[Closed] Olympic Name Dropping

I tarmacked Katie Taylor's driveway.

*giggles*

I tarmacked Katie Taylor's driveway.

Is this some sort of dirty Oirish euphemism or something?

Me chillaxing with Ed Clancy.

And, eh, Chris Hoy's bike.

I went to the same school as Chris Tomlinson, the long jumper

I work with Finnoula Britton....I say work I mean do a PhD in the same department...we don't actually work persay.

I've also done physiological testing on a few other Irish athletes who are there.

I once had a long jumper. Nearly down to my knees it was.

I'm from Yorkshire also 🙄

I only have her a couple of inches.

Anything more and it's difficult to level.

i've been on a couple of dates with a friend of the namibian road cyclist.

and an irish olympic sailor just wrote some content for my website.

Im friends with Lawrence Clarke (running in the 110m hurdles finals tonight) 's sisters.

You did ask for tenuous......

Raced against Ben Ainslie on UK Youth Squad as a teenager.
Taught Jessica Ennis when I was supply teacher in King Ecgberts, and was working with [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Minichiello ]Nicola Minichiello[/url] (another supply teacher) who went on to three winter Olympics and is now married to [url= http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/meet-minichiello-the-big-man-behind-enniss-grand-plan-2328473.html ]Toni Minichiello[/url].

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I believe that is thread closed. 😐

Lovl!!!!

😆

Olly Murs congratulated British Judo finalist Gemma Gibbons...

...and I've dated one of his sister's mates.

Hubby used to work with John Amaechi's sister. He's one of the comentators for the Basketball matches.

Im friends with Lawrence Clarke (running in the 110m hurdles finals tonight) 's sisters.

You did ask for tenuous......

That's actually probably the least tenuous post of all of them (apart from the Claire Baldwin one I guess).

I work for the same company as Natasha Hansen (Kiwi track cyclist)

I've rowed with Steve Redgrave

- splitting the bill in a curry house. I mean, he ate LOADS more than me !

(I haven't really rowed with SSR - does that count ?)

Kenny - good point, and he is a bit more famous now than he was 15mins ago too!

I've rowed against him........ He and Pinsent beat our crew.

Balding not Baldwin.

Is that iDave on bbc now?

I spent a lovely afternoon chatting to the mother of the man placed 5th in the 110m finals a couple of years ago. She'll be as proud as can be, and rightly so! I raise a glass of rum to her!

I posted on the same thread as the guy that errr interfered with the horsey woman.

I've jumped in a puddle on the moors to get out of the way of the brownlees and I'm above alistair in the Leeds parkrun most wins table.

I met Chris Hoys aunt once

I know all the pentathaletes, well enough to go out on the lash with them ( one was the housemate of mini transapps god father). I once cooked dinner for one of the girls in my pre married days, hoping to get my wicked way only to have to sleep in the next room while she noshed my mate...

See you after the ban.

I have got drunk with the man who was Chris Boardmans best man.

Just to confirm: it wasn't me with Miss Balding it was a mate.

I've raced with Bradley Wiggins. He won, I didn't. (Wally Gimber 2001)

I've seen the knickers of eilidh child's cousin's wife.

my daughter races against ruta the 15 year old wonder swimmer from Lithuania who trains in plymouth

Friend is an ITU triathlon referee that just refereed the 2 brothers get medals (hardly name dropping though).

Could name-drop a current rainbow jersey wearer, but it's a non-Olympic discipline, so I won't.

Could almost certainly conjure up a not-very direct link to at least one Winter Olympics attendee.

My wife car shares with Laura Weightman's neighbour.

Apparently the girl doing the mtb is from around our area. That's the best I have.

I knew a girl called Gemma Gibons (not the same one) Also knew a girl called Beth Tweddle who did gymnastics (also not the same one). A girl I used to Kayak with is now free style world champ and was doing displays at Lee valley white water course and I once overtook lizzie armtitage on a ride (until she started pedaling again and dropped me.)

brother in law was in same class at school as katherine grainger.

unfortunately i am not aware of any fumbles between them behind the bikesheds.

My first BMX was an ex-Scotia race bike, from the right era that it might have been one of Chris Hoy's. Or might not obviously.

Beat Vinokourov in a (handicap) road race.
Presented with a prize by Chris Hoy (not the same race).

Anna Watkins lives about 10 miles from me....but more impressively, one of my fb friends is friends with her on fb and tagged her in a post to congratulate her on winning gold-I AM AWESOME!!!

Tenuous: My sister goes riding with Chris Boardman's mum and has taken his kids kayaking

More tenuous: I once beat Liam Killeen in a time trial*

Not very tenuous at all: Emma Pooley was on the same team as me in an adventure race - I towed her up some of the hills on the bike leg (she was a better runner than cyclist back then). Oh, and we won!

* he went the wrong way and was DQ