Would be great to see Wiggo cycling up in Yellow to light it but for Olympic greatness Sir Steve would be hard to beat.
Who is you money on?
Wiggo and Redgrave on a tandem 🙂
Prince Philip
Margaret Thatcher.
I'll be very disappointed if it isn't Steve Redgrave.
Kylie
eddie the eagle
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Redgrave ]
[/url]Redgrave is a supporter of Chelsea football club.
How can you put someone forward that not only follows football but supports Chelsea?
Sir Roger Bannister.
Tony Blair!
Daly Thompson - anyone who gets a legendary computer game named after them gets my vote. Also he could use his decathlon skills to make his was up there; it'd be awesome.
perhaps.....
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Who's the British equivalent of Ali? Or Kathy Freeman?
Sir Roger Bannister.
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Redgrave as [s]our[/s] the best Olympian
Sir Roger Bannister.
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Why is the debate Redgrave or Thompson? Wiggins has won more medals, 3 golds a silver and 2 bronze.
Let em all do it.
Redgrave rows the torch down the canal, hands over to Wiggo to ride it into the stadium where he hands it to Bannister for a jog around the track before Daley pole vaults one-handed into the cauldron with the torch in the other hand.
slainte 8) rob
Redgrave 17 golds across competitions over 16 years is quite impressive in anyone's book. More impressive in such a demanding sport too.
That's not to take anything away from the achievements of others.
Why is the debate Redgrave or Thompson? Wiggins has won more medals, 3 golds a silver and 2 bronze.
Thompson - STW obviously likes a butch muscular man with a moustache 😉
Redgrave - well 5 golds at 5 different Olympics do you need to ask? FWIW he has 6 like Wiggo as he a Bronze from 88 as well
I dont think even wiggins thinks he is as great an Olympian as Redgrave.
Bannister never won a medal at the olympics but the sub 4 minute gives him some Kudos
Zola Budd
She would need to trip the favourite then fail to light it herself for purposes of historical accuracy
Sir Redgrave without shadow of a doubt.
Zeus
Edit: sorry, Hades
Ronald MacDonald..?
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Did Redgrave ever compete on his own or as a team?
The criteria should be:
1. A person who has won the most gold medals on his/her own.
2. A person who is not endorsed by sponsors.
3. A person who has not become a celebrity.
4. A person who has scarified a lot for sports but gain very little.
🙄
And who fits those criteria?
Did Redgrave ever compete on his own or as a team?
Yes.
[url= http://www.steveredgrave.com/profile/full_list.html ]
[/url]THE COMMONWEALTH GAMESEvent: Commonwealth Games
Year: 1986
Achievement: Gold Medal Single Sculls
And of course any boat with more than one person can be considered a team. 😉
1. A person who has won the most gold medals on his/her own.
2. A person who is not endorsed by sponsors.
3. A person who has not become a celebrity.
4. A person who has scarified a lot for sports but gain very little.
Blah blah blah. David Beckham. 😉
Cheryl Cole.
In all seriousness Redgrave as the greatest Olympian. It was not about being on top form for one Olympics but several.
Katie Price
Junkyard - MemberAnd who fits those criteria?
No such person? Crikey ..
don simon - MemberTHE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Event: Commonwealth Games
Year: 1986
Achievement: Gold Medal Single Sculls
That does not count as Commonwealth Games are just for the "empire" ... 😆
sputnik - MemberKatie Price
FFS! Don't even mention that name ... vile.
jonba - MemberCheryl Cole.
I will go across the road in Heaton and tell her mum ... NO!
I reckon this poor deprived kid from the 70s..
I expect Charlie the cat'll be long dead
RIP 🙁
That does not count as Commonwealth Games are just for the "empire" ...
My bad, I've always considered Redgrave was a bit crap anyway, he only beat our crew because stroke lost his seat, so we kind of gave the victory to him on a plate.
And who fits those criteria?
Easy must be GW... Or njee 😀
+1 for Keith Flint
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my arse and your face
oh sorry, who not how
Can't think of any myself ...
I think Kelly Holmes should be fine as she won 2 golds at the grand old age of 34 but the question is ... has she become a celebrity? 
Others seem to be too in your face with sponsors written all over and media constantly mentioning them.
OK Take your pick
But why can't it be a team and only One single person ?
[url=http://]Olympic Medalists List[/url]
It might be a good idea to define celebrity for this, might it not?
don simon - Member
It might be a good idea to define celebrity for this, might it not?
Don't you mean Exempt Celebrities Just why would you include them ?
anyone you have heard of
so we need an olympian we dont know who is poor and unsponsored but won medals....should be easy
dont tell me the answer though or I will have heard of them.
so we need an olympian we dont know who is poor and unsponsored but won medals....should be easy
dont tell me the answer though or I will have heard of them.
Tough one that.
Hang on!
The Stig?
How can somebody that nobody knows be a celebrity?
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Olympic_gold_medalists_for_Great_Britain ]List Of British Gold Medalists[/url]
Granted some you may have to dig up
