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  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    i wondered why he sprung to mind when you mentioned motor racing and bland in the same sentance.

    steve davis? steven hendry?
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,622
    michael johnson all day long.a proper sporting legend that was streets ahead of his rivals and with no question marks into his integrity.michael phelps isn't too bad either.
  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    Eric Cantona..... purely for his expertise in Kung Fu.
  • MCS
    MCS Posts: 8,404
    Medders, you are bang on. fact

    Its Cantona for sure.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,809
    Cantona, average footballer made good by a poor league.

    Greatest of my life time, Cliff Thorburn hehehe

    Serious, Tiger Woods or Steve Redgrave
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,812
    Im going for Tiger & Jordan.
  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    In seriousness, it's a real tough question.

    I'd go for Steve Redgrave. 5 time gold medalist - great achievement, even more so when you consider he's also diabetic. Huge achievement. Also in a sport that technology (Ithink Carlsberg has a valid point) has hardly had an effect on. Yeah training schedules and diet may be more scientific but at the end of the day, a row boat will always be a row boat.
  • WasCharleyOne
    WasCharleyOne Posts: 517
    edited August 2006
    English sportsman has to be Carl Fogerty - sustained success but so, so overlooked.

    All hail The Frog
  • pickwick
    pickwick Posts: 1,649
    If you think about F1 and accept that he now does not qualify as it is more than 10 years since his death then Ayrton Senna was imperious, better than Schumacher by miles.

    Last 10 years as well brings up Richard Burns the only English World Rally Champion who died two years ago from a brain tumour.

    Off to the Goodwood revival festival on 01/09/06, have to wear a tie to get into the paddock, how standards have slipped.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,829
    Tie for the paddock ? deary me.

    I like medders point about the limited technical impact on rowing. However, none of us really know just how much of a major impact Redgrave had on the teams he rowed in. The real excellence could of been down to Pinsent, for example.
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  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    edited August 2006
    [cite]Posted By: AFKA Bartram[/cite]
    I like medders point about the limited technical impact on rowing. However, none of us really know just how much of a major impact Redgrave had on the teams he rowed in. The real excellence could of been down to Pinsent, for example.

    2 of his 5 golds were without Pinsent........ and all of them were a mix of pairs and fours, coxed and coxless, so I'm a firm believer that Redgrave was the man at the very top of his sport during his 20+ year run in the sport.
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    edited August 2006
    Great thread!!!

    For me, Redgrave has to be there- the length of time at the top is testament to his drive and quality. Martina Navaratlova (sheer impact/ longevity) and Tiger Woods (total domination against quality oposition) make up my other two.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,229
    How could you all forget our sporting super hero Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards.

    what a man!
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    My eldest daughter used to sit next to Eddie The Eagle in lectures at uni.

    How's that for a claim to fame?
  • Charlton Dan
    Charlton Dan Posts: 4,937
    Says a lot more about youre age Len ;-)
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    edited August 2006
    [cite]Posted By: CharltonDan[/cite]Says a lot more about youre age Len ;-)

    Cheeky young whippersnapper!!

    He was a mature student at the time!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,829
    see Federer won the US Open again at the weekend. Like Wimbledon, has one the last three US Opens and has now won the US Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open this year.

    Unbelievable how anyone can remain so consistent.
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,812
    Lack of real competition or just greatness?
  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    [cite]Posted By: cafcpolo[/cite]Lack of real competition or just greatness?

    You can only beat what's put in front of you.......
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,829
    Schumaker's career ended yesterday, shame he couldn't end it on a high.

    Not a big fan of motor sports, but he will be a massive loss to the sport. In my mind the greatest driver of all time as he has done it over time, and not always with the best car.
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  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    Absolutely loathed the bloke. In my mind, a cheat, an arrogant a...hole. Had a silly smirk on my face yesterday when he got the puncture.

    Not sure about your best car comments though. He only raced for 3 teams, one of them for one race only. Rest of the time he was in teams with big budgets (huge at Ferrari). 'Team tactics' also helped him in a big way at Ferrari, with his partner often forced to move over for him during races.

    I'm glad he's gone, and hopeful for more closer racing in the future.
  • last_line
    last_line Posts: 574
    Steve Redgrave and Phil Taylor for me

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