26 November 2012
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DAVID WEIR: He won four Paralympic gold medals at London 2012. The wheelchair athlete took the honours on the track in the 800m, 1500m, 5,000m as well as the marathon. He now has six Paralympic golds to his name and a total haul of 10 Paralympic medals
MO FARAH: Britain's finest long distance runner came of age in 2012, becoming Olympic champion in both the 5,000m and 10,000m. That's one gold each for Mo Farah's newborn twin girls - not bad, Daddy Mobot!
JESSICA ENNIS: Team GB's Olympic poster girl clinched heptathlon gold at London 2012, spurred on by the support of a nation. After gaining a commanding lead, she needed only to finish the seventh and final event - the 800m. But Ennis won that race to take gold in style, proving herself to be a true champion
BRADLEY WIGGINS: The Tour de France, an Olympic gold in the time trial and an ability to make sideburns look good highlight what a talent 'Wiggo' is. Along with fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins is now Great Britain's most decorated Olympian with seven medals - four of them gold
ANDY MURRAY: After making the Wimbledon final and clinching Olympic gold, Murray then achieved what had escaped him for the whole of his career, a tennis Grand Slam. The Scot clinched the US Open in five sets against Novak Djokovic and put to an end a run of four Grand Slam final defeats
ELLIE SIMMONDS: She continues to capture the hearts of the British people with her performances in the pool. The 17-year-old Paralympian won four medals, including two record-breaking golds, to add to her double gold in Beijing
RORY McILROY: The world's number one golfer won the US PGA Championship by a record eight strokes with a birdie on the final hole. The Northern Ireland star then went on to help Europe secure victory in the Ryder Cup
BEN AINSLIE: The greatest sailor of all time. What more can you say? At London 2012 in the Finn class, he clinched his fourth consecutive Olympic gold to become the most decorated British sailor. Ainslie, who won a silver in 1996, overtakes Paul Elvstrom of Denmark, who won four Olympic golds up to 1960 in the all-time honours list
SARAH STOREY: Storey won ParalympicsGB's first gold medal at the 2012 Games. Adding a further three titles saw her equal swimmer Dave Roberts and wheelchair racer Baroness Grey-Thompson on 11 golds
KATHERINE GRAINGER: She did it! After three consecutive Olympic silvers, Grainger clinched gold in the double sculls event alongside Anna Watkins at London 2012. Grainger is quite simply Britain's most successful female rower
SIR CHRIS HOY: He overtook Sir Steve Redgrave as Britain's most successful Olympian of all time thanks to his performance at London 2012. The Scot now has six gold medals to Redgrave's five after victories in the team sprint and the keirin at the London Velodrome
NICOLA ADAMS: She earned the honour of becoming Britain's first female Olympic boxing champion by defeating India's MC Mary Kom in the flyweight event. The Yorkshire sensation also has arguably the greatest smile in British sport
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