Greatest Athlete of All Time
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Marla_Singer
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Well I've put 6 french guys in the top 10 and meanwhile I was accusing Stapel of chauvinism. So it was a joke. But unfortunately, people didn't catch it.
Why am I so lousy at jokes !
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grrr he wen to Auburn, LOL, he was good though. And yall are right, the athletes I chose are American. But thats to be expected...
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Yeah, why? Are you incapable of an objective perception of "greatness"? That you're an american is imo shown better through your choice of sports than your preferences for certain athletes though.
Marla, your list is way off. Obviously, any exact pick for top 3 is disputable: I could agree with zidane being one of the greatest of all time, but how could you pick beckenbauer over Cruyff? Or Henry? Grrr...
Marla, your list is way off. Obviously, any exact pick for top 3 is disputable: I could agree with zidane being one of the greatest of all time, but how could you pick beckenbauer over Cruyff? Or Henry? Grrr...
Originally posted by Marla_Singer
Well I've put 6 french guys in the top 10 and meanwhile I was accusing Stapel of chauvinism. So it was a joke. But unfortunately, people didn't catch it.
Why am I so lousy at jokes !
I knew it was a joke, I messing with you.
Plus, people like Borg, Lendl, Sampras or Agassi (tennis) could as well have been named...
Schumacher, Prost or Senna too (F1)
Loick Peyron or Francis Blake (sailing), Herman Maier (skiing)...
many others, who temporally or definitly dominate their sport...
(even if they are not american
)
Schumacher, Prost or Senna too (F1)
Loick Peyron or Francis Blake (sailing), Herman Maier (skiing)...
many others, who temporally or definitly dominate their sport...
(even if they are not american
)
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Originally posted by Marla_Singer
Well I've put 6 french guys in the top 10 and meanwhile I was accusing Stapel of chauvinism. So it was a joke. But unfortunately, people didn't catch it.
Why am I so lousy at jokes !
Hehe, I got it. But it wasa poor joke anyway
.BTW: Most Dutchies put Cruyff on top.....
When people is talking about the greatest athlete of all time I personally like to concentrate on athletics. Three best athletes are Carl Lewis, Paavo Nurmi and Jesse Owens.
I´m not sure whether Owens is the best or not but I think he was the most effective. His WR in long jump (813) lasted 25 years while Bob Beamon´s amazing 890 lasted "only" 23 years. He did six WRs in 45 minutes and the best of all, he won four gold medals in Berlin in 1936. If you know even a little about history you know why this is so interesting thing.
Perhaps Nurmi was even better but now he will be second. What Nurmi did in Paris in 1924 was something that hadn´t been done before and after 1924 there hasn´t been anything that is even close to it. Five gold metals in four days (and I´m talking about long distance running), two (1500 m and 5000 m) during a single hour. Between 1920-1928 nine gold metals (ties the record) and he couldn´t even run two competitions that he would have won because the other Finns also had to won something.
Lewis also won nine gold metals. He didn´t do anything that special but the competition was much harder than it used to be before WWII. Four consecutive gold metals in long jump is perhaps the best achievement.
The fourth could be Al Oerter and the fifth Sergei Bubka.
Also few athletes competing in winter events should be noticed.
The first is Eric Heiden in Lake Placid in 1980, five gold metals is an incredible achievement.
The second Björn Dählie, perhaps the best winter sport athlete overall but perhaps that´s the reason why he´s the second in my list.
The third is either the best ski jumper ever, Matti Nykänen or the greatest skiier that is perhaps Ingemar Stenmark or Herman Meier.
I´m not sure whether Owens is the best or not but I think he was the most effective. His WR in long jump (813) lasted 25 years while Bob Beamon´s amazing 890 lasted "only" 23 years. He did six WRs in 45 minutes and the best of all, he won four gold medals in Berlin in 1936. If you know even a little about history you know why this is so interesting thing.
Perhaps Nurmi was even better but now he will be second. What Nurmi did in Paris in 1924 was something that hadn´t been done before and after 1924 there hasn´t been anything that is even close to it. Five gold metals in four days (and I´m talking about long distance running), two (1500 m and 5000 m) during a single hour. Between 1920-1928 nine gold metals (ties the record) and he couldn´t even run two competitions that he would have won because the other Finns also had to won something.
Lewis also won nine gold metals. He didn´t do anything that special but the competition was much harder than it used to be before WWII. Four consecutive gold metals in long jump is perhaps the best achievement.
The fourth could be Al Oerter and the fifth Sergei Bubka.
Also few athletes competing in winter events should be noticed.
The first is Eric Heiden in Lake Placid in 1980, five gold metals is an incredible achievement.
The second Björn Dählie, perhaps the best winter sport athlete overall but perhaps that´s the reason why he´s the second in my list.
The third is either the best ski jumper ever, Matti Nykänen or the greatest skiier that is perhaps Ingemar Stenmark or Herman Meier.
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I knew a Ukrainian guy who threatened to beat my friends and I up if we didn't acknowledge pole-vaulting great Sergei Bubka as the great athlete of all time. So, in case he's watching me, I better nominate him.
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But many Brasilians think Manuel Francisco dos Santos (Mane Garrincha) was better!
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Neither can Feistus Raclettus and he says Eddy Merckx.
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