Statistics for African Athletes Quiz

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Sport	Nation of Birth	Description	Answer	% Correct
Soccer	Cote d’Ivoire	2x Golden Boot winner and Chelsea legend who fought to end violence in his home nation	Didier Drogba	100%
Soccer	Egypt	Current Golden Boot winner in the Premier League and led Liverpool to a Champions League final	Mohammed Salah	100%
Soccer	Liberia	Former Ballon D’Or winner and current president of Liberia	George Weah	86%
Running	South Africa	First double amputee to compete in the Olympics who was later convicted for killing his girlfriend	Oscar Pistorius	71%
Basketball	Nigeria	1994 MVP known for being a versatile center who patented the “Dream Shake”	Hakeem Olajuwon	57%
Cricket	South Africa	Known as one of the greatest batsmen of all time and holds numerous individual batting records	AB de Villiers	43%
Running	Ethiopia	1,000 and 5,000 meter champion, regarded as one of the best long distance runners in history	Kenenisa Bekele	43%
Basketball	Sudan	The tallest man in the history of the NBA, standing at 7’7” and is considered to be one of the best shotblockers ever	Manute Bol	43%
Rugby	South Africa	2007 World Rugby Player of the Year and has converted the second most international tries in history	Bryan Habana	29%
Basketball	D.R. Congo	7’2” 8x All-Star famous for his finger wag	Dikembe Mutumbo	14%