Most athletic person ever?

[Memphis]

This guy obviously

[SlimTrae]

VG_Addict & Kabong's choices are tough to beat. I'll add in Michael Phelps. Swimmers use every muscle to compete in their sport.

[SugarBoxing]

bo jackson

[SlimTrae]

VG_Addict & Kabong's choices are tough to beat. I'll add in Michael Phelps. Swimmers use every muscle to compete in their sport.

23 medals, 19 gold.
Damn.

[p4pking]

It could well be a hunter in some tribe of indigenous peoples in the amazon or something. "Athletic" means what exactly? Anyone who has ever achieved anything in pro sports has worked very hard to do specifically that, however naturally gifted they might seem.

[SlimTrae]

True. But some win more than others. Some shatter records.
Phelps is an athletic phenomenon doing both.

[X]

I wouldn't slag off any of these elite guys.

Jim Thorpe has to be up there for me, though. I would also add Daley Thompson (yes, Eaton has since broken his world record, but that is possibly a function of time, nutrition and better training)

I don't know much about Bo Jackson, who is mentioned elsewhere on this thread.

Roger Federer is pretty damn athletic, as was Jonah Lomu. Carl Lewis was a great, albeit drug fuelled, all rounder.

In boxing terms, read up about James J Jeffries as an all round athlete

[Dark Lord Al]

Fury ?

[Primo Carnera]

I wouldn't slag off any of these elite guys.

Jim Thorpe has to be up there for me, though. I would also add Daley Thompson (yes, Eaton has since broken his world record, but that is possibly a function of time, nutrition and better training)

I don't know much about Bo Jackson, who is mentioned elsewhere on this thread.

Roger Federer is pretty damn athletic, as was Jonah Lomu. Carl Lewis was a great, albeit drug fuelled, all rounder.

In boxing terms, read up about James J Jeffries as an all round athlete

Really? is there something I'm not remembering?