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Daley Thompson

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Athlete

The Resume

    (July 30, 1958- )
    Born in London, England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Frances Morgan Thompson
    Won two gold medals in the decathlon (1980,84)

Why he might be annoying:

    A Times reporter called him 'objectionable, charmless and rude.'
    During his victory lap, he wore a t-shirt asking of Carl Lewis, 'Is the world's second-greatest athlete gay?' (1984)
    His friend Sebastian Coe said, 'Daley is a Stalinist. It's not enough for him to win, he has to mentally destroy his opponent.'
    He said 'Oh shit' on live TV.
    He refused to carry the Union Jack at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (1982).
    He advertised the energy drink Lucozade.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was named an ambassador for the 2012 London Olympics.
    He was only the second athlete to win successive Olympic gold medals in the decathlon.
    His decathlon score at the 1984 Olympics was a world record for eight years and as of 2008 remains the British record.
    He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year (1982).
    He worked with the charitable Lareus Sport for Good Foundation.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 31.58% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 58 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying