Name the greatest athlet of your nation, EVER

[Harkonnen]

[QUOTE=Mikula;4278371]

Lasse Viren - 4 time Olympic Gold medalist


I expected that you will name Paavo Nurmi

Lasse Viren was era adjusted far superior athlete to Nurmi. Sure Nurmi had ton of medals, but Lasse had unique qualities that still today could very well put him in top of the Africans in a tactical race.

[Linebacker]

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!

80% of your wrestlers are in the light categories.

80% of Bulgarian wrestlers are either light heavyweight or heavyweight.

[Harkonnen]

80% of your wrestlers are in the light categories.

80% of Bulgarian wrestlers are either light heavyweight or heavyweight.

I'm pretty sure you are goddamn making this up.

I have a relative who competed in light heavyweight in olympics.

[Linebacker]

I'm pretty sure you are goddamn making this up.

I have a relative who competed in light heavyweight in olympics.

If you really have time time to spare open each name individually.You will see that most are LH/H.There are even 2 Super-Heavyweights.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...rs_of_Bulgaria

[Harkonnen]

If you really have time time to spare open each name individually.You will see that most are LH/H.There are even 2 Super-Heavyweights.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...rs_of_Bulgaria

Well on the top of my head I can admit that there hasn't been much success at least in recent history in the most heaviest categories. Most success has been in 74 - 82 categories, in recent history I think.

[Harkonnen]

As personal pick - Juha Mieto. This guy is 5 time olympic medallist in crosscountry skiing. Ofc crosscountry is kind of a fringe sport and he isn't even the most succesfull Finn in it

The reasons for the pic

1) Sports personality award

2) This guy is 2 meters tall and weighs way over 100 kilo, yet at age 40 he ran a marathon under 1.40 which to me for a guy that size put's him in the same ballpark with chairman Mao conquering the Yangtze River

[Jehan]

Difficult to choose only one.

Sebastien Loeb is probably one of them. He has been 9 times world champions. He totally dominate the competition in rallys and hold many records.

Teddy Riner also dominate the competition in judo.

[Harkonnen]

2) This guy is 2 meters tall and weighs way over 100 kilo, yet at age 40 he ran a marathon under 1.40 which to me for a guy that size put's him in the same ballpark with chairman Mao conquering the Yangtze River

I ment ofc under 2.40

Anyway you can compare that marathon to Lance Armstrongs - a much smaller guy

"But with the help of the 1984 Olympic women’s marathon champion, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and other legendary runners pacing him, the 35-year-old Armstrong made it through Harlem, then all the way to the end. He reached his goal of finishing in under three hours, with seconds to spare.
Exhausted and nearly walking, Armstrong crossed the finish line in 2 hours 59 minutes 36 seconds. He was 869th, with a pace of 6:51 a mile."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/sp...armstrong.html

So Mieto who is built like NFL Quaterback or superheavyweight boxer (he was also National Champion in hammer throw in juniors) beat Armstrong by 20 minutes. This tells what kind of a freak athlete we are talking about here.

It must be clear to ALL now who is the greatest athlete ever born

Pretty surprising result innit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_Mieto

[Philip Latinowitz]

Janica Kostelić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈjanitsa ˈkɔstɛlitɕ]; born 5 January 1982) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and four-time Olympic gold medalist from Croatia. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she won thirty individual races, three overall titles, three slalom titles, and four (unofficial) combined titles.

Kostelić is the only woman to win four gold medals in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics (in 2002 and 2006), and the only woman to win three alpine skiing gold medals in one Olympics (2002).

Kostelić was the World Cup overall champion in 2001, 2003 and 2006. On 15 January 2006, Kostelić became only the third woman in World Cup history (after Swede Pernilla Wiberg and Austrian Petra Kronberger) to win World Cup races in all of the sport's five disciplines. On 5 February 2006 Kostelić became the second female skier (after Petra Kronberger) to win all five disciplines in one season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janica_Kosteli%C4%87

[Egyptian]

Khedr El Toni




1936 Olympics[edit]
Eltouny was one of the sensations of the 1936 Olympics. At the time, Eltouny had already set the world record for his weight class. The International Weightlifting Federation, however, did not recognize this as a world record, causing much controversy and anticipation. Many felt that no man could lift such remarkable numbers, while others were excited at the chance to view this human miracle. At the 1936 Olympics, in front of a global audience, Eltouny did not disappoint, as he proved his reported numbers to be accurate, shattering 3 previous Olympic and World records on his way to the gold medal. Eltouny crushed two German world champions at the time on their home soil, who had been widely advertised by Hitler as the stars of the sport. His performance is considered one of the greatest upsets in Olympic History. [1]

After winning the middleweight class gold medal,[2] Eltouny continued to compete for another 45 minutes, finally exceeding the total of the German silver medalist by 35 kg. The 20-year-old Eltouny lifted a total of 387.5 kg, while the German lifted 352.5 kg. Not only had Eltouny lifted more than his middleweight competition, but he actually finished having lifted 15 kg more than the light-heavyweight gold medalist; a feat only Eltouny has accomplished till this day. Eltouny's new world records stood for an unprecedented thirteen years. [3]

Fascinated by Eltouny's performance, Adolf Hitler, who was watching from the stands, rushed down to greet this human miracle. Prior to the competition, Hitler was said to have been sure that Rudolf Ismayr and Adolf Wagner would embarrass all other opponents. While awarding Eltouny with the gold medal, Hitler told him: "Egypt should be proud of you. I wish you were German. I hope you consider Germany your second home". Hitler was so impressed by his domination in the middleweight class that he ordered a street named after him in Berlin.[4]

Upon returning to Egypt, Eltouny received a 1,000 L.E. cash bonus, as well as a free pass from the tramway company. Eltouny cashed in the policy in 1953 and built a house in Helwan, which is still occupied by the Eltouny family.[5]

1948 Olympics[edit]
Eltouny could have taken part in the 1940 and 1944 Olympics, but World War II put an end to those dreams. Finally in 1948, when the games resumed in London, Eltouny was able to compete again. Eltouny fell ill the night before the games, and would require surgery. Doctors ordered Eltouny not to compete, but frustrated about missing the prior two Olympic Games, Eltouny refused to follow doctors' orders. Well past his prime at the age of 32, and in terrible pain, Eltouny attempted to win a medal once again. Unfortunately, Eltouny failed to win a medal this time. Although he tied for third place, he lost the bronze medal on tiebreak. Nevertheless, Eltouny won the hearts of the Egyptian people with his determination. Immediately after the competition, Eltouny was rushed to a nearby hospital for surgery.[6][7][8]