..it would be higher in the Olympic medal table than South Africa, Japan and Australia

Read here

Do say: "You can always tell a Yorkshireman …"

Don't say: "… but you can't tell him to shut up."

More here.

Interesting research, Chris.
Appreciated much down here in deepest Lincolnshire by ex-pats.
How many of the meddlars are plastic-Tykes?
I prefer the non-Guardian version..........
You can allus tell a Yorkshireman - but you can't tell him much.
Except in this case of your research.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1952-60

Current location (optional) Nirvana

And we have the Brownlees from Bramhope.

"Staff at Bradford Grammar School can still recall how mesmerised classmates would see Alistair arrive on his bike, having cycled the 12 miles from his home after already completing a morning swim."

story here.

Now we have the frist ever Olympic Womens boxing gold.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 58-64

Current location (optional) Wirral

All this just goes to confirm what we've known all along. If Yorkshire was a country, the rest of G.B. would be sod-all!

Just logged on to yahoo news and there is an updated table of medal winners by BBC and Yorkshire has replaced Australia on it. It gets better! Cheers.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1947-51

Current location (optional) Auckland NZ

7 golds, 12 medals in all. Details here.