Teenager, Tom Daley said age will be no barrier to him succeeding in the Beijing Olympic Games. The 14 year old has been selected in the individual 10 metre platform and the synchronised equivalent.

Daley is currently the youngest ever European Champion. He said,

“An Olympic medal is the Ultimate in anyone’s career. It’s what you dream of. I do feel quite young, but then I’ve worked and trained hard for it.”

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Few knew the name Cassius Clay, let alone Muhammad Ali, when the young boxer represented the United States at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Clay from Kentucky, nicknamed ‘the Louisville Lip’ for his brash predictions, went to Italy as a highly-rated light-heavyweight, having won 100 amateur fights, losing just five before turning professional.

After changing his name to Muhammad Ali on his way to arguably becoming the world’s greatest-ever sportsman, Ali unbeaten until his defeat by Joe Frazier in 1971, was given a replacement gold medal after lighting the Olympic torch to start the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, in the United States of America. This replaced the 1960 Olympic medal which he won in Rome and threw in the Ohio River after being refused service in an American restaurant.

Mark Spitz made history at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, by winning seven gold medals before retiring from swimming. This remarkable feat has since yet to be matched.

Spitz also set world records in the 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4×100m freestyle relay, 4×200m freestyle relay and the 4×100m medlay relay.

Having retired, Spitz followed Johnny Weissmuller into films, but lacked charisma in front of the cameras and was unable to develop an acting career. Weissmuller a previous champion won five Olympic Golds and a bronze before starring as Tarzan in 12 movies.