Poll: Favorite Swimmer of all time?

Even though I was a breastroker in the mid 1980s - and therefore had a chance to swim with/against some of the best breastroke swimmers of all time (Moffet, Lundquist, Gill, Moorhouse, Davis, Schroeder, etc, etc) - I would say Vladimir Salnikov. Salnikov was an absolute beast. Close second - Tracy Caulkins, Sippy Woodhead, Mary T., Michael Gross, Matt Biondi (SCY), and Goodell. Just my $0.02...

Even though I was a breastroker in the mid 1980s - and therefore had a chance to swim with/against some of the best breastroke swimmers of all time (Moffet, Lundquist, Gill, Moorhouse, Davis, Schroeder, etc, etc) - I would say Vladimir Salnikov. Salnikov was an absolute beast. Close second - Tracy Caulkins, Sippy Woodhead, Mary T., Michael Gross, Matt Biondi (SCY), and Goodell. Just my $0.02...