A former South African swimmer, Penelope “Penny” Heyns is considered to be one of the greatest female breaststroke swimmers of all time.

South African Charles Lyndhurst Winslow was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist who won two Gold medals: Men’s Singles and Doubles at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

Ethiopian-born Haile Gebrselassie, is a long-distance track and road running athlete, who won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the even

Winner of multiple steeplechase events, Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a magnificent Kenyan athlete. He won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics and also went on to win it again at the 2012 Summer Olympics.