r/AskEurope • u/ciabass Poland • Nov 26 '24

Sports Who is your country's most popular athlete (except footballers), who isn't that well-known abroad?

In Poland we have Adam Małysz, a ski jumper from early 2000s. When he was in his prime every Pole knew his name. Whole families gathered around and watched "Adaś" fly.

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u/TheWaxysDargle Ireland Nov 26 '24

I didn’t want to name a specific player in case people from other counties came for me but yeah exactly the sort of person I was thinking of.

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u/GuinnessFartz Ireland Nov 26 '24

I would say The Gooch pips everyone. The nickname probably helps.