Author Topic: Best British Sportswoman Ever at Their Sport (Read 947 times)

mikey_LFC · « **on:** January 20, 2023, 04:03:38 pm »

Female counterpart or the other thread. Debate away.

Walshy nMe® · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:08:36 pm »

Can we get the top 3 of each vote to face off in a 3rd and final thread to decide the greatest British Sportsperson of all time?

mikey_LFC · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:12:00 pm »

Quote from: Walshy nMe® on January 20, 2023, 04:08:36 pm

Can we get the top 3 of each vote to face off in a 3rd and final thread to decide the greatest British Sportsperson of all time?

Sure thing!

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:24:39 pm »

We love a multi eventer don’t we!

Red-Soldier · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:35:37 pm »

Better change Tammi's name

rob1966 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:45:21 pm »

No Fatima Whitbread or Tessa Sanderson?

mikey_LFC · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:45:46 pm »

Quote from: Red-Soldier on January 20, 2023, 04:35:37 pm

Better change Tammi's name

Whoops! Terrible typo! And I voted for her. I blame my tiny phone keyboard!

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:46:54 pm »

Just a load of athletics people really isn't it

24/7 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:47:03 pm »

Fatima Whitbread belongs there - she opened our brand new running track at High Wycombe Phoenix Harriers in 1993

Could do with a few footballers there too - Karen Carney? Jill Scott? Liverpool's very own Gilly Flaherty, a record 177 WSL appearances?

Coolie High · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:48:10 pm »

Given they’re in the same sport would struggle to find an argument of putting Kelly Holmes above Jessica Ennis.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:49:06 pm »

Get Trina Gulliver on there. She bossed darts for about 15 years or something. Phil Taylor levels of dominance, although only won about 3 sets to become world champion

24/7 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:51:25 pm »

Quote from: Barneylfc∗ on January 20, 2023, 04:46:54 pm

Just a load of athletics people really isn't it

Yeah but do you remember Sally Gunnell's 400m hurdles event at LA in '84? She beat the host favourite on her own turf - both of them breaking the world record in the process - such an awesome race - imagine breaking the world record and coming second to a limey on your own turf

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:53:28 pm »

Charlotte Dujardin in the horse dancing stuff seemed like she was pretty dominant

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A multiple World and Olympic champion, Dujardin has been described as the dominant dressage rider of her era.[2] She held the complete set of available individual elite dressage titles at one point[when?]: the individual Olympic freestyle, World freestyle and Grand Prix Special, World Cup individual dressage and European freestyle, and Grand Prix Special titles. Dujardin was the first rider to hold this complete set of titles at the same time.[3]

Boss that. She gets my vote.

rob1966 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:55:01 pm »

Zola Budd?

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2023, 04:59:26 pm »

Quote from: 24/7 on January 20, 2023, 04:51:25 pm

Yeah but do you remember Sally Gunnell's 400m hurdles event at LA in '84? She beat the host favourite on her own turf - both of them breaking the world record in the process - such an awesome race - imagine breaking the world record and coming second to a limey on your own turf

Sandra Farmer-Patrick? Pretty sure there was the World Championships in 93, in Stuttgart I think. She also won the Barcelona Olympics in 92.

Did you have a lost decade?

Red-Soldier · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2023, 05:01:06 pm »

Quote from: 24/7 on January 20, 2023, 04:51:25 pm

Yeah but do you remember Sally Gunnell's 400m hurdles event at LA in '84? She beat the host favourite on her own turf - both of them breaking the world record in the process - such an awesome race - imagine breaking the world record and coming second to a limey on your own turf

I remember her breaking the WR and getting gold in Barcelona 92

Red-Soldier · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2023, 05:02:38 pm »

How about Rachael Heyhoe Flint........?

24/7 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 20, 2023, 05:03:50 pm »

Quote from: Crosby Nick on January 20, 2023, 04:59:26 pm

Sandra Farmer-Patrick? Pretty sure there was the World Championships in 93, in Stuttgart I think. She also won the Barcelona Olympics in 92.

Did you have a lost decade?

Probably. You're right, yeah, 93, fuckinell.........I must have been thinking of the disastrous Zola Budd run - now that was '84. And it's too late to edit my post

Still, imagine breaking the WR and coming 2nd....

Anyway - she definitely deserves her spot in this list - (wiki) "...she is the only female British athlete to have won all four 'majors'; Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles, and was the first female 400 metres hurdler in history to win the Olympic and World titles and break the world record."

24/7 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2023, 05:06:06 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on January 20, 2023, 04:55:01 pm

Zola Budd?

Hahaha......... now that one I remember clearly.........

It was the height of the anti-apartheid movement and the controversy stank more then presumably her feet.....the only thing that stank more was her spectacular crumble from artificial grace.

TheShanklyGates · « **Reply #19 on:** January 20, 2023, 05:51:09 pm »

Lizzy Yarnold is a good shout to get on the shortlist at least. The Brits are traditionally shite at the Winter Olympics but she's the only British athlete, male or female, to win 2 Olympics golds in a winter sport.

dirkster · « **Reply #20 on:** January 20, 2023, 06:01:01 pm »

Ellen MacArthur?

mikey_LFC · « **Reply #21 on:** January 20, 2023, 06:22:32 pm »

Quote from: dirkster on January 20, 2023, 06:01:01 pm

Ellen MacArthur?

Hard one that as if I recall she didn’t compete as such but accomplished something, if you get my meaning. Is she not more in the explorer category rather than Sport?

mikey_LFC · « **Reply #22 on:** January 20, 2023, 08:33:22 pm »

I’ll keep the voting on the two threads going until Monday then do a combined vote

mikey_LFC · « **Reply #23 on:** January 22, 2023, 01:58:52 pm »

Last day before I shut the poll and create the combined one.

Alf · « **Reply #24 on:** January 22, 2023, 03:07:15 pm »

Gone with Jessica Ennis-Hill, the heptathlon takes some doing & that Saturday night where Britain won 3 athletics gold medals in an hour was the highlight of the London Olympics.

Sammy5IsAlive · « **Reply #25 on:** January 22, 2023, 05:24:40 pm »

Went for Laura Kenny - gold medals in three consecutive Olympics is incredible.

As an aside, I think that in terms of a female one-off performance hitting the very peak of their sport there's not a lot that get close to Jayne Torvill (and Dean) getting perfect 6s at Sarajevo 84. Still unbelievable to watch 40 years on.

McSquared · « **Reply #26 on:** January 22, 2023, 06:46:08 pm »

Laura kenny by a country mile. She bossed track cycling for years

Circa1892 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 25, 2023, 10:31:39 am »

Radcliffe's legacy is tainted by the fact she didn't turn up at the Olympics and did a shit by the side of the road.

Impossible to put into context how quality/dominant she was at her best. She was about 3 minutes clear of the world record for absolutely years, and it's only recently been bettered (and any world records in the new Nikes needs to be put into context compared to previous as the 2-3% boost they give is massive).

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