She never failed a test, but many think she used PEDs.
My favorites are Jim Thorpe, Edwin Moses, and Michael Johnson.
It's so hard to pick just one! I do like Jackie Joyner Kersee alot, she continues to hold the World Record in the heptathlon that was set in 1988 Seoul Olympics. She continues to be involved in the sport, participating in youth track and field camps, and I did see her in the audience last time I was able to attend Track and Field National Championships (2007). She did not have an easy route to travel, as she came from rather humble beginnings in St. Louis. She has also worked to give back to her community through charity since she retired from the sport.
Mo Farah, been following him since his double win at the 2010 European Championships and have wanted him to succeed in the olympics, in which he has done, he's also a nice guy as well and deserves it.
People may label him a fake Britain but he has an English parent. Who would you rather run for GB or Somalia? Who has the most facilities and also who has the most opportunities in competitions?
I respect him hugely and that's why he is my favourite olympian at this time and ever.
Eric Moussambani, better known as Eric the Eel, from equatorial guinea who swum my home town olympics in Sydney.
He could barely swim, had taught himself to swim in a lake, had never seen a 50 m pool before swimming in his heat and he struggled to swim the last 15m.... But sydneysiders stood and clapped and cheered him on encouraging him to make it to the end of the pool in what became one of the defining moment of our games.he showed us that there is more to the games than winning a medal, that it's about living a dream and trying your very best and achievements that are remarkable within context... He exemplified a spirit if Inclusiveness that lifted the spirit of the entire games.
With today's focus on winning winning winning the awful debates on whether winning minor medals is an underachievement etc etc I wish we saw more stories like Eric's to remind us it's not just about winning but about competing and bringing the world together.
Cathy Freeman was an inspirational. The only athlete that lighted the flame and went on winning gold in the same Games....under enormous pressure too....oh btw I thought Florence died of drug overdosed....
My favorite is Jesse Owens. Owens did something that only a few other athletes have done, which was to transcend sports victories into a powerful international message for good.
I would go with Usain Bolt from Jamaica, and America's very own Micheal Phelps.
Gordy Sheer, first silver medalist in the sport of luge!
Sergei Bubka
pole vaulter
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics...
and for winter Olympics
Gordeeva-Grinkov (Figure skating)
Xavier Barachet and his team - they won gold medals in handball. Go Xavier!!
My favourite of all time was Florence Delorez Griffith-Joyner. She is considered the "fastest woman of all time" based on the fact that she still holds the world record for both the 100 metres and 200 metres, both set in 1988 and never seriously challenged. She died in her sleep as the result of an epileptic seizure in 1998 at the age of 38. She was really eccentric and wore these long colourful fake nails lol.
Here's some pictures of her: http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2006/145/6706_114868108640.jpg
http://www.virginmedia.com/images/flo-jo-280.jpg
http://api.ning.com/files/nrNt07l9FMhiJU2M-lV5LHO-sjaj6NzIXJqgKIQbCXBGz4eFLdUy-y1rgilUjsL6fKdYNX8joeZazWfdJEz13InAg786noiW/flojo1.jpg
michael phelps is the greatest and one of my favs! along with tom daley and usain bolt:-)
I think you're confusing 'favourite' and 'most pumped full of chemicals'?
