"""You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world."" ""Thanks, King."" Which athlete?"
"who wins the decathlon, thus the world's greatest athlete of all times is the recordman of decathlon (Kevin Mayer as of September 2018). This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, ""You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete"" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. The official decathlon world record holder is French Kevin Mayer, who scored 9,126 points at the 2018 Décastar. The event developed from the ancient pentathlon. Pentathlon competitions were held at the ancient Greek Olympics. Pentathlons involved five disciplines – long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, sprint and a"
"soccer, baseball, lacrosse, and did ballroom dancing. King Gustav V of Sweden, while awarding Thorpe the decathlon gold said: ""You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world."" That title has become associated with the decathlon event ever since. Athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed or endurance. The application of the term to those who participate in other activities, such as horse riding or driving, is somewhat controversial. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive"
"in both those seasons. In both years, he was nominated among athletes who were considered the best of the best in their sports, which upset some sports fans, as Bush has not accomplished enough to be in the same list as them. BET Award for Sportsman of the Year The BET Award for Sportsman of the Year is given to the best and most successful male athlete of the previous year. The award was originally titled Best Male Athlete, but was later changed to its current title in 2010. LeBron James holds the record for most wins in this category"
"central subject in the documentary ""King Me."" In 2014 he lost his world title in the GAYP (""go as you please"") version to Sergio Scarpetta, as King failed to appear for the final four games. Ron King Ron ""Suki"" King (born 1956) is an English draughts player from Saint George, Barbados. He has won twelve world championship titles at the game and is considered one of the strongest players of the game. King has been honored by his homeland being named Barbados's Sportsman of the Year in both 1991 and 1992. He has been called the Muhammad Ali of the"
"States. Because these awards are given by American organizations, the winners are usually, but not always, Americans. Also, the presence of the word ""Sportsman"" in the name of an award does not imply that the award is open solely to men; women have frequently won these awards. Athlete of the Year Athlete of the Year is an award given by various sports organizations for the athlete whom they have determined to be deserving of such recognition. The awards are also sometimes called player of the year, most valuable player (MVP), sportsperson (sportsman or sportswoman) of the year, or Mr./Ms. X"
"V of Sweden for the decathlon and Czar Nicholas II of Russia for the pentathlon. Several sources recount that, when awarding Thorpe his prize, King Gustav said, ""You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world"", to which Thorpe replied, ""Thanks, King"". Contemporary sources are lacking, however, suggesting that the story is apocryphal. The anecdote appeared in newspapers as early as 1948, 36 years after his appearance in the Olympics, and in books as early as 1952. Thorpe's successes had not gone unnoticed at home, and on his return he was the star attraction in a ticker-tape parade on Broadway."
"Year awards both years. Wrestler Big Show named The Undertaker as the greatest professional wrestler of all time, while Mark Henry and WWE chairman Vince McMahon have called him their favorite. WWE Hall of Famer and company executive, Jim Ross, said: ""Without question, The Undertaker is the greatest big man in the history of wrestling... There is no greater WWE star ever than The Undertaker"". ""Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition"" recognized Undertaker as having the most consecutive victories at WrestleMania. In November 2015, ""Telegraph"" journalist Tom Fordy called The Undertaker ""the world's greatest sportsman"". Undertaker's character has been praised as"
"BET Award for Sportsman of the Year The BET Award for Sportsman of the Year is given to the best and most successful male athlete of the previous year. The award was originally titled Best Male Athlete, but was later changed to its current title in 2010. LeBron James holds the record for most wins in this category with six. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Some of the nominations have brought up some controversy. Reggie Bush was nominated for the award twice, in 2007 and 2009, despite putting up average numbers for a player at his position"
"The World's Greatest Athlete The World's Greatest Athlete is a 1973 American feature film released by Walt Disney Productions. It starred John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, and Jan-Michael Vincent. It is one of the few wide-release Hollywood sports films to look at the world of track and field, as the ""World's Greatest Athlete"", Nanu, played by Vincent, tries to make history by winning every event at the NCAA Track & Field Championship. Sam Archer and his assistant Milo Jackson are coaches at Merrivale College. They have lost every game in every sport which they have coached,"
"medals at Olympic Games — Steve Redgrave Note: gold medalist in Coxless Four at Sydney Olympics 8 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — United States 15 consecutive major titles (World Cups and World Championships) — Eric Murray, Hamish Bond 9 consecutive world titles (Olympic Games and World Championships) - United States 25 Cups — United States Note: With 132 years, this is the longest winning streak by years in sports history. 4 consecutive Olympic titles — Ben Ainslie 4 consecutive Olympic titles — Paul Elvstrøm 3 consecutive titles at PBA World Championship 87 — Julio César Chávez (light welterweight) Note"
"Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Since its inception in 1954, ""Sports Illustrated"" magazine has annually presented the Sportsperson of the Year award to ""the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement."" Both Americans and non-Americans are eligible, though in the past the vast majority of winners have been from the United States. Both men and women have won the award, originally called ""Sportsman of the Year"" and renamed ""Sportswoman of the Year"" or ""Sportswomen of the Year"" when applicable; it is currently known as ""Sportsperson of the Year."" Tiger Woods and"
"Arnold Palmer Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed The King, he was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Palmer's social impact on behalf of golf was perhaps unrivaled among fellow professionals; his humble"
"Athlete of the Year Athlete of the Year is an award given by various sports organizations for the athlete whom they have determined to be deserving of such recognition. The awards are also sometimes called player of the year, most valuable player (MVP), sportsperson (sportsman or sportswoman) of the year, or Mr./Ms. X sport. For example, at the high-school level in the United States, several American states choose a (e.g., Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, North Dakota, Utah, and Wisconsin). Such awards — general and one-sport-only — are common at the high-school, college (university), and professional levels in the United"
"two of Thorpe's children, Gale and Bill, with commemorative medals. Thorpe's original medals had been held in museums, but they had been stolen and have never been recovered. Although Thorpe is listed as a gold medalist by the IOC, his results from 1912 have not been restored to the official Olympic records. Thorpe's monument, featuring the quote from Gustav V (""You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world.""), still stands near the town named for him, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The grave rests on mounds of soil from Thorpe's native Oklahoma and from the stadium in which he won his"
"A special taped message from the United States President, Barack Obama, also aired during the halftime. In the message, President Obama encouraged people to do more public service for the community. A ring ceremony to honor the gold medalists at the 2008 Olympics was also held during the halftime. Six members of USA men's national basketball team, Chris Bosh, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade, and two members of USA women's national basketball team, Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson were awarded with their ring at the ceremony. The national anthem of both the United States"
"answer the question 'Who is the greatest sports star of all time?' Though his conclusion was Muhammad Ali, as part of the process; he interviewed and profiled sports stars from around the world, including:Ian Botham, Nick Faldo, Ben Ainslie, Michael Phelps, Martina Navratilova, Shane Warne, Alex Ferguson, Bobby Charlton and Lance Armstrong. Campbell later said that he ""fell hook, line and sinker"" for the Armstrong legend. He subsequently worked with Armstrong, campaigning for cancer charities, but drew criticism from Armstrong's nemesis David Walsh for being so supportive and defending him so passionately. Campbell later said that Walsh had been right."
"National Champion (10.15 seconds). In 1986, he became a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity through the Theta Delta chapter at the University. Emmit King Emmit King (born March 24, 1959) is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, who twice was a member of the American Relay Team for the Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988) but he did not compete. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 100 metres. He set his personal best (10.04) in the 100 metres on June 17, 1988, at the"
"success to make all this good-natured nonsense funny"". The World's Greatest Athlete The World's Greatest Athlete is a 1973 American feature film released by Walt Disney Productions. It starred John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, and Jan-Michael Vincent. It is one of the few wide-release Hollywood sports films to look at the world of track and field, as the ""World's Greatest Athlete"", Nanu, played by Vincent, tries to make history by winning every event at the NCAA Track & Field Championship. Sam Archer and his assistant Milo Jackson are coaches at Merrivale College. They have lost every"
"talks about me being the smart one. Let me tell you, Billie Jean's the smartest one, the cleverest one you'll ever see. She was the one who was able to channel everything into winning, into being the most consummate tennis player. , another frequent opponent of King, said, For a time, I think I was as close to Billie Jean as anyone ever was. But as soon as I got to the point where I could read her too well, she tried to dissociate the relationship. She doesn't want to risk appearing weak in front of anybody. She told me"
"iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. Three American athletes, golfer Tiger Woods, road cyclist Lance Armstrong, and basketball player LeBron James, have won the award multiple times. Woods was honored five times: in 1998 (jointly with Ken Griffey Jr.), 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2008. Armstrong was honored four times from 2003 to 2006 inclusive while James received the trophy in 2012, 2013 and 2016. Basketball is the most successful sport, its"
"this list is considered to be the sportsperson who is on top of their sport's medal table, rather than sportsperson with most overall medals. Currently active competitors are highlighted in pale green. ""Italics"" indicates more than one title achieved in a single year. World championship A world championship is generally an international sports competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport or contest. The title is usually awarded through a combination of specific contests or, less commonly, ranking systems"
"gold medals at World Championships — Usain Bolt 3 consecutive gold medals at World Championships 4 consecutive gold medals at World Championships — Michael Johnson 5 consecutive gold medals at World Championships — United States 3 consecutive gold medals at World Championships — Wilson Kipketer 3 consecutive gold medals at World Championships 4 consecutive gold medals at World Championships — Hicham El Guerrouj 4 consecutive gold medals at World Championships — Morocco 4 consecutive gold medals at World Championships — Kenya 4 consecutive gold medals at World Championships 5 consecutive gold medals at World Championships — Ethiopia 3 consecutive gold"
"the Year award, US Olympic Committee's sportsman-of-the-year award, but notably lost to Tiger Woods for the ""Sports Illustrated""'s Sportsman of the Year award, which made Johnson publicly lash out at US Track & Field executive director Ollan Cassell for ""lack of marketing acumen to promote the sport of track and field"". On the other hand, Bailey, the winner of the Canadian Press' athlete-of-the-year award, was unhappy over receiving zero votes for the Associated Press award (by comparison professional wrestler Ric Flair got two votes in the AP vote) and publicly voiced his displeasure. In response, American magazine ""Sports Illustrated"" ran"
"Sports boxing correspondent Harry Carpenter (1989) and Song Shixiong, sports commentator for China Central Television (CCTV) for over 30 years (1995). A ""Sportscaster of the Year"" award has also been given to top sportscasters, including Marv Albert, Chris Berman, Bob Costas, John Madden and Al Michaels. The association has also recognized sports greats and other notable individuals who have influenced society and the world of sports, including Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Joe DiMaggio, Larry King, Henry Kissinger, LeRoy Neiman, and U.S. President Ronald Reagan It has had fourteen Hall of Fame dinners with over 500 attendees at each one. ,"
"player and believes that a player must equal Hendry's haul of seven world titles to be regarded in this capacity. Former world champion Stuart Bingham also takes a statistical view of the question, stating that O'Sullivan is the ""best player to pick up a cue"" but Hendry's record of seven world titles settles the debate as to who the greatest player is. Desmond Kane of Eurosport has argued that if it were purely a statistical question then Joe Davis's fifteen world championships would settle the issue, that there is no real difference between the ""greatest"" and the ""best"", and that"
"King. Rugby players and coaches are regularly featured on the show. Colin Meads, Graham Henry, John Kirwan, Michael Jones, Anton Oliver, Grant Fox, Mark ""Bull"" Allen, Buck Shelford, Marc Ellis, Nick Farr-Jones, Gordon Tietjens, Ruben Wiki, John Hart, Norm Hewitt and Grant Fox have all appeared. Other sports stars have also been interviewed, including yachtsman Dean Barker, football player Wynton Rufer, basketballer Kirk Penney, netballer Irene van Dyk, cricketers Martin Snedden and Martin Crowe, racing drivers Greg Murphy and Scott Dixon, athlete Peter Snell, boxers Monty Betham and David Tua, cyclist Sarah Ulmer, shotputter Valerie Adams and rower Rob Waddell."
"2012 by Danny McFarlane. He also held the World Record for the M35 and M40 400 metres (without hurdles) for almost 15 years each. King competed collegiately for San Diego State University and has remained in the area, coaching at San Diego Mesa College, San Diego City College, Grossmont College and Cuyamaca College. He is currently an assistant coach back at Mesa College. James King (athlete) James King (born May 9, 1949) is an American hurdler. In 1975 he won the Pan American Games in the 400 Hurdles. He was a top level performer for many years also competing in"
"set numerous records in North America and at least one first-class bowling record. He competed with and succeeded against the best cricketers in the world from England and Australia. King was the dominant bowler on his team when it toured England in 1897, 1903, and 1908. He dismissed batsmen with his unique delivery, which he called ""the angler"", and helped to perfect swing bowling in the sport. Many of the great bowlers of today still use the strategies and techniques that he developed. Sir Pelham Warner described Bart King as one of the finest bowlers of all time, and Donald"
"in 2017. Since 1954, ""Sports Illustrated"" magazine has annually presented the Sportsperson of the Year award to ""the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement."" Roger Bannister won the first-ever Sportsman of the Year award thanks to his record breaking time of 3:59.4 for a mile (the first-ever time a mile had been run under four minutes). Both men and women have won the award, originally called ""Sportsman of the Year"" and renamed ""Sportswoman of the Year"" or ""Sportswomen of the Year"" when applicable; it is currently known as ""Sportsperson of the"
"for the world heavyweight title (shared with Joe Louis), as well as winning 14 unified title bouts (shared with former welterweight champion José Napoles), were unbeaten for 35 years. Ali is the only boxer to be named ""The Ring"" magazine Fighter of the Year six times. He has been ranked the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. He was also ranked as the greatest athlete of the 20th century by ""Sports Illustrated"", the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC, and the third greatest athlete of the 20th century by ESPN ""SportsCentury"". Nicknamed ""The Greatest"", he was involved in"
"with Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Julius Erving, Mike Tyson, Kobe Bryant, Jim Brown, Joe Montana, Eric Dickerson, John Elway, John Wooden, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Carl Lewis, Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Dennis Rodman, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Barry Bonds, LeBron James and numerous others. Outside of sports, Gray has interviewed U.S. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, G.W. Bush, Obama, Trump and other world figures such as South African President Nelson Mandela, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev,"
"sporting arena include ""The perfect oarsman"" Rusty Wailes; Olympic silver medalist rower Josh West; Olympic silver and bronze medalist Sada Jacobson; runner Frank Shorter; baseball executives Theo Epstein and George Weiss, and baseball players Ron Darling, Bill Hutchinson, and Craig Breslow; basketball player Chris Dudley; football players Dick Jauron, Kenny Hill, Calvin Hill, Gary Fencik, Chuck Mercein, Amos Alonzo Stagg, and ""Father of American Football"" Walter Camp; nine-time U.S. Squash men's champion Julian Illingworth; ice hockey player Chris Higgins; figure skater Sarah Hughes; swimmer Don Schollander; and Olympic figure skater Nathan Chen. Yale also counts among its former students Secretary"
"Joel Parkinson, and Taj Burrow. Irons had a much-publicized, and, according to him, over-hyped, rivalry with fellow professional surfer Kelly Slater. In an interview, Irons said: For me, just being affiliated with Kelly--to be next to him--I mean, that's awesome. He's the ultimate surfer. He's the best surfer in the world. Ever. Best competitive, best free surfer, you name it, and to have my name put next to his everywhere really is flattering. He's the Michael Jordan of our sport. Kelly knows how I feel about him. Despite all the media hype that comes out of a rivalry there's a"