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The most successful athletes from every country gathered at the Olympic Games on a map

2 years ago
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by Amber Cross
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Every four years, all countries of the world participate in the same ritual. They open the sports newspaper in service, and review the list of those registered in Olympic Games And they make guesses. How many medals can we scratch here and there? Most of its representatives are complete strangers. They feed on unknown sports and low-popular events. The Olympic cycle The Olympic cycle, however, they captivate their countries. They have become the strange heroes of summer.

From time to time, someone breaks into relentless control. Duel, canoe, rower, shooter, swimmer. Athletes of the highest caliber whose media permeability depends solely and exclusively on their performance in games. If they press the correct key and collect many medals… they become totems. Idols are the kind of personality you always have to bring up when talking about the best athletes in history, from every country in the world.

All countries have at least one of them. They all remember and celebrate it every four years. And it happens that the top historical sports stars exclude the rest of the countries We are strangers Local legends, many of which come from disciplines that we only pay attention to when this happens one of us It turned out to be good. Well, at the gates of some weird (odd year) Olympics, rave reviews put These are great maps to get to know them.

Its logic is simple. Four points are awarded for each gold medal achieved; Two points for the silver medal. And a bronze medal. The athlete with the most points in the history of the Games wins in his country. Globally, there is no possible debate in first place: no one gets more points than Michael Phelps. She adds 100 in total, thanks to 23 gold (to be said soon), 3 silver, and 2 bronze. His immediate persecutor Larisa Latynina, can only brag 50 points (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze).

Apart from the great titans, it is interesting to review the national legends. In Spain it will be the first thing David CalRowing legend with one gold (Athens 2004) and four silvers (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012). His background is modest compared to other athletes at the helm of European countries, perhaps a testament to Spain’s limited Olympic potential. In Germany driving a real legend like Birgit Fisher (8 golds and 4 silvers per canoe); in the UK, Chris Hoy (6 golds, 1 silver); And in great Finland Pavo Nurmi (9 Urus, 3 Plata).

Here we encounter the amazing variety of games. The most successful athlete in the Netherlands, Anksy Van Grunsven, intended for horse riding; one from Norway, Otto Olsen, on fire belgium, Herbert Van Innes, to the bow. In Iceland, it is not an individual, but a team (handball, silver in Beijing 2008). Lots of swimmers, fencers, gymnasts, wrestlers, disciplines in which one athlete can participate in many events during the same Olympic cycle (thus getting more medal revenue, not like a tennis player, for example).

The list is as long as countries participate in each Olympiad (remember: not synonymous Olympic Games). So the maps speak for themselves better. There are plenty of great athletes to explore and discover. What will be the next that will fascinate us this summer?