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Kip Keino

Born in Kipsamo, Keino was the first Kenyan to set a world record, with 7 minutes 39.6 seconds at 3,000m, and was the first black man to run a mile in under four minutes (3 minutes 54.2 seconds).

In the 1968 Olympic Games at Mexico City he won gold in the 1,500m and silver in the 5,000m, and in 1972 at Munich he won gold for the 3,000m steeplechase and silver in the 1,500m.

His uninhibited long stride was distinctive and his achievements inspired a generation of world-class Kenyan runners who would come to dominate distance-running in later decades.

John Landy

Born in Melbourne in 1930, Landy was educated at Malvern Grammar School, Geelong Grammar and The University of Melbourne, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree in 1954. That year he was expected to be the first person to run a sub-four-minute-mile.

He was beaten to it by Roger Bannister but did become the second person a few weeks later, beating Bannister's time and holding the World Record for the next three years.

Landy's show of sportsmanship in the 1956 National Championships is lauded as one of the finest moments in Australia's rich sporting history. During the 1,500m final, Landy stopped and doubled back to check on fellow runner Ron Clarke, who had fallen during the third lap of the race.

Clarke was helped to his feet and rejoined the race, hotly pursued by Landy. Incredibly, in the final two laps, Landy made up a huge deficit and won the race in the final few metres.

Sandy Leckie

In Edinburgh's 1970 Games, Leckie won gold for Scotland in sabre. Leckie was also a gold medallist in the Perth  Games of 1962 and a silver medallist in Jamaica in 1966. He also won the British Senior Championships in men's foil (1961, 1965, 1967) and sabre (1963, 1964, 1965, 1967,1968) and was British Junior Sabre Champion in 1957 and Junior Epee Champion in 1958.

Denise Lewis

Although she began competing in the heptathlon in 1989, Lewis did not emerge onto world stage until 1994.

During the course of the season she added 500 points onto her personal best and scored an upsetting victory over Jane Flemming at the Commonwealth Games. She placed seventh at the 1995 World Championship then emerged as a serious contender for Olympic honours by breaking the British record in May 1996.

At the Atlanta Olympics she overcame a poor start and, with the help of strong performances in the javelin and 800m, won bronze by the tiny margin of five points. She was a regular medallist in major championships in the period between Olympics and won silver at both the 1997 and 1999 World Championships.

Lewis also took the heptathlon title at both the European Championships and Commonwealth Games in 1998. She again raised her British record at the start of 2000 and was co-favourite for the Sydney Olympic title with Eunice Barber. Although Lewis struggled with injury throughout the year she arrived in Sydney in better shape than Barber, who did not survive the first day of the event. She took the lead after the sixth event, the javelin, and held on to become the first British female multi-event champion since Mary Peters in 1972.

A continuous struggle with injury saw her career decline from this point and she would only complete two more heptathlons in the rest of the career. She returned to place fifth in the 2003 World Championships but pulled out after five of the seven events at the Athens Olympics and announced her retirement shortly afterwards.

Personal Bests: LJ - 6.69 (2000); Hep - 6831 (2000)

Mike Lindsay

Lindsay won silver in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games discus throw and silver in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games shot put.

He also finished fourth in the discus throw and sixth in the shot put at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, fourth in the shot put and sixth in the discus throw at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and sixth in the shot put and ninth in the discus throw at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.

In all British Empire and Commonwealth Games Lindsay competed for Scotland.

Personal Bests: SP - 18.50 (1963); DT - 55.32 (1960)

Jack Lovelock

Lovelock led a remarkably full life before his death, just a few days shy of his 40th birthday, on 28 December 1949. He is remembered in New Zealand and abroad largely for his athletic achievements, especially his dramatic finish in the 1,500m at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which won New Zealand its first athletics gold medal. But Lovelock also achieved academically, forged a successful medical career and was a husband and father of two.

Bobby MacGregor

MacGregor was nicknamed the 'Falkirk flyer' and swam mainly during the 1960s.  His father David was a leading member of the water polo team which travelled to Berlin in 1936 - the only Scotsman in the squad.

MacGregor's first international call-up came when he was 16, representing his country against Wales and Ireland. A charging swim brought him another 100-yard championship, only just missing the national junior record held by fellow Scot, Ian Black.

At the 1964 Olympics, held in Tokyo, MacGregor won silver in the 110 yard freestyle. He also competed in the 1962 and 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games gaining silver on both occasions in the 110 Yard freestyle. 

In 1966 at the European Championships held in Utrecht, Netherlands, Bobby gained gold, which resulted in him receiving an MBE for services to swimming in the New Year honours list.

He broke the world record on five occasions for 110yds freestyle sprint event and in 1966 was rated the fastest swimmer in the world by the International Swim Federation of the time.

Alex Marshall

Aa a kid at Tynecastle High School, Marshall would forego the opportunity to join his friends in a lunchtime kickabout, preferring instead to go to the nearby bowling green to hone his burgeoning skills against his father or grandfather.

That dedication from an early age helped him become one of the best in the world. He won a record five World Indoor Championships, the World Outdoor Pairs championship and two golds at the Commonwealth Games.

Louis Martin

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, weightlifter Martin competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the middle-heavyweight event where he finished in third place. In the 1964 Summer Olympics he went one place better winning silver. He won the world title at 90 kilograms four times.

Ian McCafferty

McCafferty was one of the very best Scottish endurance runners, known across the world for his immense talent, and was involved in one of the best 5,000m races of all time in the Games.

His talent on the track was matched by his ability on the road and over the country, where he finished third in the International Cross Country Championships in 1969 and was a winner of the Junior International Cross Country in 1964 in his only appearance in that age group in the event.

Although he stopped racing almost 40 years ago he is still ranked highly in the all-time lists.

Liz McColgan

Born in Dundee, McColgan went to the United States to study at the University of Alabama and then returned to Scotland. She won gold in the 10,000m in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, which were held in Edinburgh.

In 1988 she won a silver medal at the Seoul Olympics. After giving birth to her daughter, McColgan returned to running in 1991, when she retained her Commonwealth title in Auckland and won the New York marathon in just 2 hours, 27 minutes, the fastest time for a female marathon runner. Later that year she won the 10,000m at the World Championships in Tokyo.

The following year, however, contrary to expectation, she did not take gold at the Barcelona Olympics for that event. In 1993 she was advised to give up running following two knee operations, but she carried on, resuming her training programme in Florida under the guidance of her husband.

In 1995 she returned to racing, coming fifth in the London marathon and fourth in the 10,000m in the European Cup. The following year she competed in the 10,000m at the Atlanta Olympics but failed to win a medal. She also participated - unsuccessfully - in her seventh marathon.

Joe McGhee

McGhee won the 1954 marathon, an event that will remembered for the 'heroics' of English favourite Jim Peters.

McGhee was an English teacher at St Modan's High School in Stirling and a member of St Modan's Athletic Club until 1954 when, already a champion athlete, he joined Shettleston Harriers.

Jen McIntosh

Event: 10m air rifle

Date of Birth: 17/06/91

Lives: Aberdeen

Born: Edinburgh

Coach: Sinclair Bruce

The youngest member of the 2012 Team GB shooting squad, McIntosh won two gold medals and a bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - but all three came in non-Olympic events.

Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010

- Gold, Women's Prone

- Gold, Women's Prone Pairs (with Kay Copland)

- Bronze, Women's 3x20 Pairs (with Kay Copland)

- 5th, Women's 3x20

Shirley McIntosh

McIntosh has won more Commonwealth shooting medals than any other Scottish woman. Winning the first ever women's prone gold in 1994 in Victoria, she is also the first female Scottish shooter to be awarded an MBE for services to the sport.

First competing in the Commonwealth Games in 1994, McInstosh still holds the distinction of being the first ever Scottish woman to win a prone  gold medal for shooting and has brought home a total of four Commonwealth medals over the years.

John McNiven

McNiven's weightlifting career was remarkably long and successful, taking in six Commonwealth Games, two bronze medals and twenty-five Scottish National championship wins.

And his achievements after retiring are an inspiration to any sportsperson considering life after competition: he organised one of the biggest sports events ever held in Scotland.

The World Masters championships, which was held in Glasgow in 1999, attracted over 450 competitors.

Two Commonwealth bronze medals, 52kg class, 1970, 1974

Has competed in 18 World Masters events and won 14 of them

First to receive the World Masters Weightlifting Hall of Fame Award, 1993

Dave Moorcroft

Born in 1953, Moorcroft was an English long-distance specialist who once held world and national records in the 5,000m. He also broke the UK record for 3,000m.

He made his national competition debut in 1973. He never earned an Olympic medal, despite all of his national long-distance running dominance.

In 1978, he won the 1,500m Commonwealth Games title in Edmonton and then three years later triumphed in the 5,000m at the European Cup in Zagreb.

Having established the world record in 1982, he then won the 5,000m at the Commonwealths in Brisbane before finishing third behind West Germany's Thomas Wessinghage over the same distance at the European Championships in Prague.

Yvonne Murray

Murray is one of Scotland's most outstanding long distance runners, winning medals at the European Championships, Commonwealth Games, Olympics and World Championships.

Her impressive medal haul includes Olympic bronze medal, 3,000m in 1988 and bronze, silver and gold European Championship medals in both indoor and outdoor 3,000m events. She also collected a full set of Commonwealth medals, in the same order: bronze over 3,000m in 1986, silver in 1990, and finally gold at 10,000m four years later, in Victoria, Canada.

She was awarded an MBE in 1990 and became BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year in 1994.

Maria Mutola

Mutola is Mozambique's best-known athlete and runner. She has amassed 12 gold medals in indoor and outdoor races, including one at the 2000 Olympics.

Beginning in 1993, Mutola began a streak of wins that lasted for over 10 years, taking gold in nine World Championships, another at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics she took bronze and has twice taken silver at World Championships. Throughout this period, Mutola has seemed to own the 800m race, with almost no real competition.

Mutola loved sports as a girl, and without any facilities for women in Mozambique, she played soccer with boys' teams. Her talent was recognised early, but training opportunities were haphazard. Her first real competition was at the African Games in 1987, where she won a silver medal with almost no preparation.

The following year, at age 15, she made the Mozambican Olympic team, but did not place at Seoul. She won gold at the African Games in 1990 and the next year received a grant to train in the United States. It was her first consistent training with a professional-a high-school coach who has remained with her.

Mutola established a junior world record that year. After a poor showing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she began the streak of wins that established her as the leading 800m woman runner in the world. Along the way, in 1995 she broke the 1,000m world records for both indoor and outdoor races.

In 2003 Mutola was undefeated in every race, which brought her the million-dollar prize for any athlete who won every race in the IAAF Golden League. In 2004, she suffered from hamstring injuries and finished fourth in the Athens Olympics. Her injuries continued to keep her from her past form.

Marylin Neufville

Neufville never realised her true potential as an athlete as her exceptionally short career was prematurely curtailed by injury.

Born in Jamaica, Neufville emigrated to England when she was eight-years-old, and quickly blossomed into a world-class athlete. Only four months after her seventeenth birthday, Neufville represented Great Britain at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna in 1970, where she won the 400m in 53.01 seconds, well below her outdoor best of 54.2 seconds set in September 1969.

Neufville's times continued to improve during the early part of the 1970 outdoor season, but problems arose when she decided that she wished to represent Jamaica, and not England, at the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. Some English officials felt that she was betraying the country where she had received her athletics training, and the young athlete found herself hounded by the media to comment on the subject.

In the end, she competed for Jamaica, and after easily winning her heat, Neufville lined up in lane three for the Commonwealth 400m final. She burst into the lead from the gun, and tore through the first 200m in what seemed an insanely fast 23.8 seconds.

Nevertheless, she held her form impeccably, winning by over 20 metres, and breaking the tape in a new world record time of 51.0 seconds. The following year she won the 400m title and anchored the Jamaican team to a 4 x 400m relay bronze at the Pan-American Games in Cali, but her subsequent career was beset by a series of injuries, and despite undergoing surgery, she was never able to regain her previous form.

Merlene Ottey

At her career's end, Ottey had won nine Olympic medals in track and field, more than any female athlete. Further these were won over a remarkably long career, which saw her win her first Olympic medal in 1980 (200m bronze) and her final one in 2000 (4×100 relay silver with Jamaica).

She competed in seven Olympic Games consecutively from 1980-2004. Her final appearance in 2004 came representing Slovenia. Ottey's record is marred by her failure to win a gold medal at the Olympics, as she has won three silver and six bronze.

Primarily a 200m runner, she did win the World Championships at that distance in 1993 and 1995. Ottey adopted Slovene nationality in 2002, following a dispute with the Jamaican federation over her participation at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Personal Bests: 100 - 10.74 (1996); 200 - 21.64 (1991); 400 - 51.12 (1983)