2024-07-22 08:31:04
American Michael Phelps, who won a total of 28 Olympic swimming medals, of which 23 were gold, was chosen as the greatest athlete of the current century.
He garnered the most votes in the ESPN poll. More than 70,000 people took part in the American TV poll.
The top 10 in the following order are completed by – Serena Williams (USA, tennis), Lionel Messi (Argentina, football), LeBron James (USA, basketball), Tom Brady (USA, American football), Roger Federer (Switzerland, tennis), Simone Biles (USA, Gymnastics), Tiger Woods (USA, Golf), Usain Bolt (Yam, Track and Field) and the late Kobe Bryant (USA, Basketball).
In the top 100, 2 sports are solidly represented, which are among the primordial for Americans. A total of 24 basketball and 17 baseball players are present.
The next Europeans after Federer are his big tennis rivals Novak Djokovic (Sr) and Rafael Nadal (Esp), who are 11th and 12th respectively. In the fatal 13th position is the Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher (Ger) ranks 29th, and the greatest female skier of all time, Mikaela Shiffrin (USA), is 44th in the ranking.