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Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
The following is a list of sports and games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 known indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]
Czechoslovak sports official active in the Sokol movement [204] Maurice Racca: 1922–2023: 100: French Olympic sport shooter [205] Marko Račič: 1920–2022: 102: Slovenian Olympic athlete [206] Ted Radcliffe: 1902–2005: 103: American Negro league baseball player [207] Vasant Raiji: 1920–2020: 100: Indian cricketer and cricket historian ...
The Tailteann Games, held near modern Telltown in Ireland, was one of the first multi-sport festivals to be recorded, with a history that traces back to 1829 BC. There were several other games held in Europe in the classical era . the Panhellenic Games encompassed the Ancient Olympic Games, which was the precursor to the modern Olympic Games ...
In sports, a dynasty is a team or individual that dominates their sport or league for an extended length of time. Some leagues usually maintain official lists of dynasties, [ citation needed ] often as part of a hall of fame , [ citation needed ] but in many cases, whether a team or individual has achieved a dynasty is subjective .
As previously noted, the 2013-14 76ers held the record for the longest single-season losing streak in league history until Tuesday night. They lost 26 straight en route to a 19-63 record that wasn ...
The following is a list of world sports championships, including some sporting events which use a different name with a similar meaning. In some sports, there is a world series, but that term usually has a somewhat different meaning.
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...