The concept of soil quality, however, has not been without its share of controversy and criticism, including critiques by Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug and World Food Prize Winner Pedro Sanchez.

* Tom Miles, professional athlete / sprinter, Winner 1927 Stawell Gift, 1928 World Champion.

Some of his accomplishments are ; multiple time Champion, multiple medal winner in the Men's Endurance event at ESPN's Great Outdoor Games and multiple Stihl Timbersports Series Finalist ; 2006 Standing Block World Champion ; Winner of 40 Individual World Titles including the All Around World Title at the 2007 Webster County Woodchopping Festival ; Captain of STIHL's United States National Lumberjack Team.

** Lu Qin 呂欽 / 吕钦 ( 1962 -; Huiyang, Guangdong ), xiangqi grandmaster ; Winner, World Xiangqi Individual Championships, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2005

** Ye Qiaobo 葉喬波 / 叶乔波 ( 1964 -; Hexian, Guangxi ; Hakka pronunciation: Yap Kiau Poh ), Winner, World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, 1992, 1993

** Lin Dan 林丹 ( 1983 -; Longyan, Fujian ; Hakka pronunciation: Lim Dan ), Individual and Team gold medalist, 2008 Beijing Olympics ; Winner, World Badminton Championships, 2006, 2007, 2009

* Golden Globe: Winner 1959 World Film Favorite: Male actor

* Golden Globe: Winner 1960 World Film Favorite: Male actor

* Golden Globe: Winner 1963 World Film Favorite: Male actor

* The French Kitchen: ( a cookbook with Fran Warde ): 2005 Winner of the Golden Ladle for Best Recipe Book ( softcover ) in the World Food Media Awards.

* Superheavyweight Winner – Minion ( defeating S. L. A. M., World Peace and Ricon )

* Superheavyweight Winner – Diesector ( defeating Hamunaptra, World Peace, Rammstein, War Machine and Atomic Wedgie )

** K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hiroshima Tournament Winner

* Freddie Wong ' 04, Guitar Hero 2 World Series Winner, popular internet filmmaker

** World Class Winner: Sebastian Kawa, Poland ; Glider: PZL PW-5

* Thomas Guinane – Winner of the military medal in World War One

* Ben Kay – England Rugby union World Cup 2003 Winner

* Theatre World Award-Roger Rathburn ( Winner )

* 1966 Mr World – IFBB, Overall Winner

* 1981 Pro World Cup – WABBA, Winner

Phil Vickery, Rugby Union London Wasps player and England 2003 World Cup Winner, lived in Hambleden

In 2003 with the inaugural World Idol competition, Winckler came fourth behind Belgium's Peter Evrard ( 3rd ), the U. S .' s Kelly Clarkson ( 2nd ), and Norway's Kurt Nilsen ( Winner ).

Winner and Reed closed out the 1960s as a pair with The Jokers ( 1967 ) ( also starring Michael Crawford ), popular comedy-drama I'll Never Forget What's ' isname ( 1967 ), and the World War II satire Hannibal Brooks ( 1969 ).

* Middleweight Winner – Hazard ( defeating Pegleg, Turtle Roadkill, Spin Orbiting Force and Deadblow )

* Middleweight Winner – Spaz ( defeating Tobor Rabies, Blue Streak, Buddy Lee Don't Play In The Street, Bad Attitude and El Diablo )

* Middleweight Winner – Hazard ( defeating Fusion, Zion, F5, T-Wrex and Little Drummer Boy )

* Middleweight Winner – Hazard ( defeating Timmy, SABotage, El Diablo, Heavy Metal Noise and Complete Control )

* Middleweight Winner – T-Minus ( defeating TriDent, Double Agent, Huggy Bear, previously undefeated Hazard and S. O. B.

He is the former IVC Light heavyweight Champion, former PRIDE Middleweight Champion, and the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament Winner.

:* 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament Winner

** 2000 Rising Stars Middleweight Tournament Winner

* Mary Lena Faulk-Professional Golfer and 1953 Winner of US Women's Amateur Championship ; one of the founders of the LPGA

Winner of the 2010-2011 French Championship.

* Winner of the previous year's Amateur Championship

* Winner of the current year's BMW PGA Championship

* Doug Coombs, ( 1985 ) Winner of the World Extreme Skiing Championship, in 1991 and 1993

Other famous players include Canadian Stanley Cup Winner Serge Boisvert, Swedish International Johan Åkerman, and Sergei Pushkov who won the World Championship with the Soviet Union.

** 1997 Ultimate Caged Combat Overall Championship Tournament Winner

During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ), Couture became a three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, an Interim UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, and was the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament Winner.

* Winner of the U-20 OFC Nations Championship 2008

* Japanese Championship Series Winner ( 1974 )

# Winner of the current year's individual NCAA Division I Championship.

# Winner of the British Amateur Championship each of the last five years.

*** All Japan Amateur Shoot boxing Championship Heavyweight Winner

* 2005 Winner FIA European Truck Racing Championship

* 2006 Winner FIA European Truck Racing Championship

* 2010 Winner FIA European Truck Racing Championship

* Simon K. Chau-Founder of Hong Kong Surfing Association, which created Quiksilver & Rip Curl HK Surfing Competitions, and Winner Best Rookie in Macau Grand Prix Super-Car Championship.

In 2009, UCLA scheduled a special " Throwback Jersey " day in honor of Heisman Trophy Winner Gary Beban for the UCLA-Washington homecoming game at the Rose Bowl, where the team dressed in the resplendid powder blue and white shoulder stripe jerseys with pure gold helmets ( no decals ) of UCLA's storied days of Beban's great ' 65 -' 66-67 seasons, uniforms first devised by the legendary coach Red Sanders for his national power teams of the 50's, including the 1954 National Championship team.

* Football League Championship play-offs: Winner ( 2011 / 12 )

* FIFA World Youth Championship Winner: 2003

* 2006 – Winner of the World Lacrosse Championship

* Football League Championship play-off Final Winner: 2011

* Football League Championship Play-Offs: Winner 2005

Competing in the light-heavyweight division, Horowitz ( billed as Barry " The Winner " Horowitz ) won the GWF Light Heavyweight Championship on two occasions within the space of a month in 1992, defeating Jerry Lynn on February 7 and Ben Jordan on February 28 in Dallas, Texas.