48. Adrian Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNfZWmEendo Sport - Darts The sport of darts, despite the extensive television coverage that it recieves, is viewed with disdain by some, who associate it with pub culture and drinking, an image that some of the players on either of the two professionals tour dont help to rectify at times. The portliest individual on this list, Adrian Lewis is nevertheless extremely skilled at what he does, having won the PDC World Championship for the last two consecutive years, breaking the dominance of fifteen-time champion Phil The Power Taylor. As a team, representing England, Lewis and Taylor secured the PDC World Cup Of Darts, seeing off the Australians in the final, before a series of ups and downs through the rest of the season have see Lewis fail to take the number one spot from the man from Crewe. He remains a serious contender though, and will seek to continue his challenge in 2013. 47. Lizzie Armistead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXTqC7K5BoE Sport - Road Cycling 2 days into the Olympic Games, the British team had yet to win a medal, with favourite Mark Cavendish's failure to medal in the mens road race being the catalyst for many individuals forecasting a fortnight of disappointment for Team GB. Step forward twenty-two year old Lizzie Armistead, who quelled the worries of a nation and kick-started Britains record-breaking medal haul with silver in the womens road race event, supported by a team that included 2008s road race gold medallist, Nicole Cooke. With her medal supplemented by an additional silver medal in the British National Road Race Championships and a win in the inaugural womens edition of the Gent-Wevelgem event in Belgium, Armitstead seems set to play a continued part in the British dominance of cycling in years to come.