Sports fans : What do you believe are some of the greatest all time sporting achievments?

Oh my goodness…so many, many of them. All pro athletes are amazing. I don’t know where to begin!

Oh I know there are, just cherry pick those that immediately spring to mind then.

OK, for some reason Greg Lougainis came straight to mind….Mohammad Alli was right behind him. Then George Blanda. Gayle Sayers. In that order, and I don’t know why!

Villanova Wildcats knocking off the Georgetown Hoyas in the NCAA basketball finals in the 1980’s. I don’t remember the exact year. Patrick Ewing was the Georgetown center. Villanova shot 78 percent from the floor and won by 2 points.

I got hit in the forehead while playing darts.
He achieved a second chance at life. ;)

@lucillelucillelucille I’ve got one almost as good. Remeber those lawn darts, I think they were called jarts? I got nailed on top of the head by one and it bounced off.

@Adirondackwannabe -LOL!

That explains a lot of things @Adirondackwannabe!!

Sir Steve Redgrave – won rowing gold at five consecutive summer Olympic games from 1984 to 2000, and world championship gold nine times between 1986 and 1999. An unbelievable achievement given how gruelling rowing is, even more remarkable that he suffered from ulcerative colitis and diabetes.

Hey, they banned those things because they usually penetrated. I thought it was a high point in lawn sports.

@meiosis Good one for sure. Remember when he said if he ever got back in a boat he’d give permission for someone to shoot him? Never say never eh Steve?

I know…they are extremely dangerous @Adirondackwannabe. You got lucky. You only suffered some bain dramage and not got daided!

Man O’ War (And Secretariat and Seattle Slew as close second and third.)

Lance Armstrong still remains one of the greatest human achievements in any sport. Michael Jordon, Tiger woods, Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps and Florence Griffith-Joyner are all examples for tremendous dedication to a sport to be the best their is.

Germany winning the Football World Cup.
Michael Schumacher’s F1 carreer.

Which year @ragingloli? They’ve won it three times (1954, 1974, 1990)

1980 ice hockey Olympic finals in Lake Placid.

@meiosis
the first time is always the best

@gailcalled Thank you. I’d been waiting for that one. Also, Eric Heiden’s speedskating performance at the same Olympics. And, Jim Shea winning the skeleton gold in the Goodwill games, just a little while after his grandfather was killed by an alleged drunk driver in Lake Placid.

I was not around to see it in real time, but the most amazing sporting event I have ever seen is movies of Muhammed Ali and the “ropa-dope” fight with George Forman. Ali let Forman pound him until he (Forman) could barely lift his arms. Then Ali, after seven rounds of this, put him away in the eighth round. People at the time thought that the older Ali was going to get the shit kicked out of him by the younger Foreman. Surprise! That’s why he was the Greatest.

@Adirondackwannabe: Jack Shea was a legendary figure in the village and sports community.

He was folksy, down-to-earth and unassuming.

Thanks peeps!
Here’s my two penneth….

England Winning the football world cup in 66…..kind of a gimme.
Ali Beating “the grill guy” in the rumble in the jungle.
Bjorn Borg Winning five consecutive Wimbledon titles.
Red Rum Triumphing in three of his five starts at Aintree’s Grand National, he finished second in the other two.
Valentino Rossi Multiple Moto GP champion.
Garry Sobers Hitting six sixes off one over, it’s been done since but his stands out as the first.

Just the tip of the iceberg really, but certainly some truly great achievments in there.

Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak.

Paavo Nurmi’s 12 Olympic Track and Field medals.

Clara Hughes’ multiple Olympic medals. She’s the only athlete to have won multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Games, and one of only 5 people who’ve won medals in both.

Mario Lemieux‘s comeback from Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He scored a goal on his first shift in his first-ever NHL game, and scored again on his first shift after coming out of retirement. There’s a reason his name means “the best” :)

Joannie Rochette‘s bronze medal in figure skating after having learned that her mother died shortly after Joannie’s arrival in Vancouver.

Tara Lipinski winning the the Olympic gold medal for women’s figure skating in 1998 when she was just 15 years old.

Nadia Comenici winning the first perfect score for women’s gymnastics in 1976.

Kerri Strug completing a vault landing on one foot, despite the fact that she had a seriously injured ankle, and helping the U.S. women’s team to win an Olympic gold medal in the 1996 Olympics.

You’d have to go with a couple. Michael Phelps’ gold medal count is up there. Same with Brett Favre’s streak of consecutive starts. Roger Federer being the all-time tennis grand slam winner is pretty impressive as well.

But it’s tough to think of them all right now…good question though.

Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretsky’s entire careers. The 1972 Summit series and Paul Henderson’s game winning goal in Game 7. Tiger Woods pre-knee surgery. Micheal Jordan’s first basketball stint.