Andy Murray Achievements in 2016
Andy Murray is the first British singles Tennis
player to top the world rankings emulating his brother who is currently number
one in the men’s doubles rankings as well.
Before he bet Djokovic on the 20th of November, he was world number
two for the past 76 weeks, by beating the Serbian Murray put an end to his 122
weeks as World number one and propelled himself to the number one spot for the
first time in his career. It has been quite a year for Andy he has been, quite
unbelievable, in 11 finals in his last 12 ATP tour events.
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| 2016 has been the most successful year in Andy Murray's career |
Chris Hoy
The cyclist was
born in Edinburgh and has said to been inspired by the classic 1982 film E.T. Before track cycling, Hoy raced BMX
between the ages of 7 and 14 and was ranked second in Britain, fifth in Europe,
and ninth in the world. Athens 2000 was
the first Olympics Chris Hoy participated earing his first medal. It was silver alongside Jason Queally and
Craig MacLean in the Team Sprint.
Overall, Hoy is undoubtedly
the most well-known Scottish athlete in cycling of all time. The Scotsman has eleven
world championship titles and is a six times Olympic champion therefore he is
the 2nd most decorated Olympic athlete of all time.
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| Sir Chis Hoy is Britain's second most successful |
Kenny Dalgish
Dalgish
more commonly known as “King Kenny,” was a Scottish football player. The striker played for Celtic between the
years 1969-1977 and Liverpool between 1977-1990 after a spell as ‘player-manager’
from 1985 onwards. In total he scored
230 goals in 559 matches for his clubs and also played over 100 games for the
Scottish National Team. In 1981, Dalgish
won the European Cub and the league cup with Liverpool alongside a young Ian
Rush. Kenny Dalgish has won 4 league
titles with Celtic and 6 first division wins in England with Liverpool. Many say that he was the best ever Scottish
football player.
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| 'King Kenny' is considered one of Scotland's most gifted footballers |
Billy McNeill
Billy McNeill was the captain of the Lisbon Lions Celtic team
when they beat Inter Milan 2-1 to win the European cup. He spent 18 years with Celtic, playing 486
games earning the nickname Cesar. The
captain also played 29 games for the Scottish nation team and scored 3
goals. The Lisbon lion was named the
best Celtic captain ever in 2002 and was named in the best ever Celtic starting
eleven. He won 9 titles, 7 Scottish
cups, 6 league cups as well as European cup In 1967. He is the only Scottish football player to
captain a Scottish side to European cup glory and I believe that will most
likely remain the case for the years to come.
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| Captain Billy McNeil leads out the Lisbon Lions against Inter Milan in 1967 |
Is Andy the best this country has seen?
I personally think people ask this question because of the
media coverage. Murray is well known and
a very successfully tennis player but there many other sporting athletes in the
past that could compete with him. I do
believe he is the best Scottish athlete in the last 15 years however; several
athletes in 20th century like Kenny Dalgish, Billy McNeill, the rest
of the Lisbon lions, Bob McGregor and Eric Liddell can also match his
achievements although not perhaps his huge profile.
by Innes O'Donnell
