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Ok, this poll from @thupka1982 triggered interest in me, I started doing some digging and have found some – holy shit – absolutely WORLD-CRUSHING athletes in various sports. #sports #dominating #GOAT
Hold on to your pants, this here's a THREAD. With PICTURES. https://twitter.com/thupka1982/status/1150404669715255298
Hold on to your pants, this here's a THREAD. With PICTURES. https://twitter.com/thupka1982/status/1150404669715255298
Edwin Moses (400m hurdles)
In a ten-year stretch won 122 consecutive races, setting the world record 4 times in the process. 2 Olympic golds and likely would have more if not for the US 1980 boycott. #GOAT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Moses
In a ten-year stretch won 122 consecutive races, setting the world record 4 times in the process. 2 Olympic golds and likely would have more if not for the US 1980 boycott. #GOAT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Moses
Alan Francis (horseshoes)
Despite your opinion on horseshoe tossing as a sport Francis has won the world championships TWENTY THREE times (the next-closest winner has won 6). He's both the youngest AND the oldest world champion in the sport's history. #GOAT
Despite your opinion on horseshoe tossing as a sport Francis has won the world championships TWENTY THREE times (the next-closest winner has won 6). He's both the youngest AND the oldest world champion in the sport's history. #GOAT
Aleksandr Karelin (Greco-Roman wrestling)
Lifetime record of 887 wins and only two losses so if you faced him you were getting bodied HARD. He won 3 Olympic golds under 3 different flags (Soviet Union, Unified Team and Russia) and an Olympic silver. #GOAT
Lifetime record of 887 wins and only two losses so if you faced him you were getting bodied HARD. He won 3 Olympic golds under 3 different flags (Soviet Union, Unified Team and Russia) and an Olympic silver. #GOAT
Esther Vergeer (wheelchair tennis) ( @EstherVergeer)
She went undefeated for a decade, winning 470 matches in a row (not even losing a game in 95 of those). Won 48 Grand Slams. 7 Paralympic golds. Ranked #1 in the world from 1999 until she retired in 2013. #GOAT
She went undefeated for a decade, winning 470 matches in a row (not even losing a game in 95 of those). Won 48 Grand Slams. 7 Paralympic golds. Ranked #1 in the world from 1999 until she retired in 2013. #GOAT
Jahangir Khan (squash)
6 time World Open champ, 10 years consecutive British Open champ. Unbeaten in competitive play from 1981 to 1986 wining 555 consecutive matches, holding the Guinness World Record for the longest undefeated streak in any sport. #GOAT
6 time World Open champ, 10 years consecutive British Open champ. Unbeaten in competitive play from 1981 to 1986 wining 555 consecutive matches, holding the Guinness World Record for the longest undefeated streak in any sport. #GOAT
