Here is a list (in no particular order) of 15 sports people East Sussex can be proud of - whether they are born in the county or live here. Who else would you include in this list?
![Cross won the World Championship in 2018 on his debut, having turned professional just 11 months prior to the event. He also won the 2019 World Matchplay and the European Championships in 2019 and 2021..](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk3ODY3ZDA3LWJjOTItNDJiNS1iYjk0LTIxMmZlMGE3ZTJmYjpiMjQ3YjA2YS1lOGQzLTRhM2UtOTJhZS0wYTQ1MDJiN2Q3OTQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Rob Cross - Hastings
Cross won the World Championship in 2018 on his debut, having turned professional just 11 months prior to the event. He also won the 2019 World Matchplay and the European Championships in 2019 and 2021.. Photo: Mike Owen
![Won Gold in the 800m and bronze in the 1500m at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, also won gold at the 1978 European Championships in Prague and the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE3MjUzMzNjLTg1ZmItNGYxMy1hYjZhLWY2Njk3YTk4Yjk1MDoyOWU5OWEzNS1iZDNlLTQxM2MtYTdhMi0yZGM0YjU3NGRmNTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Steve Ovett - Brighton
Won Gold in the 800m and bronze in the 1500m at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, also won gold at the 1978 European Championships in Prague and the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Photo: Getty Images
![Played 187 first class matches for Kent, Middlesex and Sussex taking 1,109 wickets including 39 10-wicket matches. He is now best known for launching the eponymous Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1864, the year after he retired from first-class cricket](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI2OTI4ZjI0LTlhNDktNDM5Yi1iNGM3LWUyN2EzOWZjODEzMTo4MTk2Y2Y4ZS1iZWEwLTQyMWMtYTQ3OS1kZDE4NjBhZDc1MjI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. John Wisden - Brighton
Played 187 first class matches for Kent, Middlesex and Sussex taking 1,109 wickets including 39 10-wicket matches. He is now best known for launching the eponymous Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1864, the year after he retired from first-class cricket Photo: John Wisden - Brighton
![The badminton star's career highlights so far include mixed team and mixed doubles silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, European women’s doubles bronze, and reaching the final of the 2013 London Grand Prix Gold and Scottish Open.[2] She also competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.[3]](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU5MzM1ZDk2LTlmYWYtNDRhOS05NGRhLTBkMmU4ZGQ2ZjJiMzo4NTI0YjMxZi1hNjA0LTRmZmQtOGUzZC1mMDRkMDM0YjUwYTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Heather Olver - Eastbourne
The badminton star's career highlights so far include mixed team and mixed doubles silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, European women’s doubles bronze, and reaching the final of the 2013 London Grand Prix Gold and Scottish Open.[2] She also competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.[3] Photo: Bryn Lennon