Feb22201011:44 a.m.
One for the trophy cabinet
I caught sight recently of the trophy that is awarded to the winner of the London Marathon and considered that at 4ft 9ins tall (the trophy, not me) would probably dwarf our very own Kirstie.
So would it be one of the largest trophies around? A good search around on t'interweb discovered some obscure trophy given to Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia following a friendly international tournament in Morocco in 1967 which apparently weighs in at a hefty 100 kg (220 lbs). That's probably nearly two Kirsties.
There are such an unbelievably wide variety of trophies knocking around, so I've gathered together ten trophies to put your sporting trophy knowledge to the test. Take a look at these and see if you can guess the trophy and the tournament/event to which it relates.
And if anyone has a contender for the tallest or heaviest of sporting trophies around, then share it with us. I'm quite happy to be proved wrong by on of you sporting boffins (that's you John and Jamie)
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Johnf 'This is a tough one, a few I recognise there, World Cup new, old Jules Rimet, British OPen golf, the ugly but lots of metal Stanley Cup which is ice hockey I think, the fence looking one is American Baseball, Roger Federer I think has a permanent time share on the to middle one for Wimbledon, then I'm struggling. And talking of Federer when he won his first Wimbledon didn't he win a cow? That must be the heaviest trophy!!' added 22nd Feb 2010
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jamieB ' Top:(Don't know the first one but looking); All England Open Tennis (Wmbledon); FIFA World Cup Middle: Cricket World Cup; Jules Rimet Trophy - football; World Series - baseball; British Open Golf. Bottom: Stanley Cup - ice hockey; Webb Ellis Trophy - Rugby World Cup; African Cup of Nations - Football' added 22nd Feb 2010
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jamieB ' Top:(Don't know the first one but looking); All England Open Tennis (Wmbledon); FIFA World Cup Middle: Cricket World Cup; Jules Rimet Trophy - football; World Series - baseball; British Open Golf. Bottom: Stanley Cup - ice hockey; Webb Ellis Trophy - Rugby World Cup; African Cup of Nations - Football' added 22nd Feb 2010
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jamieB 'Tell me please - what is the first one????' added 22nd Feb 2010
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Johnf 'The first one is the London Marathon trophy, though I think the winners receive a silver tray, was it the original trophy Simon?' added 23rd Feb 2010
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Simon_Doyle 'Well done guys. The first one is indeed the London Marathon trophy. You can find out a bit more about it here http://www.ianridpath.com/polymarathon/trophy.htm' added 23rd Feb 2010
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jamieB 'Kicking myself - I thought that before setting off on a two hour journey of discovery known as "Googling lots of trophy names" thanks! It's my OCD...' added 24th Feb 2010
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