List of Sportspeople By Nickname - Track and Field

Track and Field

  • "Babe" = Mildred Zaharias, multi-event athlete (also known for her career in golf)
  • "The Beast" = Yohan Blake, sprinter
  • "Blade Runner" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter (named after the 1982 film Blade Runner)
  • "The Bronze Queen" = Merlene Ottey, sprinter
  • "El Caballo" (Spanish, "The Horse") = Alberto Juantorena, 400 and 800 metres
  • "The Chairman of the Boards" = Eamonn Coghlan, middle distances (from his notable success in indoor track)
  • "Emperor" = Haile Gebrselassie, long distances
  • "The fastest man on no legs" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter
  • "Flo-Jo" = Florence Griffith Joyner, sprinter
  • "The Flying Dutchman" = Cornelius Warmerdam, pole vaulter
  • "The Flying Finn" =
    • = Hannes Kolehmainen
    • = Taisto Mäki
    • = Paavo Nurmi, long distances
    • = Ville Ritola
    • = Lasse Virén, long distances
  • "The Flying Housewife" = Fanny Blankers-Koen, sprinter and hurdler
  • "The Flying Scotsman" = Eric Liddell, sprinter
  • "G.O.A.T." = Maurice Greene, sprinter
  • "Hannes" = Juho Kolehmainen, long distances
  • "Jesse" = James Owens, sprinter and long jumper
  • "Jim" = Jacobus Thorpe, decathlon and pentathlon (and baseball, football and basketball player)
  • "King Carl" = Carl Lewis, sprinter and long jumper
  • "The Lightning Bolt" = Usain Bolt, sprinter
  • "Linford's lunchbox" = Linford Christie, sprinter (given to him by the British media in reference to the bulge of Christie's genitalia in his Lycra shorts, despised by Christie)
  • "Little Emperor" = Haile Gebrselassie, long distances
  • ""Lutz"" (or "Luz") = Carl Ludwig Long, sprinter and long jumper
  • "Mystery Man" = André Jackson, sprinter
  • "Oz" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter
  • "Peräseinäjoen Susi" (Finnish: The Wolf from Peräseinäjoki) = Ville Ritola, long distances
  • "Pre" = Steve Prefontaine, middle and long distances
  • "Smiling Hannes" = Juho Kolehmainen, long distances
  • "Stasia" = Stanisława Walasiewicz, sprinter (Polish diminutive)
  • "Stella the Fella" = Stella Walsh, sprinter
  • "Stella Walsh" = Stanisława Walasiewicz, sprinter (anglicized name)
  • "Ville" = Vilho Ritola, long distances
  • "Vomma" = Volmari Iso-Hollo, long distances
  • "Wonder Boy" = So Wa Wai, paralympic sprinter

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