In fact, the city has dozens of famous faces who have brought home the gold.
They include double Olympic champions, international tournament winners and world number ones in everything from squash to cricket.
In fact, with Matt Fitzpatrick, Hallamshire Golf Club alone now has at least four world-famous names on its honour roll, including father and son duo Percy and Peter Alliss as well as Alison Nicholas.
Some of the UK’s most famous Olympic medalists have heralded from Sheffield, including World Athletics president Lord Sebastian Coe and Heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill.
And the city has two English cricket captains under its banner in Michael Vaughan and Joe Root, who was recently named the world’s number one batsman.
Below, The Star has put together a gallery of famous Sheffield faces who have done their city proud in sport.
With thanks to Jeremy Biggin for his generous help researching these Sheffield sporting figures.
5. Lord Sebastian Coe, double Olympic athletics champion
Easily one of Sheffield's most famous sporting names is Lord Sebastian Coe, a double Olympic champion for the 1,500m race and who is the World Athletics president. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File) Photo: Laurent Gillieron
6. Nick Matthew, three times squash world champion
Nick Matthew - who was born in Sheffield and trained for years at Hallamshire Squash Club - won both the British Open and the World Open squash tournaments three times each. He reached a career-high world ranking of No 1 in 2010. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) Photo: Chris Hyde
7. Roger Taylor, three-time Wimbledon semi-finalist
Sheffield-born Roger Taylor (right), pictured here in 1973, was a three-time Wimbledon semi-finalist who won six singles titles and 10 doubles titles in his career. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Evening Standard
8. Danny Willett, golfing Masters Tournament champion
Another Sheffield golfing champion is Danny Willett, who in 2016 won the Masters Tournament, and at the time was only the second Englishman to achieve this feat. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Photo: Chris Carlson