And if we are going to argue about who the greatest Olympian is , the first name on your lips should be Paavo Nurmi , not Steve Redgrave , good and great man though he is .
I 'll put Valentina Vezzali 's achievement against Redgrave 's any day .
If we are going to argue about who the greatest Olympian is , the first name on your lips should be Paavo Nurmi , not Redgrave   , good and great man though he is .
I 'll put Valentina Vezzali 's achievement against Redgrave 's any day .