Down 01965-03-22
- 34Up 0Down 01978-04-17
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David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk
1901-09-24 - 36Up 0Down 0
Cyril Albert Alden
- 37Up 0Down 01973-09-14
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Clarence Kingsbury
1882-11-03 - 39Up 0Down 0
Frederick Grubb
1887-05-27 - 40Up 0Down 0
Adam Pengilly
1977-10-14 - 41Up 0Down 0
Charlotte Cooper
1870-09-22 - 42Up 0Down 0
Charles Moss
1882-03-06 - 43Up 0Down 0
Elise Laverick
1975-07-27 - 44Up 0Down 0
Isabelle White
1894-09-01 - 45Up 0Down 0
Godfrey Rampling
1909-05-14 - 46Up 0Down 0
Germaine Mason
1983-01-20 - 47Up 0Down 0
Geraint Thomas
1986-05-25 - 48Up 0Down 0
Bradley Wiggins
1980-04-28 - 49Up 0Down 01975-11-17
- 50Up 0Down 01974-07-30
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