London Pompous
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[Other Sport] Lewis Hamilton the greatest living British sportsman?
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Thunder Bolt
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Tell that to Steve Redgrave.
Bold Seagull
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Cycling
Rowing
Kayaking
Horse Riding & Equestrian
Sailing
Bobsleighing
Take sitting down sports out of our Olympic medal achievements, and there isn't a lot left!!
yxee
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Are there any other sport where a British person has dominated for so long? Cycling? But it's not an Olympic year. Has to be him for me.
CliveWalkerWingWizard
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I think most people globally would say that Schumacher is one of the greatest sportsman of all time, Hamilton is going to surpass his achievements. So yes he has to be up there.
Agreed that froome, Redgrave, farah are all up there as well. An argument against froome would be the asthma medication, and I doubt that globally many would have heard of Redgrave as rowing is a minor sport, but an outstanding achievement.
Not sure why so many people do not like Hamilton, even if you do not like him you have to admire his achievements.
Agreed that froome, Redgrave, farah are all up there as well. An argument against froome would be the asthma medication, and I doubt that globally many would have heard of Redgrave as rowing is a minor sport, but an outstanding achievement.
Not sure why so many people do not like Hamilton, even if you do not like him you have to admire his achievements.
Pogue Mahone
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I know she is not a 'sportsman', but the achievements of Rachel Atherton over the last fifteen years, in one of the toughest sports imaginable, are criminally underestimated. To my mind, you don't have to be in a sport that gets enormous media coverage to be considered the greatest.
I guarantee that the majority of people who read this will not even have heard of her.
She has been utterly dominant in Downhill Mountain Biking for over fifteen years, She even had one season when she won every single World Cup race. To watch her is a nerve jangling experience, and I find it incredible that such a successful British sportswoman has never received the kudos she deserves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTFVa0h9Rk
I guarantee that the majority of people who read this will not even have heard of her.
She has been utterly dominant in Downhill Mountain Biking for over fifteen years, She even had one season when she won every single World Cup race. To watch her is a nerve jangling experience, and I find it incredible that such a successful British sportswoman has never received the kudos she deserves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTFVa0h9Rk
Mo Farah
Arthritic Toe
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Not for me. He starts every race in a car that is vastly superior to its competitiors. He's obviously a great driver, but he's only really competing against one other car. I suspect that if you took any two of the top 20 drivers and put them in the Mercedes for the season, one or other of them would be world champion.
IMHO it has to be Steve Redgrave because he was at the top in one of the most physically demanding sports going for nearly 20 years. I can't think of another British sportsman or sportswoman, as brightly as many have shone, who have performed at the very top of their sport for that length of time.
Bold Seagull
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I don't remember a British sports person that has broken all records in the entire history of the sport, especially one that has never had a black person even get in a F1 car before, let alone win 92 Grand Prix, and soon to be 7 world titles. The achievement is simply off the scale. Not all his world titles have been in the best car either, he's always found a way to win.
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Pogue Mahone
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It will probably be done in the next two weeks!
nicko31
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Certainly up there among the best, maybe too good and too clean to really loved by the British public.
I have.I followed her and brother's career, they are amazing and the skill and bravery is incredable. I have no idea why she is not championed in this country
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Dawn Korus
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I can't see Hamilton being greatest British Sportsman of all time.
For me Redgrave and Calzaghe is worthy of a mention.
However .... a shout out to Charles Burgess Fry ... amazing life
For me Redgrave and Calzaghe is worthy of a mention.
However .... a shout out to Charles Burgess Fry ... amazing life
True but this is where the physicality comes into it. I don't deny F1 is an incredibly demanding sport physically, but Hamilton also isn't driving a Grand Prix every day. Redgrave would have had to row virtually every day for those 16 years, and realistically a few years before that.
GT49er
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Like you just have ....................
Can't see this heading anywhere except the bear pit.