Best Sportsman in the world?

[Pothas]

Obviously it is impossible too say really but who are the men or women that really stand out from the rest?

Valentino Rossi and Tiger Woods are two names that spring too mind

 

[sledger]

tim henman


in all seriousness i would agree with woods and rossi, there is no real obvious footballer or rugby player.... cricket there are so many who i would class as really great tbh, erm...roger federer perhaps?

 

[PY]

Michael Johnson.

Bet he could still beat the fastest now even though he's retired.

 

[Jamee999]

Gatlin.

 

[sledger]

michael schumacher is also another that is abviously worth a mention.

 

[Pothas]

As far as athletics goes Carolina Kluft and Isinbayeva stand out as the best

 

[Piper]

I will have to think about this and then give u the lost coz its really long lol

 

[BoyBrumby]

I will have to think about this and then give u the lost coz its really long lol

I'd have put good money on you saying Dan Carter!

 

[Piper]

I'd have put good money on you saying Dan Carter!

Well i was gonna say the whole All Black side actually

 

[Langeveldt]

Lance Armstrong
Don Bradman

MASSIVE GAP

Muhammed Ali
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Michael Schumacher
Jona Lomu
Michael Jordan
Pele
Allan Donald
Hank Aaron
Babe Ruth
Tiger Woods

 

[cricket player]

Langeveldt.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Armstrong, period.

 

[nibbs]

Armstrong won one race 7 times. Big deal imo

 

[Anil]

Armstrong, period.

armstrong has been accused of concentrating exclusively on the "tour de france" while avoiding a lot of other races....that could even have contributed to his overall preparedness and strong showing at the tour...but of course recovering from cancer and then winning 7 consecutive titles in one of the toughest races in the world is a fantastic achievment....

 

[Anil]

Lance Armstrong
Don Bradman

MASSIVE GAP

Muhammed Ali
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Michael Schumacher
Jona Lomu
Michael Jordan
Pele
Allan Donald
Hank Aaron
Babe Ruth
Tiger Woods

i knew he had to be in there somewhere.....

 

[Scaly piscine]

One of the swimmers that'll end up winning something silly like 5+ gold medals at the next olympics (or anyone that could win multiple gold medals really). I wouldn't go with Armstrong because there are too many dubious goings on (with drugs) in cycling.

 

[Pothas]

The fact that you say one of the swimmers shows that they cant really be regarded as great it was ian thorpe in sydney and it was that phelps guy last time and itl probably be someone else next olympics, for me they dont really eclipse thier sport like someone like tiger and valentino rossi is just increadible i really think he is the best.

 

[Scaly piscine]

The fact that you say one of the swimmers shows that they cant really be regarded as great it was ian thorpe in sydney and it was that phelps guy last time and itl probably be someone else next olympics, for me they dont really eclipse thier sport like someone like tiger and valentino rossi is just increadible i really think he is the best.

All it shows is I can't remember what their names are, anyone who gets that many gold medals is a bit special. Tiger has pretty weak competition and golf is a bit crap anyway. And don't know anything about motor cycling.

Getting back to the earlier mentions of Armstrong, he's retired anyway, so if someone is gonna count him then he's superseded by Steve Redgrave who has accomplished more in his career as far as I'm concerned.

 

[C_C]

Lance Armstrong
Don Bradman

MASSIVE GAP

Muhammed Ali
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Michael Schumacher
Jona Lomu
Michael Jordan
Pele
Allan Donald
Hank Aaron
Babe Ruth
Tiger Woods

Disagree.
Lance Amstrong is definately up there but on what basis do you rate Bradman so highly, given that Sobers was the best CRICKETER ever to play the game ?
And Pele, muhammad Ali were far higher than Lomu or Warney or Schumi.

And i used to follow motor sports avidly and by almost unequivocal agreement in the F1 community, Ayerton Senna was the best F1 driver in the history of the sport.
Schumi battles with Jim Clarke for second best.

I would say overall, the best sportsman ever is between Pele, Mohammad Ali, Sobers, Lance Armstrong, Senna, Larissa Latyusina ( sp?) and Carl Lewis.

 

[Anil]

Larissa Latyusina

who???