BIRTHDAY - 23 July: Maurice Greene (Athletics)

ATHLETICS - Maurice Greene is 38 years old today. The “Kansas City Cannonball” was one of the most successful athletes of his time, the late nineties and the early noughties. Greene won the feature event of the Olympic Games, the Men’s 100m, in 2000 and also won a relay gold at the Sydney Games. Greene was also crowned world champion on five occasions, winning the 100m in three successive World Championships. 

Shares birthday with: Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Monica Lewinsky