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Oxfordshire's Finest Athlete

The votes have been counted – find out who won the title…

To mark Oxfordshire's 1000th birthday, BBC Oxford wants your help in the search for the county's Finest Athlete. Here's all sorts of information to help make up your mind. For more check out South Today on BBC1 and tune into BBC Radio Oxford 95.2fm.

John Aldridge

Did a better footballer ever pull on the yellow jersey?

Sir Roger Bannister

Anyone who achieves the impossible deserves a stadium named after them.

James Figg

The ‘Father of Boxing’ and the only man on the list to have a pub named in his honour.

C.B Fry

If he was any more of an all rounder, he’d be spherical.

Tim Henman

The saviour of British tennis, and the only man on the list to have a slope named after him

Sir Matthew Pinsent

More decorated than Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen’s christmas tree.

Best of the Rest

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