Who's the most famous athlete in your country alive or dead?

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>ali
>most famous athlete in the USA

Umm, sweetie...

>>78086875
My man no. It's Jordan and it's not even close.

>>78086875
Michael Jordan and it's not even close

>>78086927
Worldwide it's Jordan, nobody gives a shit about Tom Brady outside of the US.

>>78086927
>>78086875
you're both terribly wrong, it's Michael Jordan without a doubt, then probably Kobe Bryant

>>78086927
Hahaha come on now this thread isn't racial... if you show Ali across the world everyone knows who he is .. show tom Brady in armenia I'm sure people have no clue who he is ... very funny though

>>78086950
>who's the most famous athlete in your country
>IN YOUR COUNTRY

>>78086875
As a Dominican it's probably David Ortiz desu.

Like all threads on 4chan this one is off the rails too! So ... fine if you think it's jordan post Jordan!
Post your flags most famous athlete!!!!

>>78086971
Even then it's still Jordan by a mile. Also notice how OP mentioned worldwide recognition too.

>>78086972
You have an American flag yet you say you're Dominican here on a vacation? Business trip?

>autists actually think any of these athletes are more famous than Babe Ruth
lmao

>>78086990
>Jordan is at this point in time more famous than Brady

ha ha ha

>>78086993
Uni

>>78086927

Tyson is probably more famous than Ali especially to the younger generation

>>78087039
this

also i don't know,probably alexis sanchez

>>78086971
What would be the point if It was about popularity inside the fucking country? Every american knows Jordan just like every american knows Brady.

not sure

ole gunnar solskjær played for manchester united in their fergie days and even scored in a champions league final, also scored quite a bit in the premier league. think he had a testimonial. since football is so popular around the world i think he would be a bit more famous than the individual winter sports people like ole einar bjorndalen, bjorn dæhlie or petter northug.
there's also john arne riise and maybe john carew as football players.

i doubt any dead norwegian athletes could compete with them so it's one of those mentioned.

also there's magnus carlsen, but that's chess, so it's debatable whether it's a sport or not.

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No one is more famous I guess.

>>78087016
Welcome to America my Dominican friend you guys have lots of great baseball players and some good boxers

>>78087002
Tom Brady isn't even as famous as Lebron, let alone Jordan. Lebron has more endorsements, social media followers, name recognition, etc.

Hugo Sanchez or Cesar Chavez.

Borg, Zlatan, or maybe J.O Waldner just because of China

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>>78086875
as an internationale I must say you are mistaken, it is this man.

I knew about Ali in like high school while Jordan was omnipresent since I was in elementary school, he was everywhere: in the tv, magazines, shoes, posters.

>>78087180
Waldner is GOAT.

American Pharoah

>>78086875
Here in England the the most famous ones from over there are Ali/Tyson/Jordan/Tiger.

>>78086927
Who tf is that?

>>78087234
Who gets Lennox Lewis? Bongland or Canada?

By the way, I'm pretty sure this is our most famous sporting export, though Kanu or Jay Jay Okocha might have an argument

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>>78087429
Oops, forgot picture

>>78087429
ozil isn't nigerian

>>78087446
I always thought nigerians were christians, why is he muslim?

>>78087429

your exports are all USA's and England's best athletes

As far as boxing goes, I think its tyson then ali.

As good as ali was, if youre watching two guys fight you want to see a knockout and thats what mike tyson did. Iron mike literally ruined boxing in a sense because no one wants to watch actual boxing.

>>78086971
I think their wording was just poor, since they clearly meant global recognition. They should have said "from your country."

>>78087467
>doesn't know Nigeria is a (slight) majority Muslim country

>>78087489
Anthony Joshua's English when he's being marketable, Nigerian when he's unruly. As usual.

RUUUUUSEV

>>78087564
Oh shit, really? All the british-nigerians are christian here.

>>78086875
wayne gretzky

>>78086927
go2bed tom

>>78087787
Yeah, because Christian-majority Southern Nigerians generally head to Ingerland when they leave. Muslim-majority Northern Nigerians are both less likely to leave in the first place, and more likely to head to either the States, Central Europe or the Middle East when they do.

>>78086875
Franz Beckenbauer probably or maybe Michael Schumacher if you want to count him as an athlete.

For the US it's Michael Jordan btw
That Space Jam movie made him known to an entire generation of kids, even in non-basketball countries (example: me)

Brian Lara- Trinidad
Dwight Yorke- Tobago

>>78087892
igbo or yoruba?

haven't seen a naij flag here since London 2012.

>>78088028
Neither, Hausa (and I've been on spee on and off for seven years at this point)

>>78087429
>>78087446
Who tf is this?

>>78088136
If I'm not mistaken, that is Kenny "The Jet" Smith, born and raised in the heart of Nigeria.

>>78086875
Definitely Jordan

>not The Juice for US of A

Jakob Ingebrigtsen once he knocks those Savannah apes off their perch.

Shit, I honestly don't know. People are obsessed with rooting for the flag and not the individuals here.
Taking world-wide recognition into account, I guess Sharapova. Arshavin also was huge here after Euro 2008

>>78086875
Isn't Jordan the most famous?

>>78088538
It's actually Yashin and all that nhl hockey players

>>78086875
Pelé

>>78088604
Yashin crossed my mind for a sec, but I don't think that he's talked about that much anymore because nobody actually saw him play. Everybody just knows as an axiom that he existed and was great and that's it
Pavel Bure is actually a good candidate, I was trying to remember a hockey player that everybody knows, but forgot him for some reason. Ovi and Kharlamov didn't do it for me.
>>78087447
Underrated post

>>78087928
> or maybe Michael Schumacher if you want to count him as an athlete.
or as alive

>>78088875
ain't he welsh?

>>78088906
oh nevermind

Gretzky, GSP and Steve Nash

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The obvious answer.

>>78088910
As Irish as they come

>>78087446
Holy moly Nigeria in the house! Awesome!!! Rare flag!!! He was great I know a lot of Nigerian boxers at my gym in LA great people!

>>78088623
Pele is incredibly recognized by the world a true asset to the Brazilian people

>>78088875
Conor Mcgregor!!!

>>78089504
he's an idiot.

>>78089523
Hea considered the greatest futbol player of all time. How is he an idiot? I've never heard hi speak. Is the soccer genius of low intelligence in everyday life?

>>78089605
>How is he an idiot?
He's toned down recently. I guess he has good PR people at his side now, but as Romario used to say, "When Pele is with his mouth shut, he is a poet."
>Hea considered the greatest futbol player of all time.
All the old-timers I know say Garrincha was better. But Garrincha died a penny-less whore-mongering drunk, so the media does not like to remember him.

Rafa Nadal

>>78088875
>>78089520
Unironically Conor now, that last fight was huge

>>78087191
>he was everywhere: in the tv, magazines, shoes, posters.
That's just because you grew up in the 90's.

>>78086950
>>78086951
>>78086944
>>78086940
is this some meme I don't know about
its blatantly Ali

>>78086951
This.

I think it might actually be David Beckam
after that Idk, Rooney perhaps or maybe Lennox Lewis

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Christian Karembeu maybe.

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>>78093017
there's a NEW caledonia?!

Jordan in the US.

>>78089487
>>/reddit/

Pacquiao

Dunno. Ian Thorpe? Don Bradman? Rod Laver?

Maradona
Messi
Ginóbili
Fangio

>>78094675
I bet Del Potro is more famous than fucking Ginóbili.

Pelé
Ayrton Senna
Guga (you now remember him)
Nerman

Most famous: Lionel Messi
Most dominant: Adolfo Cambiaso
Best career: Manu Ginobili

>>78089082
ya, he was drunk and a cunt

>>78094675
Cool all futbol players where do boxers like Sergio Martinez Marcos Maidana fall in Argentina popularity?

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>>78094586
You may not like it, but I'm right.

>>78086875
Why is this guy forced so much in pop culture?

LEBRON JAMES
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL
KOBE BRYANT
MICHAEL JORDAN

MATTI NYKÄNEN

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TSUNALDO

>>78096231
Jewish conspiracy

>>78093017
R A R E
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Azzar probably
The Brown
Preud'homme
Henin
Clijsters

Comaneci, Nastase or Hagi

hamez or failcow
>>78086875
jordan, space jam man; second is tyson
>>78086927
I only know this guy cause of /sp/

>>78096231
because he was the shit

>>78096537
In the U.S. at least, it's definitely Comaneci.

>>78087225

Secretariat was probably your most famous horse before that Seabiscuit film.

>>78094586
As far as we recall;-

Don Bradman >>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Laver >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ian Thorpe (literally who?)

Unironically, Black Caviar has been your most famous athlete this century.

>>78087467
North Nigeria is Muslim, south is Christian

Guess which part of Nigeria is the best part

uhhh, it could either be Baggio or Maldini, or Yuri Chechi or Federica Pellegrini or some cyclist (Pantani and Coppi/Bartali if you're over 70)

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unrelevant sport I know but

- 130+ wins in a row
- 2 olympic gold 9 world championships (he is only 28)
- has never been throwed down a single time in his whole career, even a small throw. He only lost matches on penalities

>>78097580
Wouldn't Nibbles be your most noteworthy recent cyclist?

>>78097682
yeah but not many people under 60 know or care about cycling unless we're talking legendary cyclists.

Scotland

1.Andy Murray easily
2.Colin Montgomery
3.Kenny dalglish

If you ignore Americans then Dalglish is probably 2nd.

wales

bale desu

Cruyff probably, followed by van Nistelrooy and some other footballers

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Mainly because she is the goat, but not a lot of people like her today, but arguably she is more famous than Modric and etc.

>>78086875
probably Šuker worldwide but fuck that cunt
also, Americans don't know about him probably, so to them maybe Petrović.
i can't gauge how famous Modrić is today

>>78086940
>>78086944
>>78086950
>>78086951
>I'm an old fuck wasting his life on a message board instead of starting a family
neck yourselves. Jordan's a scummy human being nobody cares that he won six umpteen billion years ago

>>78086875
literally who in a non-sport

>>78086875
>tfw our most famous athlete didn't even get a sticky
Fucking hotpocketmunchers

>Gallis and Antetokounmpo in Basketball
>Manolas/Mitroglou/Charisteas in football.
>Zambides/Iliades in MMA/boxing/Tae kwon do idk wtf they actually do.

>>78099133
Maybe add
>pyrros dimas

>>78098809
modric is the most famous serb atm

>>78086875
It's not Ali, it's Michael Jordan. Recent death bias.

>>78097524
Ya feel free to fuck yourself m8

>>78087083
here Petkovic. He was great!

David Beckham without question, it's not even close.

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>>78086875
Jordan by a mile. Most people here only vaguely knew Ali by name before he died.

>>78086927
desu only know his name because of bill burr's podcast but if you ask random people in the streets here 99% doesn't know who he is.
The most famous american athletes today are Serena Williams/Jordan/Tyson i think.

>>78096135
Hot. But it's not her. Jonah Lomu (RIP) by far

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>>78097524
Dont forget how Boko Haram is trying to take over the north as well and form an Islamic State. Funny how that shit happens anywhere islam is present regardless of race, e.g. Chechnya. Really tickles my almonds.

>>78086927
Ali
Tyson
Jordan

In that order you stupid cuck faggots.

>>78089082
Is that why he played for northern ireland?

>>78098809
What about petrovich

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This guy, unfortunately

Shot putter Jimmy Nordin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAMI3gyY6ZM

(yes he's the singer)

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this guy

>>78103186
Ibrahimovic is 1000x more famous than this guy.

>>78103230
>mediocre Malmö FF striker
>more famous than elite shot putter and musical virtuoso Jimmy Nordin