Athletico Easthamico 10:13 Mon Mar 23
WHO are your top 3 British athletes of all time?
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1 SEBASTIAN COE
Middle-distance great Coe won 1500m gold at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics and two silvers over 800m. His 1981 800m world record stood until 1997.
2 JONATHAN EDWARDS
His triple jump world record of 18.29m still stands 18 years after he set it in winning the world title in Gothenburg. He won Olympic gold in Sydney in 2000 and a second global title in Edmonton the next year.
3 KATHY COOK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCoAkY7NPug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxuZnL7A2jw
If she hadn't been up against a load of druggies I'm sure she'd have got Olympic and World Gold medals
And she was really fit.
Kathryn Jane Cook MBE (née Smallwood, born 3 May 1960) is one of the most successful female sprinters in British athletics history. She is a three-time Olympic bronze medallist, in the 4 x 100 metres relay in Moscow 1980 and at both the 400 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. She won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki. She was also a three-time winner of the British Athletics Writers' Association Female Athlete of the Year Award (1980–1982).
Cook held the UK National records for 100 200 and 400 metres for over 25 years. Her 100 metres best of 11.10 secs, stood as the UK record from 1981–2008. Her 400 metres best of 49.43, stood as the UK record from 1984–2013. She had first broken the 400 m record in 1982. In the sprint relay, along with Heather Hunte, Bev Goddard and Sonia Lannaman, she set the UK record with 42.43 at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which stood as the UK record until 2014. She still holds the 200 m record with 22.10 from 1984. She has been the holder of the 200 m record since 1980. She is also a former holder of the World Best for 300 metres, with 35.46 in 1984.
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Gruesome Dump
9:39 Thu Mar 26
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Ashy 1:04 Wed Mar 25
He was also a massive drugs cheat. And an arsehole.
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norwaytips
1:08 Thu Mar 26
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Thompson
Coe
Edwards
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Far Cough
9:57 Wed Mar 25
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Alan Wells
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Sarge
9:51 Wed Mar 25
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Kelly Holmes (we've kissed - well - peck on the cheek when she was putting a winners medal round my neck - west kent emergency services 6-a-sides 1996 - I was a ringer for Abbey Funeral Services)
Ovett
Farah
special mention for Phil Brown and every 4x400m runner that got us off our seats in the 80's / 90's
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Roger Mellie
9:39 Wed Mar 25
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Redgrave is a MASSIVE cunt.
True story.
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West Side Story
9:21 Wed Mar 25
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Coe
Ovett
Farah
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Big Dave
2:37 Wed Mar 25
Re: WHO are your top 3 British athletes of all time?
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Sir Steven Geoffrey "Steve" Redgrave
Stephen "Steve" James Backley
Stephen Michael James "Steve" Ovett
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DukeofDevo
2:09 Wed Mar 25
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Daley Thomson
SIR Steve Redgrave
The 4 minute mile bloke, for making history and doing something he'll always be remembered for!
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Lovejoy
1:55 Wed Mar 25
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Zola Budd (for running bare footed and tripping up that Yank)
Diane Modahl (for her norks)
Gauri Rachican (sp? for the cool ethnic name).
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WHU(Exeter)
1:05 Wed Mar 25
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Jo PAVEY
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JustAFatKevinDavies
11:36 Wed Mar 25
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Milligan, Cleese, Everett
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Northern Sold
11:35 Wed Mar 25
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... that and he had shit candyfloss hair
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Northern Sold
11:34 Wed Mar 25
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Never beat Coe in a race though did he comma...
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11:28 Wed Mar 25
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Don't forget Steve Cram. Faster than both Coe and O'vett over 1500 metres and a consistently fast runner.
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wansteadman
11:24 Wed Mar 25
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Overt Coe and Edwards for me. Never got the excitement about the decathlon to be honest. Was taken up by people who weren't good enough for any one discipline, If any one of them was the fastest runner or highest jumper believe me they wouldn't be doing the decathlon. When Thompson used to ridicule Lewis with his t shirts Lewis should have worn one that said I'm not a jack of all trades I'm a master of three
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hammer205
8:50 Wed Mar 25
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Thompson by a country mile
Christie
Coe
No mention of redgrave? I don't like him either!!
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hammer205
8:50 Wed Mar 25
Re: WHO are your top 3 British athletes of all time?
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Thompson by a country mile
Christie
Coe
No mention of redgrave? I don't like him either!!
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SilverSurfer
2:19 Wed Mar 25
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Nigel Benn or Eubank must be in there somewhere.
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easthammer
1:27 Wed Mar 25
Re: WHO are your top 3 British athletes of all time?
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Daley Thompson
Roger Bannister
Tanni Grey-Thompson
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HairyHammer
1:15 Wed Mar 25
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Tommy Dickfingers
Now they were real athletes.
Jocky Wilson and Leighton Reece were My favourites.
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HairyHammer
1:12 Wed Mar 25
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Linford Christie
Mo Farrah
Paula Radcliffe
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