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

• 9 mins

The woman who won the Paris-Dakar rally

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

• 9 mins

Lucas Radebe

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

• 9 mins

Mianne Bagger - Golf's transgender pioneer

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

• 9 mins

The NFL's Rooney Rule

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

• 9 mins

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

• 9 mins

The Gay Games

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

• 9 mins