Joey Dunlop - Northern Ireland's motorsport hero

The motorbike world champion whose high-speed triumphs united a divided country

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The yachting rescue that gripped the world

Pete Goss’s heroic solo rescue during the 1996 Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race

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Cameron Hughes - sports entertainer

The Canadian who's made a career out of dancing at big sports events around the world

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Brad Snyder - From the battlefield to Paralympic gold

The American serviceman who won swimming glory a year after being blinded by a bomb

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The woman who won the Paris-Dakar rally

In January 2001, Germany's Jutta Kleinschmidt won one of the biggest races in motorsport

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Lucas Radebe

The Leeds United legend who won the Africa Cup of Nations with South Africa in 1996

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Mianne Bagger - Golf's transgender pioneer

In 2004, Mianne Bagger became the first transitioned woman to play professional golf

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The NFL's Rooney Rule

The activist and champion who pushed for American football's landmark diversity policy

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Nova Peris - Australia's first aboriginal Olympic champion

How the hockey-player from Darwin broke barriers by winning an Olympic gold medal in 1996

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The first woman to play in the NHL

Manon Rhéaume became the first and only woman to play in the National Hockey League

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The Gay Games

The first international sports event for LGBT athletes was held in San Francisco in 1982.

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Zimbabwe's Paralympic pioneer

How Elliot Mujaji won the first ever Paralympic gold medal for his country in 2000.

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