In different sports an athlete who wins five crowns, titles, medals, belts, or other distinctions is called a Quintuple Champion.
Boxing
In
boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...
, a quintuple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in at least five
different weight classes.
The first man in boxing to earn this distinction was
Thomas Hearns
Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and oversized arms and shoulders allowed ...
on November 4, 1988. Hearns won first the Welterweight (147 lbs) title, later annexed the Super Welterweight (154 lbs) belt. Rather than win the next closest division in weight, the Middleweight (160 lbs), he moved up three divisions to earn the Light Heavyweight (175 lbs) title. He moved down in weight to net the Middleweight (160 lbs) crown and finally moved back in weight up to Super Middleweight (168 lbs) to become the first Quintuple Champion in the history of boxing.
Since then some boxers have won six titles and become the
Sextuple champion
A sextuple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won world titles in six different weight classes.
Recognition Major sanctioning bodies
There is some dispute on which sanctioning body is considered "major" enough to award championships. Th ...
s.
World's Strongest Man
Mariusz Pudzianowski
Mariusz Zbigniew Pudzianowski (; born 7 February 1977), also known as "Pudzian" and "Dominator", is a Polish entrepreneur, mixed martial artist and former strongman competitor. With 43 international victories at a record 70% winning percentage ...
is the only man to have won the World's Strongest Man title five times.
Formula One
Juan Manuel Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio (American Spanish: , ; 24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995), nicknamed ''El Chueco'' ("the bowlegged" or "bandy legged one") or ''El Maestro'' ("The Master" or "The Teacher"), was an Argentine racing car driver. He dominated t ...
is a five-time
Formula One World Champion A Formula One World Champion is a racing driver or automobile constructor which has been designated such a title by the governing body of Formula One - the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Every Formula One World Champion since th ...
.
Motorcycle racing
Mick Doohan
Michael Sydney Doohan (born 4 June 1965) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, who won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships.
Biography
Originally from the Gold Coast, Queensland, Doohan attended S ...
won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships starting in 1994.
See also
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List of boxing triple champions
In boxing, a triple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in three weight classes. For most of the 20th century it was a remarkable and rare achievement accomplished by only a handful of fighters. Beginning in the 1970s, triple champions hav ...
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List of boxing quadruple champions
A quadruple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won world titles in four different categories of weight.
Recognition Major sanctioning bodies
There is some dispute on which sanctioning body is considered "major" enough to award champions ...
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List of boxing quintuple champions
A quintuple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won world titles in five different categories of weight.
Recognition Major sanctioning bodies
These "Big 4" sanctioning bodies are considered "major" enough to award championships. They are ...
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List of boxing sextuple champions
A sextuple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won world titles in six different weight classes.
Recognition Major sanctioning bodies
There is some dispute on which sanctioning body is considered "major" enough to award championships. Th ...
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List of boxing septuple champions
A septuple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won world titles in seven different categories of weight.
Recognition Major sanctioning bodies
There is some dispute on which sanctioning body is considered "major" enough to award champion ...
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Octuple champion
An octuple champion is a boxer who has won major world titles in eight different weight classes. Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer in history to have won twelve major world titles in eight different weight divisions.
Pacquiao achieved the feat whe ...
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List of The Ring world champions
Boxing magazine '' The Ring'' has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first ''Ring'' world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was aw ...
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List of WBC world champions
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and certifies world champions in 18 different weight cla ...
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List of WBA world champions
This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.
Boxers who won t ...
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List of IBF world champions
This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has certified world champions in 17 diffe ...
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List of WBO world champions
This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world championships in 17 different wei ...
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List of IBO world champions
This is a list of IBO world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Organization (IBO) since 1993.
*r – Champion relinquished title
*s – Champion stripped of title
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