Andy Murray

A sporting hero in Great Britain, Andy Murray was one of the most successful tennis players of his generation. Murray had the greatest run of his career when he won the U.S. Open and Olympic gold in 2012, then Wimbledon in 2013. Murray’s U.S. Open triumph over Novak Djokovic was the first Grand Slam win by a British male since 1936. Beating all-time great Roger Federer in the Olympic final in London at Wimbledon was an even more impressive feat. That marked the first British singles title in over 100 years at the Olympics and was a seminal moment of the Games for the host country.

Murray won his third Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2016, repeated as Olympic gold medal winner in singles, and finished that year ranked number one in the world. If it were not for a trio of greats in Djokovic, Federer, and Rafael Nadal inhabiting the same era, Murray would likely even have had greater career success. Murray played his entire career on a bipartite patella, which means his kneecap is split into two separate bones. He was a major endorser, representing brands like Adidas, Shiatzy Chen, Royal Bank of Scotland, Highland Spring, and Rado.