Tokyo 2020: 15 pictures of Sheffield's Olympic stars who have made us all proud down the years
The 2020 Olympic Games is finally set to open in Japan on Friday (July 23) after being delayed for a year by the pandemic, which have beset the Tokyo Games.
By Julia Armstrong
Published 27th Jul 2021, 13:51 BST
Here we look back to Sheffield Olympic greats such as Jessica Ennis and Seb Coe and the region’s other stars, such as Peter Elliott and Dorothy Hyman, plus some of the Olympians who have visited the city over the years.
Sheffield is home to the English Institute of Sport and Ponds Forge is a base for many elite swimmers and divers, so the city will have a role to play in lots of Olympic stories.
Cyclist Malcolm Elliott with Seb Coe in 1980. Malcolm, from Wadsley, was an elite sprint cyclist and competed in the British team pursuit at the 1980 Moscow Olympics Photo: JPI
Diver Leon Taylor, who trained at Ponds Forge in Sheffield for many years, competing in the semi-finals of the men's 10-metre platform diving event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens on August 28, 2004. Taylor finished the round in ninth position and qualified for the finals. Leon won the silver medal in the men's synchronised 10-metre platform competition in Athens with Peter Waterfield Photo: SUE OGROCKI/AP