Triple Crown
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The term Triple Crown is often used to describe the act of winning or completing the three most difficult or prestigious events in a given field:
In horse racing:
In motor racing:
In wrestling:
In other areas, it can refer to:
- Triple Crown of Alpine SkiingTriple Crown of Alpine SkiingThe Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing consists of three diffent types of alpine skiing events. A Triple Crown winner wins all three World Cup titles in one season in or all three Gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games in the following:#Slalom#Giant Slalom...
- Major League Baseball Triple Crown
- Triple Crown (basketball)
- Triple Crown of Boxing
- Triple Crown of BridgeTriple crown of bridgeAs of 2008, only ten players have collected The Triple Crown of Contract Bridge, that is won all of the three most important tournaments in bridge, the Bermuda Bowl, the World Team Olympiad and the World Open Pairs Championship...
- Triple Crown of CyclingTriple Crown of CyclingThe Triple Crown of Cycling is considered the greatest achievement in cycling. Although more definitions for the term are used, mostly it means winning the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Road World Cycling Championship in one year, although occasionally a broader definition where one...
- Triple Crown of Brazilian FootballTriple Crown of Brazilian FootballThe Triple Crown of Brazilian Football is an unofficial title given to the club that won the three most important competitions of the Brazilian football in the same year:.-Achievers:...
- Triple Crown (golf)
- Nordic Skiing Triple Crown
- Triple Crown (rugby union)Triple Crown (Rugby Union)In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the four national teams of the British Isles who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship: England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. If any one team manages to win all their games against the other three they win the...
- Triple Crown of SnookerTriple Crown of SnookerThe Triple Crown is an unofficial term used for professional snooker players who have won the World Championship, the Masters and the UK Championship.These players include:*Stephen Hendry*Ronnie O'Sullivan*John Higgins*Steve Davis*Mark Williams...
- Triple Crown of SurfingTriple Crown of SurfingThe Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is a Hawaiian specialty series of professional surfing events, offering three events to men and three events to women. For the men, those events are the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa Ali'i Beach Park; the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach; and the...
- Triple Crown TournamentTriple Crown TournamentThe Triple Crown Tournament was a cricket competition staged annually from 1993 to 2001 between the Home Nations; that is to say Ireland, Scotland, Wales and a team representing England...
, a cricket competition in the United Kingdom - Treble (association football)
- Triple Crown of HikingTriple Crown of HikingThe Triple Crown of Hiking informally refers to the three major U.S. long distance hiking trails:* Pacific Crest Trail - long, Washington, Oregon, and California between Mexico and Canada following the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range....
, meaning a person has hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, Appalachian Trail, and Continental Divide Trail in their entirety - The Triple Crown of Dog Shows (Westminster Dog Show, National Dog ShowNational Dog ShowThe National Dog Show Presented by Purina is a conformation show sanctioned by the American Kennel Club. The National Dog Show has been ongoing since 1843. The show is held by the AKC's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania division, the . It traditionally takes place on the antepenultimate weekend in...
, AKC/Eukanuba National ChampionshipAKC/Eukanuba National ChampionshipThe AKC/Eukanuba National Championship is held by the American Kennel Club every year in December or January in the US. As the name indicates, its primary sponsor is Eukanuba, a high-end brand of dog food. Over 3,000 dogs from all over the world come to compete, by invitation only, but only seven...
) - Triple Crown of Professional Paintball, meaning a professional paintball team won all 3 big series - Millennium Series, Paintball Sports Promotions (PSP), and the National Professional Paintball LeagueNational Professional Paintball LeagueThe National Professional Paintball League is one of two American paintball national tournament series that travel throughout the United States each year, and was also the largest professional seven-man paintball league in the world.-History:...
(NPPL)
In horse racing:
- Triple Crown of Thoroughbred RacingTriple Crown of Thoroughbred RacingThe Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a Thoroughbred racehorse...
- United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred RacingUnited States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred RacingIn the United States, the "Triple Crown" is usually the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a series of three Thoroughbred horse races for three-year-old horses run in May and early June of each year consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.While Daily Racing Form...
- Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred RacingCanadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred RacingThe Canadian Triple Crown is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada...
- Triple Crown of Harness Racing for PacersTriple Crown of Harness Racing for PacersThe Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers consists of the following horse races:#Cane Pace, held at Freehold Raceway in Freehold, New Jersey#Little Brown Jug, held at the Delaware County Fair in Delaware, Ohio...
- Triple Crown of Harness Racing for TrottersTriple Crown of Harness Racing for TrottersThe Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters consists of the following horse races:*Hambletonian, held at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey*Yonkers Trot, held at Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York...
- Triple Crown of HurdlingTriple Crown of HurdlingThe Triple Crown of Hurdling is awarded to any horse that wins all three of the Grade 1 Hurdling races in any given English National Hunt season...
In motor racing:
- Triple Crown of MotorsportTriple Crown of MotorsportThe Triple Crown of Motorsport is an unofficial motorsport achievement, often regarded as winning three of the most prestigious races in the world in one's career:* the Monaco Grand Prix* the 24 Hours of Le Mans* the Indianapolis 500...
- Triple Crown of Endurance Racing
- Triple Crown of Formula D
In wrestling:
- AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
- Triple Crown Championship
- Triple Crown Championship for Females
In other areas, it can refer to:
- Papal TiaraPapal TiaraThe Papal Tiara, also known incorrectly as the Triple Tiara, or in Latin as the Triregnum, in Italian as the Triregno and as the Trirègne in French, is the three-tiered jewelled papal crown, supposedly of Byzantine and Persian origin, that is a prominent symbol of the papacy...
, the three-tiered crown that was used by popes for centuries - Triple Crown of Acting, for winners of an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award in acting categories
- Coat of arms of the Drapers' Company, 1439 emblem with three triple crowns
- Triple accreditationTriple accreditationTriple Accreditation is the accreditation awarded to 55 business schools worldwide by the three largest and most influential business school accreditation associations:...
in business schools - Triple Crown RecordsTriple Crown RecordsTriple Crown Records is a New York-based record label. It is home to Hit the Lights, The Receiving End of Sirens, The Dear Hunter, Moving Mountains, and As Tall as Lions, among others...
, a record label
See also
- Grand Slam (tennis)Grand Slam (tennis)The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
- Grand Slam (golf)Grand Slam (golf)The Grand Slam in golf is winning all the golf's major championships in the same calendar year.-The Men's Grand Slam:The Grand Slam in men's golf is an unofficial concept, having changed over time. In the modern era, The Grand Slam is generally considered to be winning all four of golf's major...
- Triple Gold ClubTriple Gold ClubThe Triple Gold Club is a term used to describe ice hockey players and coaches who have won an Olympic Games gold medal, a World Championship gold medal, and the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the National Hockey League...
- Winston MillionWinston MillionThe Winston Million was a cash prize award program in the NASCAR Winston Cup series, based on the Grand Slam concept. From 1985 to 1997, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, then the title sponsor of NASCAR's premier circuit, offered an award of $1 million for any driver who won three of the four "crown...
- Three CrownsThree CrownsThree Crowns is a national emblem of Sweden, present in the Coat of Arms of the Realm of Sweden, and composed by three yellow or gilded coronets ordered two above and one below, placed on a blue background....
- Grand Tour (cycling)Grand Tour (cycling)In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...