Most Impressive British Olympian

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:01 pm

Who do you reckon is the most impressive?

There are 3 multi-gold Medal winners, but for my money, the most impressive is Rebecca Romero

Getting a Silver 4 years ago in Athens in Rowing and then switching to a totally different discipline - i.e. Cycling and getting a Gold this time shows what a true sportsperson is about.

Phelps with his 8 gold medals may be the "greatest" of all time, but how much variety is there there?

4x100m free relay - so 100m crawl
4x200m free relay - so same as above, but bit longer

200m freestyle - so another 200 crawl

100m butterfly - yup, 100m butterfly
4x100m medley relay - another 100m butterfly

200m butterfly - same again, bit longer

200m medley - 50 metre each of crawl, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke
400m medley - as above, but bit longer

so a great achievement for sure, but only got 8 medals as there are so many on offer compared to loads of other sports.

Bludall · Post by **Bludall** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:15 pm

Chris Hoy, because he won 3 gold medals for cycling, something not done for 100 years!

The Weegie · Post by **The Weegie** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:24 am

Bludall wrote:Chris Hoy, because he won 3 gold medals for cycling, something not done for 100 years!

Totally agree

Telmay · Post by **Telmay** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:57 am

I always find the little chef Olympian quite impressive

Bludall · Post by **Bludall** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:04 am

I think that the drama queen slasher Radcliffe ought to give up competing. I find her antics really annoying.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:06 am

Bludall wrote:I think that the drama queen slasher Radcliffe ought to give up competing. I find her antics really annoying.

Nah - Gold Medallist in 2012 for "peeing in the street"

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:13 pm

your right Hoovie re Phelps ,although he has won all them medals there isnt a lot to chose between them

i would chose Steve Redgrave or Chris Hoy or even Daley Thomson

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:46 pm

I was watching the Modern Pentathlon today.

Shooting; Fencing; Swimming; Riding & Running

Again, managing that mutli-discipline sport is damn good.

When I posted this initially, I was thinking of people in Team GBR this year, but if extending back in time, Daley Thompson would be my pick

Bludall · Post by **Bludall** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:50 pm

I'd vote for Steve Redgrave if you look at past gold medallists.

rr60 · Post by **rr60** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:16 pm

Sharron Davies