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- Former Arena Football League quarterback Greg Hopkins had 181 touchdowns in his career from 1996–2003
- 181 is the rider number given to Lance Armstrong in 1999 when he won his first of seven Tour de France consecutive victories. After winning his first, Armstrong returned to each subsequent tour with Number 1 (the number traditionally given to the previous years' defending overall winner)
- Former Thoroughbred horse racing jockey Randy Romero set the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans track record with 181 wins in 1975
- 181 athletes from Belarus competed in 28 events at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing
- 181 competitors (with 48 cyclists finishing the race) competed in The 1994 Amstel Gold Race in Limburg on April 23, 1994
- At the 2004 Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. passed Tony Stewart on Lap 181 and held him off in the remaining laps to win his first Daytona 500 on February 15, 2004
- Retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey Randy Romero won a track record 181 races at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans
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