Haile Gebrselassie - "Geb", "The Emperor"
Hicham El Guerrouj - "The King of the Mile", "The King"
Steve Prefontaine - "Pre"
Dathan Ritzenhein - "Ritz"
Alan Webb - "The Kid"
Ryan Hall - "The Big Cheese"
Tirunesh Dibaba - “The Baby-Faced Destroyer”
Craig Mottram - "The Big Mazungo"
All I could think of, list what you know.
Alberto Juantorena - White lightning
Miruts Yifter: "Yifter the Shifter"
I hadn't heard The Big Cheese before, but I am definitely wearing a cheesehead to NYC.
GO HALL!!!!
What is mazungo? I am just curious.
NativeSon wrote:
What is mazungo? I am just curious.
white man in swahili, hence Mottram is the Big White Man
Dibaba has the best Nickname by far. Would Teg count as one? or Geb? I know Geb had one already but whatever.
Also, you cant forget THE BLACK CACTUS!
Deek = Rob de Castella
The 4 minute smiler = Derek Ibbotson
Chuff Chuff = Gordon Pirie
The Locomotive = Emile Zatopek
The Jarrow Arrow = Steve Cram
The Blue Arrow = Pietro Mennea (after the Milan to Bari express train)
Alberto Cova = Freddie
Eamonn Coghlan = Chairman of the Boards
sorry didnt see Geb posted already. How about Meb then?
who was trackhead?
Cuban missile wrote:
Alberto Juantorena - White lightning
Huh?
Juantorena was known as El Caballo.
Alberto Salazar - The Rookie
he was known as both, but definitely was more well known as White Lightning in Europe (thanks to David Coleman)
I take it you must be David Coleman?
nah this is David Coleman
"and Cuba's first ever gold goes to White Lightning Juantorena"
Martin McGrady
Tim Broe = Brosef
Pat Porter The Panther
I thought El G was the more common nickname on here.
Not sure why Juantorena would be White Lightning when he is closer to Chocolate Thunder.
Bill Rodgers was King of the Roads.
There have been many who didn't have a nickname though so it's not a prerequisite to greatness.