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Countries that have only ever produced one world famous sportsman:

rob_dylan

23 Sep 14 13:06

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Panama
Philippines
Fiji
Namibia
Liberia
Malta

Just to prove/disprove my point who do you think I am talking about?

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call me a taxi When: 23 Sep 14 13:12

Namibia - Frankie Fredericks

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Asparagus Man When: 23 Sep 14 13:15

Paraguay - Andy Murray?

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call me a taxi When: 23 Sep 14 13:15

Panama is a loser, they have had quite a few world boxing champions.

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call me a taxi When: 23 Sep 14 13:15

Philippines ^^^^

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i_agree_with_nick When: 23 Sep 14 13:15

Liberia - George Weah

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i_agree_with_nick When: 23 Sep 14 13:16

Philippines - Manny Pacquiao

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call me a taxi When: 23 Sep 14 13:18

And Panama

Panama Al Brown was the first Hispanic world champion in history

plus

Roberto Duran

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rob_dylan When: 23 Sep 14 13:20

Thought fiji was the most obvious one, excluding a few sevens players - Serevi for instance.

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call me a taxi When: 23 Sep 14 13:24

Vijay Singh is Fijian, I don't know any more.

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rogerthebutler When: 23 Sep 14 13:30

Malta - Tony Drago?

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rogerthebutler When: 23 Sep 14 13:31

St Kitts & Nevis - Kim Collins

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HH Sultan Vinegar When: 23 Sep 14 13:34

North Korea - Kim Jong-il, although iirc he never competed internationally.

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Mikael D'Haguenet When: 23 Sep 14 13:37

Thread title says world famous. How many people have heard of Panama Al Brown?

Liberia is George Weah...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDuZpma_Oxs

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call me a taxi When: 23 Sep 14 13:42

Thread title says world famous. How many people have heard of Panama Al Brown?

Me and you for starters.

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Mikael D'Haguenet When: 23 Sep 14 13:43

Well, yeah, but.

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Mikael D'Haguenet When: 23 Sep 14 13:45

My beloved Milwaukee Brewers (they stink, btw) have had a few Panamanians play for them. None of them famous though.

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Mikael D'Haguenet When: 23 Sep 14 13:47

On reflection, it's possible that Panama Al Brown IS more world famous than Tony Drago. Snooker ffs!

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Joel When: 23 Sep 14 13:49

Madagascar - Ravelomanantsoa

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Big_Issue When: 23 Sep 14 13:49

Surinam - Anthony Nesty (Swimming)

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sofiakenny When: 23 Sep 14 13:50

England-Tom Daley.

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Big_Issue When: 23 Sep 14 13:51

Equatorial Guinea - Eric 'the eel' Moussambani

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mememe When: 23 Sep 14 13:54

Scotland - Rolf McHarris (aka McHaggis)

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mafeking When: 23 Sep 14 13:58

cyprus - marcos baghdatis

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Clerkmore When: 23 Sep 14 14:40

Phillipines had another great boxer, Pancho Villa.

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screaming from beneaththewaves When: 23 Sep 14 16:45

Kazakhstan: Lunatic multiple Tour de France stage winner and Olympic gold medallist Александр Винокуров

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Mikael D'Haguenet When: 23 Sep 14 17:03

My biggest ever (betting!) feck up came from mistakenly laying said lunatic multiple TdF stage winner and Olympic gold medallist.

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rogerthebutler When: 23 Sep 14 17:08

Lu Liang-Huan ('Mr Lu') - Taiwanese golfer

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HH Sultan Vinegar When: 23 Sep 14 17:10

San Marino underwater hockey legend Giambattista Belluzzi.

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David Fishwick Minibus Sales When: 23 Sep 14 17:14

Uzbekistan - Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

Babylon - Arthur Jones

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Poppydog. When: 23 Sep 14 17:14

Thought of Wayne Gretzky (who is a huge worldwide superstar, not really in the UK though)

not sure if Bailey and Johnson were born and bred

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rob_dylan When: 23 Sep 14 17:31

st kitts and nevis a fair shout.

Was gonna say Nick Price for Zim but forgot about Kirsty Coventry. Not to mention a few cricketers.

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sixtwosix When: 23 Sep 14 17:34

Filber Bayi , Tanzania.

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sixtwosix When: 23 Sep 14 17:36

Marc Giardelli , Luxembourg.

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rob_dylan When: 23 Sep 14 17:37

I was gonna put Luxembourg - but for Andy Schleck. But then I forgot about his brother. And Marc Giardelli.

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David Fishwick Minibus Sales When: 23 Sep 14 17:37

John Akii Bua - Uganda

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ThunderRoad When: 23 Sep 14 17:50

Shocked nobody's mention Kim Collins; former 100 metre World Champ. Ran his first ever sub 10 second time this year aged 37. Legend.

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Mikael D'Haguenet When: 23 Sep 14 18:29

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St Kitts & Nevis - Kim Collins

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scandanavian_haven When: 23 Sep 14 18:45

Somalia - mo farah

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rogerthebutler When: 23 Sep 14 19:17

Syria - Ghada Shouaa (1996 Heptathlon Gold Medalist)