Scott Quigg is a current British World Champion, at which sport?
"Scott Quigg Scott Quigg (born 9 October 1988) is a British professional boxer. He held the WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight title from 2013 to 2016, and the British super-bantamweight title from 2011 to 2012. As of June 2018, he is ranked as the world's eighth best active featherweight by BoxRec, and tenth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Quigg started his fight career as a child practising Muay Thai boxing at GFC Muay Thai in Bury. After receiving a lot of attention and being tipped as a future champion in the sport, Quigg had one adult fight at professional rules in"
"United Kingdom, including association football, golf, tennis, boxing, rugby league, rugby union, cricket, field hockey, snooker, darts, billiards, squash, curling and badminton, all of which are popular in Britain. Another sport invented in the UK was baseball, and its early form rounders is popular among children in Britain. Snooker and darts are popular indoor games: Stephen Hendry is the seven time world snooker champion, Phil Taylor is the 16 time world darts champion. Snooker player Alex Higgins (nicknamed ""The Hurricane"") and darts player Eric Bristow (nicknamed ""The Crafty Cockney"") are credited with popularising each sport. Bodybuilder Reg Park was Mr"
"youngest medal winner in the 1999 world championships, and fourth place at the 2000 Olympics were marred by a later scandal over the use of performance-enhancing drugs, like Christie before him. Kelly Holmes won Olympic gold in both the 800m and 1500m, and set many British records. In cricket, many have represented England: Devon Malcolm, Phillip DeFreitas, Chris Lewis, Gladstone Small, Dean Headley, Alex Tudor, Michael Carberry and Chris Jordan to name a few. In Formula 1, the highest rank of motorsport sanctioned by the FIA, Lewis Hamilton from Stevenage is the current world champion, having also won the championship"
"in five different sports but chose sitting volleyball because she wanted to compete in a team sport. She captained the Great Britain team which won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Championships, and was a member of the team that competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, finishing eighth. At club level she played for Portsmouth Sharks. Wiggs switched to paracanoeing after the 2012 Paralympics. She became a full-time athlete, training at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, and won European and World Championship titles in the K1 200m TA class in 2013. In 2014, she successfully defended"
"Reg Braddick (1944 British National Road Race Champion), Sally Hodge (1988 UCI Track Cycling World Champion), Katie Curtis (2007 Welsh National Road Race Champion) and Nicole Cooke (2008 Beijing Olympic gold medalist, World Cup winner 2003 and 2006, ten times British National Road Race Champion, and 2002 Commonwealth Games gold medalist). The Cardiff JIF – standing for 'Just in Front' – cycling club is involved in road, track, cross and mountain bike racing. Former club riders include Geraint Thomas (2008 Beijing Olympic gold medalist) and Ian Jeremiah (Welsh cross-country Champion). Maindy Flyers (founded 1995) are a youth cycling club, open"
"he joined his first speedway club Weymouth Wildcats which was just the start of his professional career as a Speedway Rider [1] In 1982, Wigg won the British League Division Two Pairs Championship with Martin Yeates. He became the second British Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship 1985 (Michael Lee was the first in 1981) and went on to win the title a further four times. He was the most successful British Grasstrack and Longtrack rider ever. When Wigg was riding in Oxford, England he met his wife to be, Charlie, and after a few years together they had two"
"final position. The rider who has gained the most points at the end of the tournament is declared the World Champion. Australian rider Jason Doyle is the current (2017) World Champion. The annual British Grand Prix is currently held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Scoring in Grand Prix events changed in 2005 with riders scoring 3-2-1-0 in their races and these points being carried forward to decide the winner of each Grand Prix. At the end of the series the highest scorer becomes the world champion. World Speedway Champions include Ivan Mauger (six-time World Champion), fellow New Zealander"
"Association) since renamed, and currently, the PSA (Professional Squash Association) tour. Summary of Major Career Achievements: Softball : 4-time World Champion, incl. 1997 World Doubles Champion Highest World ranking: 4 Highest English National ranking: 1 England Captain with over 70 caps. As England Captain, he opened the 2002 Commonwealth Games Squash competition playing his first match, against Jamaica, watched by Queen Elizabeth II. Hardball : Singles: Winner 2013 US National Championship, Winner 2011 ISDA Players Championship. Doubles: World No.1 2007-08. Details. ""(Today)"" Currently runs a company called Squash Solutions that mainly focuses on teaching juniors out of several different locations"
"switched to the 400 metres hurdles, before his retiring from the sport. Ridgeon was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is a managing partner of Fast Track, a sports marketing agency. As well as working with Fast Track, Ridgeon has also been a TV commentator for the BBC and BSkyB since retiring as an athlete. Jon Ridgeon Jonathan (""Jon"") Peter Ridgeon (born 14 February 1967) is an English former athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metres hurdles and the 400 metres hurdles. In the 110m hurdles, he won the silver medal at the 1987 World Championships and the gold"
"Daniel Quigley Daniel Pinta Quigley is a four time world professional kickboxer from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was coached by the former three time world kickboxing champion Paddy Toland at PT's Kickboxing Gym in Carrigans, he now trains and coaches out of out of his own gym called Strike Martial arts Academy in Derry City. Quigley's titles include: ""Pinta"", as he is widely known, has appeared on RTÉ local television, appearing on the RTÉ ""Nationwide"" programme in 2009, following his World Cruiser-weight title win over England's Wayne Turner. Pinta is a qualified personal trainer. He has won the Derry City"
"to win a world title in four different decades (the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s) when he won the FITASC World Championship. He has now won 26 world titles (13 Sporting, 11 Fitasc and 2 Compak), 19 European titles (15 Fitasc and 4 Compak), 4 European Compak titles, and 12 world cups. He and his wife Kate run a commercial shoot at Owley Farm, Wittersham, Kent. George Digweed is the brother of DJ and record producer John Digweed. George Digweed George Digweed MBE was born in Hastings, Sussex on 21 April 1964. He is a multi-World and European English sport"
"championships to his work with Peters. In November 2012 Peters started to work with Liverpool F.C. In March 2014 he was recruited to help the England football team. Peters established Chimp Management Ltd, a company which delivers consultancy and training services. In later life Peters has competed in athletics and has held multiple World Masters Champion titles and world records over the 100, 200 and 400 metres. Steve Peters (psychiatrist) Steve Peters (born July 5, 1953) is an English psychiatrist who works in elite sport. He is best known for his work with British Cycling. He currently competes in the"
"including Northern Ireland's Norman Parke, winner of Lightweight tournament and Scotland's Joanne Calderwood who competed on . The UK host promotions such as Cage Warriors and BAMMA. It is now considered to be the fastest growing sport on the planet. UFC now have contract with BT Sport. Britain had limited success with cycle racing in the 20th century. This has changed when the performance director of British Cycling Peter Keen (formerly coach of Chris Boardman and later appointed in 2003 as performance director with UK Sport) obtained lottery funding which helped cycling at both grass roots and at an elite"
"Simon Wigg Simon Wigg (15 October 1960 – 15 November 2000) was a speedway, grasstrack and longtrack rider who won five World Long Track Championships and finished runner-up in the Speedway World Championship in 1989. Wigg was born in Brisbane, Australia. 1988 saw him become British Speedway Champion and he retained the title the following year. 1989 also saw Simon captain the Great Britain speedway team when they won the World Team Cup. During his career, Wigg was a frequent visitor to Australia and always enjoyed success on the larger Showground tracks down under such as the Brisbane Exhibition Ground,"
"the 1988 Summer Olympics and of the bronze-medal winning team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Another OG, Gawain Briars, was the British number one squash player and now heads the world Professional Squash Association. Brother and sister Ralph and Natasha Firman are both racing drivers, and Natasha was the winner of the inaugural Formula Woman championship in 2004. Giles Baring and Andrew Corran were first-class cricketers, while international rugby footballers include Andy Mulligan (Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, Nick Youngs (England and his sons Ben and Tom (England) both also playing for the British and Irish Lions winning"
"at the 2006 European Championships. He tried other sports, including a spell with the Hamburg Sea Devils of the NFL Europa league and a rugby league trial with Castleford. Sprinting success came over 60 m when he won silver at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, gold at the 2009 European Indoors, and became world champion at the 2010 World Indoor Championships. Due to his doping ban, he was barred from the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, and much of the European racing circuit, from 2006 to 2012. The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned his lifetime Olympic ban, deeming it non-compliant with"
"Quidditch to their list of team sports. The sport has since then spread across more than 25 countries and includes multiple international tournaments, including a World Cup. In 2012, the International Quidditch Association held the IQA World Cup, then named the IQA Summer Games, as the torch was passing through Oxford, UK for the Summer Olympics. Gameplay is based on the description in the books, films, and game adaptations, though the sport has obviously been adapted to suit real-world constraints. Quidditch is still evolving to suit safe play for the members of the teams, male and female. Apart from joining"
"responsibilities for developing the S4K brand and help the mission to transform children’s sport across the UK and international markets through the company’s franchise network. On 26 August 2017, in a clip on Swedish television promoting the series ""Rainbow Heroes"", Jackson revealed that he is gay. Did not start in the semifinals Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, CBE (born 18 February 1967) is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion twice, World indoor"
"Britain would have to settle for fifth place. After the Olympics, they faced off against Scottish champion Bruce Mouat and his team for the right to represent Scotland at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship. Mouat won the event, and would go on to win a bronze medal. The Smith rink ended the season by making it to the quarterfinals of the 2018 Players' Championship. They did not win any tour events that season. Smith is the son of 1991 World champion David Smith and the nephew of curler Peter Smith. In addition to curling, Smith is a farmer. Kyle"
"athlete; a seven-time Scottish Champion and a nine-time British Champion. Competing with his brother Peter he won the gold medal in the BC4 pairs event at the 2009 European Championships held in Porto, Portugal. In 2010, they won the silver medal at the World Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. Other major championship medals include European Silver from Hamar, Norway 2011 as well as retaining European Gold in the Pairs event in 2013, multiple World Open medals in Povoa Portugal, Montreal Canada and reaching the pinnacle of his career by securing the World Championship Individual Gold medal in Beijing 2016. In 2012"
"Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, CBE (born 18 February 1967) is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion twice, World indoor champion once, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was a two-time Commonwealth champion. His world record of 12.91 seconds for the 110m hurdles stood for over a decade and he remains the 60 metres hurdles world record holder. Jackson won his first major medal, a silver, in the"
"three consecutive years (1952–54). John Savidge John Andrew Savidge (18 December 1924 – 26 December 1979) was a British track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. and finished in sixth place. He was born in Nottingham. Savidge represented England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and won the shot put title with a games record mark of . He was England's first ever champion in the event. He also competed at the European Athletics Championships for Great Britain in 1950 and 1954. He won the shot put at"
"Bradley Wiggins Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. Nicknamed ""Wiggo"", he began his cycling career on the track, but made the transition to road cycling and is one of the few cyclists in the modern era to gain significant elite level success in both those forms of professional cycling. He is the only rider to have combined winning both World and Olympic championships on both the track and the road, as well as winning the Tour de France, and holding"
"time as he lives nearby, and also frequently speaks of the Dons when presenting on the radio. Other notable fans who are either Dons fans or regularly attend games are: Gabi Downs, Paralympic fencer; Andrew Baggaley, table tennis Commonwealth Games double gold medallist; Gail Emms, badminton world champion; James Hildreth and James Foster both England cricketers; Mark Lancaster, local member of parliament and government minister in 2012; Craig Pickering, 100m sprinter – bronze medal at the World Championship in 2007; Craig Gibbons, London 2012 Olympic 100 metre swimmer; Mikey Burrows, Sky Sports Radio presenter; and the late musician and radio"
"is an Olympic sport and Great Britain achieved medal success in both Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. The All-England Championships takes place in Birmingham every year and attracts all the top players from around the world. Although originating in Scotland, England has played a major role in the development of golf, including the origins of the Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain & Ireland). Major golf tournaments held in England include the Open Championship (an English course hosting the event two years in every five) and the BMW PGA Championship, the flagship event of the European Tour. The Ryder Cup also"
"Georgie Twigg Georgina Sophie Twigg (born 21 November 1990) is an English international field hockey player and an Olympic gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She plays club hockey in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton Hockey Club. Twigg played as a midfielder for England and Great Britain from 2010 to 2016 and announced her official retirement from international hockey in July 2018. Since then, results have included She was named England Hockey's Young Performance Player of the Year in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013. She has played for Surbiton, Clifton, University of Bristol, Cannock and"
"of 2017, having moved to America for university. Alicia Blagg Alicia Blagg (born 21 October 1996) is a British diver. In 2010 Blagg became the England's youngest ever double national champion when she won both the 1 metre springboard and 3 metre synchronised titles in the British championships. In 2012 she was selected to represent Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics in the Women's synchronised 3 metre springboard event. In 2016 she competed in 3m springboard synchronized diving representing GB in 2016 Rio Olympics alongside Rebecca Gallantree, and they finished in the 5th place. According to her instagram profile"
"business, Cougar Marine, based in Hampshire. He won the Segrave Trophy in 2003 and was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 80th Birthday Honours list. Curtis won the SBIP-APBA Offshore World Championship in 1987, becoming the first Briton to do so and again in 2008 with Tom Abrams. Steve Curtis Steve Curtis MBE (born 9 June 1964 in Wimbledon) is an English eight time offshore powerboat racing World Champion. Curtis's father Clive ran boat building business Cougar Marine, and also was a powerboat racer, making entry to the watercraft racing world easier for his son, after leaving school aged 17."
"Sports personality of the year award on two occasions. Quigley won the ISKA Professional World Super Heavyweight Kickboxing title in Derry City, Northern Ireland in March 2013. Quigley is also head Coach of the new gym Strike Martial Arts Academy. So far, he has coached three of his fighters to become champions. Daniel Quigley Daniel Pinta Quigley is a four time world professional kickboxer from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was coached by the former three time world kickboxing champion Paddy Toland at PT's Kickboxing Gym in Carrigans, he now trains and coaches out of out of his own gym called"
"consecutive titles at PDC World Darts Championship — England 3 consecutive titles at BDO World Darts Championship — Eric Bristow 6 consecutive titles at BDO World Darts Championship — England 7 consecutive titles at BDO World Darts Championship — Trina Gulliver 7 consecutive titles at BDO World Darts Championship — England 7 consecutive Olympic Team titles — Germany 9 consecutive World Championships — Germany 56 races — Camarero 12 races — Gordon Richards 3 consecutive titles at Show Jumping World Championships — West Germany - But by whom? 3 consecutive Olympic titles — Valentina Vezzali 21 FIFA World Cup appearances"
"and followed up with a further barrage until referee Terry O'Connor intervened, retaining his world title in the process. Five years in the making, Quigg and Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) finally faced off on 27 February 2016 at the Manchester Arena in a super bantamweight title unification match. Quigg's WBA world title was on the line as well as Frampton's IBF world title. It was officially confirmed in November 2015. The fight went full 12 rounds, in front of 20,000 fans, as Quigg suffered his first professional loss, via split decision. Frampton was in full control of the first"
"David Murdoch David Murdoch (born 17 April 1978) is a retired Scottish curler from Stirling. As the Scotland skip, he and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith are the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions. Representing Great Britain, he has been skip at three Winter Olympics, Torino 2006, finishing fourth, Vancouver 2010, finishing fifth and Sochi 2014, where he won an Olympic silver medal. He currently serves as the coach and performance team manager for British Curling. Murdoch is a two time World Junior Curling Champion – in 1995, as an alternate for"
"The United Kingdom has three domestic leagues, the Elite League. the Premier League, and the National League. The Speedway Grand Prix is the main world championship for standalone riders with an event taking place in Cardiff each year. The Speedway World Cup takes place once a year and England hosts a semi final stage in Peterborough and more recently in King's Lynn. Rounders is a bat-and-ball base-running game played on a diamond. Played in England since Tudor times, it is referenced in 1744 in the children's book ""A Little Pretty Pocket-Book"" where it was called baseball. The game is popular"