Sports - Sport Stars Madame Tussauds In London

David Beckham

Take a penalty under the watchful eye of Goldenballs

England’s home grown soccer superstar, Beckham is as well known for his football as he is for his high profile marriage to Spice Girl Victoria. His bending free kick is feared by defenders the world over and his last second goal against Greece in 2001 was the stuff of legend. Tough he now plays in the US his fame is such that even his hairstyles make headlines

1975: Born in London England
1987: Attends Tottenham Hotspur School of Excellence
1991: Joins Manchester United’s Youth Training Scheme
1992: Helps Manchester United win the Youth FA Cup
Makes his first appearance for the Manchester United first team
1996: Makes his first appearance for England, against Moldova
1998: Gets sent off in World Cup game against Argentina
1999: Helps Manchester United win the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League
Marries Victoria Adams – ‘Posh Spice’
2000: Captains England for the first time
2001: Scores ‘that goal’ in England’s World Cup qualifying game against Greece
2003: Signs to Real Madrid
Awarded an OBE
2007: Signs to LA Galaxy
2009: Goes on Loan to Milan
2010: Wins Sports Personality of the Year Life Time Achievement Award
2011: Daughter Harper Seven is born

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Jessica Ennis

As count down to next year's Olympic Games hots up, you can now stand alonside world Champion Heptathlete, Jessica Ennis, in the Sports Zone here at Madame Tussauds London.

At only 25, Jessica has won Triple Gold, along with a host of other awards and competitions. As one of the most successful multi eventers in the world Jessica is one of Team Great Britain’s brightest hopes for the London 2012 Olympics.

Jan 1986 – Born in Sheffield
2000 – 1st under 15’s championships – 15m hurdles
2001 – 2nd under 17’s indoor championships 60m hurdles
2003 – 1st under 20’s indoor championships pentathlon
2004 – 8th World Junior Championships heptathlon
2005 – 1st European Junior Championships heptathlon
2006 – Bronze Common Wealth Games
2007 – Won European Athletics Rising Star Award
2009 – Gold at the world championships in Berlin
2010 – Received an Honorary Degree from University of Sheffield
2011 – Awarded an MBE in the 2011 for services to Athletics
2011 – Unveiled figure at Madame Tussauds London
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Tom Daley

With the Olympics less than five months away, we unveiled a brand new wax figure of Tom Daley, paying tribute to Team GB and Daley as one of the faces of London 2012,

One of the most dramatic figures ever to feature at our attraction, Daley is captured in mid-dive as he soars from the diving board towards the water. The high impact figure is suspended at a height of four metres in a specially designed aquatic set and guests can literally walk right underneath as Daley is frozen in action.

The champion diver commented: “I can't wait to see the figure and know the sculptors will have done an amazing job. I'm sure it'll be a strange feeling to see my 'twin' suspended in mid-dive - it really is an honour to be in Madame Tussauds London amongst so many sporting legends.”
1994: Tom Daley was born on 21st May
2002: Daley was spotted be a coach during Tom’s diving lessons
2003: First competition in the National Novice Championships
2004 – 2006: Won his ages group every year in the British Championships
2005: Competed as a guest competitor in the Australian Elite Nationals
2006: Tom became the under 18s British Champion in platform
2007: Won senior platform title at the Amateur Swimming Association National Championships
2008: Daley became the youngest ever male to win gold at European Championships
2009: Gained a new diving partner Max Brick
2010: Won BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, for the third time
2011: Daley took the first dive in London’s newly built Olympic Park Aquatics Centre, marking 1 year until the games begin
2012: Tom Daley’s figure is unveiled at Madame Tussauds London

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Muhammad Ali

Weigh in with the greatest heavyweight champion of all time
Fast, funny and utterly lethal, Ali is one of the most famous sportsmen who has ever lived. So dominant was he in his chosen sport of boxing that he has transcended his discipline and become an icon. Three times heavyweight champion of the world, Ali is still the boxer to whom all boxers will be compared.

1942: Born Cassius Clay in Kentucky , USA
1960: Wins Light Heavyweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics
Turns pro and wins first fight against Tunney Hunsaker
1964: Knocks out Sonny Liston to become World Heavyweight champion
Names himself Muhammad Ali and admits he is a member of the Nation of Islam
1966: Refuses to fight in Vietnam and is stripped of his boxing license
1970: Allowed to fight again.
1971: Lost the ‘Fight of the Century’ against Joe Frazier
1974: Knocks out World Champion George Foreman in the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’
1978: Dethroned as champion by Leon Spinks
Defeats Spinks to become World Champion for the third time
1999: Crowned Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated magazine

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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian Cricketer, often regarded as the greatest batsman in the history of cricket. He set a new record in 2008 for the highest number of runs in Test cricket history.

• 1973: Born Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in Mumbai
• 1984: Gained a strong interest in cricket whilst at high school and was mentored by the revered coach Ramakant Achrekar
• 1988: aged just 15, Tendulkar scored 100 not-out in his debut first-class match making him the youngest cricketer to score a century on his first-class debut.
• 1989: he made his Test debut, aged just 16, against Pakistan
• 1995: Gets married and subsequently has two children
• 2008: was made the icon player and captain for his home side, the Mumbai Indians, in the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition
• October 2008: Sachin recorded the most runs in Test Match cricket, surpassing the record previously set by Brian Lara. He is the first batsman to reach 12,000 runs

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Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo Scores a place

Poised, ready for action, Cristiano Ronaldo’s £150,000 figure wears his national team kit with orange and white boots. The Real Madrid winger attended a sitting with our sculptors at the Real Madrid training ground back in December where the team took over 300 precise measurements and a catalogue of reference photographs to work with.

1985: Born in Madeira, Portugal
1993: Began his career as a youth player for Andorinha
1995: Signed with local club Nacional
2003: Signed to Manchester United and became their first ever Portuguese player
2005: Voted FIFPro Special Young Player of the year in 2005
2007: One of the eight Man U players named PFA Premier League Team of the Year
2008: Scored his first hat trick
2008: First winger to win the 07/08 European Golden Shoe
2009: Became the first Premier League player to be named FIFA World Player of the Year
2009: Joined Real Madrid on 1st July
2009: Had a sitting for his wax figure at the Real Madrid training ground
2010: His wax figure revealed at both Madame Tussauds London and Berlin