Paavo Nurmi Donation Level: A Finnish long distance running born in 1897 and died in 1973. Aside from setting 22 world records ranging from 1500m all the way to Marathon, Nurmi to this day is the only person to ever remain undefeated in the 10,000m throughout his entire running career. 'The Flying Fin' as many people called him, was absolutely unchallenged for almost two decades. During his career he never lost a 10,000m race or a cross country race. He won 121 straight races!
Edwin Moses Donation Level: An American hurdler born in 1955. Between 1977 and 1987 he won 122 consecutive races. For exactly 9 years, 9 months, and 9 days he went undefeated in the 400m hurdles. Moses set and broke his own world record four separate times!
Carl Lewis Donation Level: An American sprinter and long jumper born in 1961. Considered as the World Athlete of the century by the IAAF. From 1979 to 1996 he won 18 World Championships and Olympic gold medals. For over 10 years he went completely undefeated in the long jump and is one of only three athletes in the Olympics to ever successfully defend their Olympic title in four consecutive editions.
Sergey Bubka Donation Level: A Soviet and Ukrainian pole vaulter born in 1963. Throughout his career he broke the pole vault world record 35 times. He also won a total of 11 World Championship and Olympic medals. Bubka is the first athlete to ever clear 6 meters in the pole vault.
Usain Bolt Donation Level: A Jamaican sprinter born in 1986. With a total of 19 World Championship and Olympic medals and a 9-time World Record holder, Bolt is arguably the greatest sprinter of all time. He is the only athlete to ever win three consecutive 100m and 200m titles at the Olympic Games.
Michael Johnson Donation Level: An American sprinter born in 1967. He won a total of 12 World Championship and Olympic medals, all of which were gold. He is the only male athlete in history to successfully win both the 200m and 400m races at the same Olympic Games. During his career he also broke 9 World Records!
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