Your Nation's Best Athlete(s) of the 2010's

[Ros 239]

It's easy... GRIGOR DIMITROV

[LDOG 2,418]

Sadly, Messi...

[Griff88 1,952]

Our veteran lifter Eko Yuli Irawan will be my pick. I think no other Indonesian athletes are as consistent as him in this decade

[Майкл 561]

Male athlete: Novak Đoković

Female athlete: Ivana Španović

Male team: Men's water polo NT

Female Team: Women's volleyball NT

 

 

[VolleyRuller96 264]

Team sports: men Volleyball, no doubt about it IMO.
2 X World Champions (2014, 2018)

3 x World Cup medalists (bronze in 2015, silver in 2011 and 2019)

3 X World League / Nations league medalists, including 1 win (bronze in  2011, gold in 2012, bronze in 2019)

2 x European Championship bronze medalists (2011, 2019)

1 x European League Bronze Medalists (2015)

Of the other teams, only ski jumping had a similar, long-running history of success in the last 10 years, so they're my number 2. choice

 

Individual: Here I have far more candidates, but out of sympathy I will chose Kamil Stoch. He already surpassed Malysz in certain aspects (i.e Olympic Games) and it feels like he can end up with more overall wins in his career than Malysz. He achieved amongst others:
 3 x olympic gold medals + 1 bronze,

 2 x World Cup overall standing winner

2 x Four Hill tournament Winner

1 x Raw Air winner

overall: 34 wins and 68 individual podiums in the World Cup alone

[Olympian1010 7,971]

Winter: Lowell Bailey, Lindsey Vonn, Mikayla Shiffrin, Ted Ligety, Brittany Bowe, Joey Mantia, Shawn White, Lindsey Jacobelis, Bode Miller, David Wise, Gus Kenworthy (your welcome ), Nathan Chen, Davis/Partner

 

Summer: Casey Eichfield

[CCB 565]

Best  athlete: Ireen Wüst (speedskating, gold at the Vancouver, Sochi and Pyeongchang Olympics and several World & European Titles

 

Best  team: Women's hockeyteam (gold at the London Olympics, silver in Rio, gold in most of the World & European Championships)

 

Other top performers in the 2010's: Sven Kramer (speedskating), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (swimming), women's handballteam, Dorian van Rijsselberghe (sailing), Epke Zonderland (gymnastics), Kirsten Wild (track cycling), Marianne Vos (cycling).

 

Personal sportsmoment of the 2010's: seeing live Wüst winning the gold medal on the 1500 meter in Pyeongchang.

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

The following results only take into account medals earned from 2010 to 2019, of course.


1) Arhur Zanetti (artistic gymnastics) - world champion, Olympic champion, Olympic silver medal, 2-time Pan American Games champion

2) Cesar Cielo (swimming) - 1 Olympic bronze medal, 9-time world champion, 4-time Pan American Games champion

3) Isaquias Queiroz (canoe sprint) - 3 Olympic medals, 6-time world champion, 3-time Pan American Games champion

4) Mayra Aguiar (judo) - 2 Olympic bronze medals, 2-time world champion, Pan American Games champion

5) Ana Marcela Cunha (open water swimming) - 5-time world champion, Pan American Games champion

6) Arthur Nory (artistic gymnastics) - world champion, Olympic bronze medalist, Pan American Games champion

7) Ana Sátila (canoe slalom) - world champion, 3-time junior world champion, 3-time Pan American Games champion

8) Hugo Calderano (table tennis) - bronze at the World Tour Grand Finals, bronze at the Youth Olympics, 4-time Pan American Games champion

9) Marcus D'Almeida (archery) - silver at the World Cup, silver at the Youth Olympics, cadet world champion, 2-time Pan American Games medalist

10) Fernando Reis (weightlifting) - bronze medal at the junior world championships, 3-time Pan American Games champion (and he could also inherit a bronze medal from the 2018 World Championships if Rustam Djangabaev really gets disqualified)

And a special mention to Brazil's rhythmic gymnastics group (gymnasts vary) - bronze at the World Cup, 6-time Pan American Games champions

 

Edited December 24, 2019 by thiago_simoes

[NikolaB 432]

6 hours ago, Майкл said:

Male athlete: Novak Đoković

Female athlete: Ivana Španović

Male team: Men's water polo NT

Female Team: Women's volleyball NT

 

 

+1

[Gianlu33 4,550]

That's an interessing question..

 

Male: Niccolò Campriani (Shooting)

Female: Federica Pellegrini (Swimming)

Team: Men's waterpolo