And Caitlyn (Jenner, formally Bruce, if you really haven't been paying attention), who revealed her new identity on the cover of Vanity Fair this week, has achieved this feat in less than one week.
Victory would be a remarkable feat and make the SNP candidate for Paisley and Renfrewshire South the youngest ever MP, as well as overturn the 16,610 majority of one of Labour's biggest hitters in Scotland, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.
The world No1, who has lost only twice all year, needs the title for a career grand slam, not to mention the second leg of a potential sweep of all four majors this year, a feat last celebrated when Rod Laver did it for the second time 46 years ago.
Two Champions League titles in eight years is no mean feat and few people have done more to defend Serie A's fading international reputation.
"Greater support is needed to help these individuals prepare for the future; yet this will be a challenging feat.
His heroic feat was viewed by millions and the expectations on him have grown over the last few years, with pressure mounting in the weeks leading up to the tournament.
In 2014, the first session of the year saw no fewer than eight films taking more than £1m; 2015 has repeated the feat (see top 10 films chart, below).
Several hundred fans joined him, a feat Pop repeats regularly – he even encouraged people to dance with him at the much more genteel Royal Festival Hall.
Navy divers and marine archaeologists are about to attempt a daring feat of polar exploration.
The only feat at all comparable was Mr Dick Taverne's in taking 58 per cent of the vote in Lincoln in 1973, but he was fighting a seat he already held.
John Kendrew's work to solve the structure of myoglobin, a handy oxygen store found in muscle cells, was in fact a more impressive scientific feat that figuring out DNA (no mean achievement in itself).
