Comments on: Can you name the perfect athlete?

By: Monica

Monica — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:14:54 +0000

Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Haile Gebrselassie

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:34:47 +0000

Ashton Eaton…have you seen him?

By: TrackCoach

TrackCoach — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:47:22 +0000

I would say Michael Jordan because he was great in every phase of his sport, he was extremely consistent, he always played his best in the most critical situations and he was a great representative of his sport off the field. You really can’t compare Tiger Woods to MJ, because the talent pool of basketball players compared to golfer is like 1000 to 1; golf is an elite sport, but everyone plays basketball.

By: Herb Stein

Herb Stein — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:26:41 +0000

How about current U.S. (and maybe Olympic in the near future)decathlon champ Brian Clay? The man is only about 5′11″ and 180 and yet he has the best ever discus throw done in a decathlon of somewhere around 181′ feet. An awful lot of much larger decathllon guys haven’t been able to throw that far. His shotput (over 53 feet) and javelin (around 235′) are not shabby either considering his relatively small size. Plus his sprinting and long jumping are great and his best high jump is nearly a foot over his height.

By: Diego Montero

Diego Montero — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:04:24 +0000

Professional surfer Kelly Slater. His sport isn’t as well known as others, but among the surfing cognoscenti, Slater, an 8-time world champion is acknowledge as a freak of nature.