T&FN Favourite Athletes THE RESULTS No1 Haile Gebrselassie

[NotSoOrdinary]

Why do yall hate women ??

You ask people for their opinion and then you act the ass. Sorry I got involved.

I have to say that I share this sentiment. If you only wanted YOUR favorites, you could have spared us the time & trouble.

Sensitive, much? You guys are acting like Mump crashed his car into a bus full of nuns holding babies Pretty sure, he's just being humorous.

[Conor Dary]

Why do yall hate women ??

You ask people for their opinion and then you act the ass. Sorry I got involved.

I have to say that I share this sentiment. If you only wanted YOUR favorites, you could have spared us the time & trouble.

Sensitive, much? You guys are acting like Mump crashed his car into a bus full of nuns holding babies Pretty sure, he's just being humorous.

Hilarious. Nice to be accused of sexism in a rather stupid pointless thread.

[mojo]

Why do yall hate women ??

I don't!

And next I am going to run a poll of your favourite posters here. Time to be nice everyone.

[Fortius19]

Had to double check my list.

Evenly split men and women!

And number 21 would have been a woman!

[gh]

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Hilarious. Nice to be accused of sexism in a rather stupid pointless thread.

Enough ball-busting on what was an innocent (and germane) question, please.

[oldvaulter]

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[mump boy]

Wow you lot are touchy !!

It was a light hearted comment about the lack of women in some people's choices, there's not need to get so defensive (unless you're feeling guilty )

There will be a lot of discussion after all the results are announced so be ready to defend your choices

Thanks for all the entries the more we get the better the whole exercise will work.

[mump boy]

Also if you genuinly don't have any preference between your 1-20 then fine but don't forget your placement will reflect in the final rankings.

[Pego]

My list shows a lot of personal bias, as it should, since it is my list. Some break-down.

9 men, 11 women
1 active athlete (a woman)
12 track, 7 field, 1 both
5 from pre-1960's
8 Americans, 3 Czechs, 2 Slovaks, 1 Pole, 1 Cuban, 1 French, 1 Russian, 1 Ethiopian, 1 German, 1 born Czech>becoming an American by marriage.

Just like some others, many names on my list I could easily exchanged for pretty much equal favorites.

[Daisy]

14 men, 6 women
2 active athletes (both men)
16 track, 3 field, 1 both
0 from pre-1960's
4 UK, 4 US, 3 Jamaica, 2 Kenya, 2 Ethiopia and one each from Germany, Czechoslovakia, France, Brazil, NZ

[Marlow]

0 from pre-1960's

That's OK. Kuha balances you out with 18 from the 1800s!

[Daisy]

Marlow, let's not forget Lonewolf, Avante and Conor. I think the balance is tipped heavily in the opposite direction to me

[kuha]

0 from pre-1960's

That's OK. Kuha balances you out with 18 from the 1800s!

No, only 2 from that era, but I should have made it 3...

[Conor Dary]

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Hilarious. Nice to be accused of sexism in a rather stupid pointless thread.

Enough ball-busting on what was an innocent (and germane) question, please.

[DecFan]

The idiosyncratic nature of this list made it fun. Favorites, my own criteria. Just started listing names and came up with 31. Wasn't too hard to separate the top 20 from the others. I'm curious to see what names will pop up often. On my list, probably more Kenyans, more 80s athletes, more multi-eventers, more marathoners than on others.

[nevetsllim]

My breakdown;

5 men, 15 women
8 active, 12 inactive (I'm unsure about two, who might be attempting comebacks next year)
14 track and road, 6 field and multi-eventers
Mid-1970s onwards
4 Brits, 4 Romanians, 5 Russians, the rest - a scatter

[mojo]

12 women ,8 men. 1 Canadian.

11 are still active.

[TN1965]

Just sent mine.
10 men, 10 women. 4 active, 16 retired. 10 distance, 9 sprint/hurdle/LJ. 1 multi.

6 Americans, 2 Brits, 2 Finns, one each from 10 other countries.

[oldvaulter]

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[Conor Dary]

By the way to show I had some women here is my list.

Steve Jones
Pre
Shorter
DeCastella
Jane Shields
Garry Bjorklund
Dick Quax
Rosa Mota
Bill Rodgers
Brian Oldfield
Jim Ryun
Dave Merrick
Laurence Myers
W.E. George
Jan Johnson
Jerome Drayton
Browning Ross
Ted Corbitt
Bob Deines
George Woods

[Daisy]

Rosa Mota

Good one, great competitive record.

Jane Shields

Even as a brit I would have been struggling to remember her. There has to be a side story here ?

[mump boy]

By the way to show I had some women here is my list.

No one said you didn't, i didn't mention any names at all.

Can you please not post lists on the thread, discussion is for later

[Jon]

Just sent my list. Could have easily listed 30 athletes, had real trouble whittling it down to 20 (especially going from 21 to 20!) but I got there in the end.

10 men, 10 women
10 track, 10 field
11 active, 7 retired, 2 kinda inbetween
4 Brits, 4 Americans, 12 other different nations

[cullman]

12 women ,8 men. 1 Canadian.

11 are still active.

My list...20 women...all Canadian
none are still active.

cman

[oldvaulter]

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[Conor Dary]

Rosa Mota

Good one, great competitive record.

Jane Shields

Even as a brit I would have been struggling to remember her. There has to be a side story here ?

You are warm. Though I am not trying to imply anything. Actually I left my more interesting side stories off my list.

[kuha]

Rosa Mota

Good one, great competitive record.

Jane Shields

Even as a brit I would have been struggling to remember her. There has to be a side story here ?

You are warm. Though I am not trying to imply anything. Actually I left my more interesting side stories off my list.

This is exactly why such a "favorites" poll has such potential interest: the enduring meaning that largely forgotten athletes might have to individual fans. It's absolutely not the case that favorites should be merely the names with the most Olympic gold medals. What a deadly dull sport that would be.

[Mighty Favog]

Lots of different ways to define this...

Favorite I've personally known: Erik Kynard

Most thrilling (seen in person edition): Robby Andrews

Most thrilling (seen on TV edition): Haile Gebreselassie

Favorite who whupped my ass: Bob Kennedy

Loved to hate: Said Aouita

Most awe-inspiring (seen in person edition): Tyson Gay, 2007 edition

Most awe-inspiring (seen on TV edition): Usain Bolt, 2009 edition

Most entertaining: Lolo Jones

Most wished I could have met: Emil Zatopek

Favorite, period: Jackie Joyner-Kersee

[Mighty Favog]

Lots of different ways to define this...

Favorite I've personally known: Erik Kynard

Most thrilling (seen in person edition): Robby Andrews

Most thrilling (seen on TV edition): Haile Gebreselassie

Favorite who whupped my ass: Bob Kennedy

Loved to hate: Said Aouita

Most awe-inspiring (seen in person edition): Tyson Gay, 2007 edition

Most awe-inspiring (seen on TV edition): Usain Bolt, 2009 edition

Most entertaining: Lolo Jones

Most wished I could have met: Emil Zatopek

Favorite, period: Jackie Joyner-Kersee

[mojo]

12 women, 8 men, 1 Canadian.

This one made me laugh out loud. It's like there are three sexes: women, men, and Canadians!

There are 4.... Torontonians.


(gotta be a Canuck to get that one ).

[mojo]

12 women ,8 men. 1 Canadian.

11 are still active.

My list...20 women...all Canadian
none are still active.

cman

I better be in the top ten cman.

Zero Canadian women on my list.

[Pego]

12 women ,8 men. 1 Canadian.

11 are still active.

My list...20 women...all Canadian
none are still active.

cman

I better be in the top ten cman.

Zero Canadian women on my list.

Sheesh, I left mojo off my list. How embarrassing .

[mojo]

I believe you can change your list pego.

Come on guys M-O-J-O....I definitely not active, I am Canadian (and a woman). You will look very PC if you add me.

[Pego]

I believe you can change your list pego.

Come on guys M-O-J-O....I definitely not active, I am Canadian (and a woman). You will look very PC if you add me.

The way I understand the spirit of this exercise is to make the list of athletes whom you got to like during their careers. Unfortunately, the pleasure of becoming enamored by your charm came some weeks after your career concluded .

[mump boy]

Thanks for all the entries but please keeep them coming, as with all surveys it works better the more people who take part