Name the greatest athlet of your nation, EVER

[Mikula]

Emil Zátopek

Born 19 September 1922, Kopřivnice, Czechoslovakia
Died 22 November 2000 Prague, Czech Republic

In 1954, Zátopek was the first runner to break the 29-minute barrier in the 10,000 metres.
Three years earlier in 1951, he had broken the hour for running 20 km. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest
runners of the 20th century and was also known for his brutally tough training methods. He was the instigator of interval
training and hypoventilation training. In February 2013, the editors at Runner's World Magazine selected him as the Greatest Runner of All Time.
He is the only person to win the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, and marathon in the same Olympics.


At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Zátopek won gold in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the marathon, breaking Olympic records in each event.
Zátopek is the only person to win these three long distance events in the same Olympic games. His victory in the 5,000 m came after a
ferocious last lap in 57.5 seconds, during which he went from fourth place to first in the final turn, passing first Alain Mimoun of France,
then Herbert Schade of West Germany and finally Chris Chataway of Great Britain.
Zátopek's final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the marathon for the first time in his life, and won.

[Linebacker]

Dan Kolov - Wrestler

Wins
Kolov had between 1,500 and 2,000 fights, and won almost all of them.[1] His wins include:

2 times Diamond Belt World Heavyweight Champion (1927, 1933)
3 times European Heavyweight Champion (1934, 1937, 1937/1938)
1 time tournament winner in Japan (1924)
1 time tournament winner in Brazil (1927)
multiple winner of tournaments in the United States (1914/1927)

Losses
Kolov has 3 registered losses in official matches.

[Damião de Góis]

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira GCIH, GCM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ewˈzɛβju ðɐ ˈsiɫvɐ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ]; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014) was a Portuguese[2] footballer who played as a striker. Eusébio is considered by many as one of the greatest footballers of all time.[3][4] During his professional career, he scored 749 goals in 745 matches at club level and 41 goals for his national team, a total of 790 goals.[4]

Nicknamed the Black Panther,[5] the Black Pearl,[6] or o Rei[7][8] (the King), he was known for his speed, technique, athleticism and his ferocious right-footed shot, making him a prolific goalscorer. He is considered S.L. Benfica's and the Portugal national team's most renowned player and one of the first world-class African-born players.

He helped Portugal reach third place at the 1966 World Cup, being the top goalscorer of the tournament with nine goals (including four in one match against North Korea)[6] and received the Bronze Ball award.[9] He won the Ballon d'Or award for European footballer of the year in 1965 and was runner-up in 1962 and 1966. He played for Benfica for 15 out of his 22 years as a footballer, thus being mainly associated with the Portuguese club, and is the team's all-time top scorer with 638 goals scored in 614 official games. There, he won eleven Primeira Liga titles, five Taça de Portugal titles, a European Cup (1961–62) and helped them reach three additional European Cup finals (1963, 1965, 1968). He is the eighth-highest goalscorer in the history of the European Cup and the second-highest, behind Alfredo Di Stéfano, in the pre-Champions League era with 48 goals. He was the European Cup top scorer in 1964–65, 1965–66 and 1967–68. He also won the Bola de Prata (Primeira Liga top scorer award) a record seven times. He was the first ever player to win the European Golden Boot, in 1968, a feat he replicated in 1973.

Eusébio's name often appears in best player of all time lists and polls by football critics and fans.

[Harkonnen]

He is the only person to win the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, and marathon in the same Olympics.


At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Zátopek won gold in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the marathon, breaking Olympic records in each event.
Zátopek is the only person to win these three long distance events in the same Olympic games. His victory in the 5,000 m came after a
ferocious last lap in 57.5 seconds, during which he went from fourth place to first in the final turn, passing first Alain Mimoun of France,
then Herbert Schade of West Germany and finally Chris Chataway of Great Britain.
Zátopek's final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the marathon for the first time in his life, and won.

Lasse Viren was very close to take the trible in Montreal. He finished fifth in marathon with a time that was 10 minutes faster than Zatopek. He also had problems because he failed to hydrate himself properly during the event

In the 5,000 metres final, he held off all-time greats Dick Quax, Rod Dixon and Brendan Foster (all world-class at 1,500 m) with a devastating display of front-running over the last few laps. To those who watched him, the display was awesomely inspiring to the point that his last 1,500 metres in that final would have placed him 8th in the 1,500-metres final held at those Games.[6] The top four runners sprinted to the finish line inside six metres, a rare occurrence in major international championships. Remarkably, 18 hours after the 5,000-metres final, he competed in the men's marathon and finished fifth in 2:13:11.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasse_Vir%C3%A9n

[Harkonnen]

Lasse Viren - 4 time Olympic Gold medalist

[Mikula]

[QUOTE=Iku-Kuu Aurinko&Karhu;4278361]Lasse Viren - 4 time Olympic Gold medalist


I expected that you will name Paavo Nurmi

[Sacrificed Ram]

Pelé - No more words to say.

[Harkonnen]

Dan Kolov - Wrestler

Is this show wrestling?

Finland is the greatest nation of all time in Greco-Roman wrestling with 63 olympic medals. Bulgaria is only pitiful fifth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestl...6.E2.80.932012

You loose Bulgarian!

[The.Mask]

Probably Shaban Terstana .
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaban_Terstena

He won 715 matches in wrestling out of 735.

He won 42 Olympic medals of which 32 Are GOLD MEDALS AND 12 SILVER MEDALS.

One of the greatest wrestlers in the European and world history. Probably unmatched.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Torvill and Dean (Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean)
are world record-breaking British ice dancers
and former British, European, Olympic and World champions.



At the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics the pair became
the highest scoring figure skaters of all time (for a single programme)
receiving twelve perfect 6.0s and six 5.9s
which included artistic impression scores of 6.0 from every judge,
after skating to Maurice Ravel's Boléro.



Christopher Dean was a former police constable
before turning into an Olympic ice-skating champion.



The pair turned professional following the 1984 World Championships,
regaining amateur status briefly ten years later in 1994
to compete in the Olympics once again.



The pair retired from competitive skating for good in 1998 when they toured
one last time with their own show, Ice Adventures,
before rejoining Stars on Ice for one more season.



Their final routine was performed to Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years",
a routine they had devised a few years earlier for competition.



Upon retirement from professional skating, Dean moved to Colorado Springs (USA),
where he previously lived with his wife, Jill Trenary,
and two sons: Jack Robert, born 17 November 1998, and Sam Colin, born 3 September 2000.
Dean's agent confirmed in March 2010 the couple had separated.
Between 1991 and 1993 Dean was married to skater Isabelle Duchesnay.



Torvill made her home in Surrey (UK), with her husband, Phil Christensen,
and two children: Kieran, born May 2002; and Jessica, born March, 2006.



Although remaining close friends, the pair did not skate together again
until they were enticed out of retirement to take part
in the very popular weekend UK television show 'Dancing on Ice.'



Both world-breaking ice-skating champions
are from Nottingham, England, where the local National Ice Centre ,
is accessed through a public area known as 'Bolero Square, '
in honour of the pair's Olympic achievements.

There is also a housing estate in the Wollaton area of the city
named 'Torvill Drive' and 'Dean Close' which is located just off Torvill Drive,
with many of the surrounding roads named after
coaches and dances associated with the pair.

In a UK poll conducted by Channel 4 in 2002, the British public voted
Torvill and Dean's historic gold-medal-winning performance
at the 1984 Winter Olympics
as Number 8 in the list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torvill_and_Dean

I love the expressions on their faces at the end of this elegant and emotional performance
during the moment when they realised they'd just broken the world-record!




Performing together in their fifties on the
very popular UK television show they both present called 'Dancing On Ice'.