Asians in American Sports | Asian American Poll

ASIANS IN AMERICAN SPORTS
(Updated Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025, 06:39:09 AM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Which male athlete has done the most to promote the image of Asian American men?
Tennis Player Michael Chang | 36%
Pitcher Chanho Park | 23%
Golfer Tiger Woods | 8%
Linebacker Dat Nguyen | 13%
Rightfielder Ichiro Suzuki | 14%
Left Wing Paul Kariya | 6%

Which female athlete has done the most to promote the image of Asian American women?
Figure Skater Kristi Yamaguchi | 19%
Pool Player Jeanette Lee | 1%
Figure Skater Michele Kwan | 58%
Golfer Se-ri Pak | 22%

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H-Town Brotha:

that's not a nice thing to say. you are right, there aren't that many asians in sports, but there are alot of asians amongst the educated elite in any university.
and pound for pound, asians are more athletic than blacks.
i am only 5'11 but i'll bet i can take you at any sport. if you are over 6'2 then you might beat me at basketball but if you are under 6'1 then dream
on.
hakka-man Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at 00:18:40 (PST)

i posted that kovalchuk was part-asian without knowing this as a fact. but, since there is a large asian population in russia, and kovalchuk does have asian eyes, it would not surprise me if he in fact is part-asian, usually you can tell 80% of the time.
K-man Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 14:04:10 (PST)

everybody thinks that basketball is for blacks, in fact the opposite is true. The truth is that asian can jump higher than blacks if u practice the same amount. I'm only 5"11 and can do a reverse double pump dunk with two hands, my vertical is definitely over 40 inches, i played b-ball when i was 9, now i'm 20 and plays better than most black guys, because i also have a strong body around 175 pounds.
To all asian guys who are ballers, keep playing hard, and workout hard, practice ur jumping ability, practice ur footwork, make them versatile, u'll become faster and stronger, but make sure work out ur legs, u'll be dunking over anyone at no time!
chinese slam dunk champion 2001 Saturday, March 09, 2002 at 09:14:00 (PST)

Kovalchuck is not Asian, he is Russian. Saw him during tha Olympics. Just cuz he got the eyes don't mean nuttin. As for NBA, the majority or brothas who come from tha inner city, as a 18 yo black male, you see poor guys who all they do is black basketball, all heart yo. There are like 3 billion asian people yall better be able to produce some quality ballas. Get some football players too. Black population in America is only 25 million and that is the majority of the race in NBA and NFL, then you got the white catz who have a lot of NBA guyz from europe and homegrown and NHL all white guys basically 12 brothas though. I think there may be some genetic things though, most of the fastest guys with good size are african american, and the big strong guys are caucasian (check out da worlds strongest man competition). Don't worry if its genetics yo. Itz sad that you have to include guys who are half, they are just as much white and black as they are asian, just to boost up numbers a little bit. L8ta
H-Town Brotha Saturday, March 09, 2002 at 02:34:39 (PST)

Are we not counting Apolo Ohno? He rocks, both as an athlete and a beautiful, beautiful man.
E. Lei Friday, March 08, 2002 at 17:11:58 (PST)

I think Apolo Anton Ohno is one of our best athletes.
kireina Friday, March 08, 2002 at 14:51:16 (PST)

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