list of famous vegetarian athletes /olympians
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gold olympians also see fast runners, swimmers and weight lifters. including famous boxer Mike Tyson.
Carl Lewis (USA): Olympic gold medal-winning runner; vegan athlete, won 10 Olympic medals, including 9 golds, in a career that spanned from 1979 to 1996, competing for the US. He said, "most athletes have the worst diet in the world, and they compete in spite of it."
Scott Jurek ( Top Ultramarathon athlete)
Tennis legend Chris Evert
Football star Ricky Williams
Ultimate Fighting champ Mac Danzig
NBA standouts Raja Bell and Salim Stoudamire
Boxing champion Keith HolmesBille Jean King (USA): Tennis star, 6 singles and 10 doubles titles at Wimbledon and many others
Killer Kowalski (Canada): holder of 6 world wrestling titles
Silken Laumann (Canada): Olympic bronze and silver medallist in rowing
Martina Navratilova (USA): Tennis star, holder of 167 single titles, including 5 at Wimbledon
Bill Pearl (USA): Weight lifter and 4-time Mr. Universe
Dave Scott: universally recognized as the greatest tri-athlete in the world
Sixto Linares(vegan): set the world's record for the longest single day triathlon
Robert Sweetfall: world's premier ultra-distance walker
Edwin Moses: 400 meter hurdles Olympic gold medallist went 8 years without losing a race
Paavo Murmi: "Flying Finn" set 20 world records in distance running, and won 9 Olympic medals
Murray Rose: was only 17 when he won 3 gold medals in 1956 Olympic Games in, Australia (has been vegetarian since he was 2)
Andreas Cahling: Swedish body builder who won the 1980 Mr. International title, is and was a vegetarian for over 10 years of highest level international competition
Stan Price: world record for the bench press in his weight class
Roy Hilligan: "Mr. America" title winner
Ridgely Abele: won the US Karate Association World Championship, Master Division Title for 5th degree black belt, overall Grand Championship (has won 8 national championships) (vegan)....
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Vegan Athlete - Summary list of vegan/vegetarian
Anyone who may be skeptical about the strength, endurance and general health of people choosing a vegetarian diet might consider these vegetarian athletes:
Ridgely Abele
Winner of eight national championships in karateSurya Bonaly
Olympic figure skating championBrendan Brazier
Professional Ironman triathletePeter Burwash
Davis Cup winner and professional tennis starAndreas Cahling
Swedish champion bodybuilder, Olympic gold medallist in the ski jumpChris Campbell
Olympic wrestling championNicky Cole
First woman to walk to the North PoleRuth Heidrich
Six-time Ironwoman, USA track and field Master's championKeith Holmes
World-champion middleweight boxerDesmond Howard
Professional football star, Heisman trophy winnerPeter Hussing
European super heavy-weight boxing championScott Jurek
Ultramarathoner, Course Record Holder at Badwater and Western States
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Audio interview with Animal Voices: MP3Debbie Lawrence
World record holder, women's 5K racewalkSixto Linares
World record holder, 24-hour triathlonCheryl Marek and Estelle Gray
World record holders, cross-country tandem cyclingIngra Manecki
World champion discus throwerBill Manetti
Power-lifting championBen Matthews
U.S. Master's marathon championDan Millman
World champion gymnastMartina Navratilova
Champion tennis playerPaavo Nurmi
Long-distance runner, winner of nine Olympic medals and 20 world recordsBill Pearl
Four-time Mr. UniverseBill Pickering
World record-holding swimmerStan Price
World weightlifting record holder, bench pressMurray Rose
Swimmer, winner of many Olympic gold medals and world recordsDave Scott
Six-time winner of the Ironman triathlonArt Still
Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs MVP defensive end, Kansas City Chiefs Hall of FameJane Wetzel
U.S. National marathon championCharlene Wong Williams
Olympic champion figure skater -
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This is an interesting post, sinweiy. I never thought there were so many athletes who are vegetarians/vegans.
I am a vegetarian myself and did not find any dietary issues so far. I suppose it is an issue to some who are not and even some may criticise others with their choice of a vege diet. Sometimes, I cannot understand why some people may even feel offended with food choices made by others. It could be a reflection of their insecurity, inferiority complex??
Actually, vegetarians are not superior beings. It's just a preferred diet and a choice made due to personal beliefs. It's a personal thing. If everyone can achieve enlightenment just by being a vegetarian, it would be easy, wouldn't it? That way, cows are all enlightened too? Too simplistic, isn't it?
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Originally posted by I No Stupid:
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all talks here are idle, what makes your not?
sw: can check the general meaning of idle.
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Originally posted by Emaho:
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This is an interesting post, sinweiy. I never thought there were so many athletes who are vegetarians/vegans.
I am a vegetarian myself and did not find any dietary issues so far. I suppose it is an issue to some who are not and even some may criticise others with their choice of a vege diet. Sometimes, I cannot understand why some people may even feel offended with food choices made by others. It could be a reflection of their insecurity, inferiority complex??
Actually, vegetarians are not superior beings. It's just a preferred diet and a choice made due to personal beliefs. It's a personal thing. If everyone can achieve enlightenment just by being a vegetarian, it would be easy, wouldn't it? That way, cows are all enlightened too? Too simplistic, isn't it?
nature also can see example. elephant is strongest animal, as compare to tigers and lion.vegetarian Can be a form of discipline from greed. and
Buddhism teaches that three things: sila, samÄ�dhi and pañña—or morality/discipline, concentration and wisdom—are fundamental to a successful meditation practice.
http://www.bhavanasociety.org/main/resource/question_morality_concentration_wisdom/
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<sinweiy>
Please have the courtesy to reply to my post instead of editing it. You are abusing your privilege by editing my post. That is tantamount to putting words in my mouth. You can ask, challenge, criticise, agree or disagree, deny, pretend or rejoin but don't edit someone's post! If it offended you, just admit it and say so!
Your thread here is IDLE talk. What has vegetarian atheletes/olympians got to do with Buddhism???
And Buddhism does not require one to be vegetarian!
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Originally posted by I No Stupid:
<sinweiy>
Please have the courtesy to reply to my post instead of editing it. You are abusing your privilege by editing my post. That is tantamount to putting words in my mouth. You can ask, challenge, criticise, agree or disagree, deny, pretend or rejoin but don't edit someone's post! If it offended you, just admit it and say so!
Your thread here is IDLE talk. What has vegetarian atheletes/olympians got to do with Buddhism???
And Buddhism does not require one to be vegetarian!
nay, didn't see it as abusing, like it or not, we are here to "moderate" and delete, if need be.
do read the Rules & Regulations http://sgforums.com/forums/1728/topics/374821
4) ~Buddhism: Wisdom Bliss~ reserves the right to publish, republish, delete or modify all discussions without asking for permission to do so.
if don't like it, can leave.
we do promo vegetarian
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
nay, didn't see it as abusing, like it or not, we are here to "moderate" and delete, if need be.
do read the Rules & Regulations http://sgforums.com/forums/1728/topics/374821
we do promo vegetarian
which rule have I breached, quote the specific.
I say again: YOU ARE ABUSING YOUR PRIVILEGE. Don't hide around Rules & Regulations. Are there rules and regulations for moderators?
You don't like my post and I called your thread idle talk ... what are you going to do to the thread?
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
nay, didn't see it as abusing, like it or not, we are here to "moderate" and delete, if need be.
do read the Rules & Regulations http://sgforums.com/forums/1728/topics/374821
4) ~Buddhism: Wisdom Bliss~ reserves the right to publish, republish, delete or modify all discussions without asking for permission to do so.
if don't like it, can leave.
we do promo vegetarian
//if don't like it, can leave.//
WHO ARE YOU TO SAY THIS?
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Originally posted by I No Stupid:
which rule have I breached, quote the specific.
I say again: YOU ARE ABUSING YOUR PRIVILEGE. Don't hide around Rules & Regulations. Are there rules and regulations for moderators?
You don't like my post and I called your thread idle talk ... what are you going to do to the thread?
obviously quite a number of them, no need to find excuse for the disrespectful manner.
if don't like, can leave. simple as that. no need to explain much.
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
obviously quite a number of them, no need to find excuse for the disrespectful manner.
if don't like, can leave. simple as that. no need to explain much.
You are skirting and trying to hide and denying you are abusing your privilege.
I ask once again: quote the rule/regulation I breached.
Also, who are you to say "if don't like it, can leave." ? I am asking who are you, not to explain!! If you can't even understand simple English, then you shouldn't be abusing your position as moderator. You can't even quote the specific rule.
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yea can say we abuse. all mod "abuse" their privilege. so?
or are u finding excuses to stay....ok
simply just talk nicer, or u got problem doing so?
2) Treat all posters with respect.
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
yea can say we abuse. all mod "abuse" their privilege. so?
or are u finding excuses to stay....ok
simply just talk nicer, or u got problem doing so?
I have no problem. You got problem. You abused your position and try to justify. What is talking nicer? Your putting words in my mouth was nice????
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
yea can say we abuse. all mod "abuse" their privilege. so?
or are u finding excuses to stay....ok
simply just talk nicer, or u got problem doing so?
2) Treat all posters with respect.
What is meant by 'respect'? I interpret it to mean my postings must agree with you, your likes, aversions, fantasies, idosyncracies.
First you deleted my post which was nothing disrespectful or vulgar. Then you edited my reply to you. My reply to you was a question whch you didn't like.
So, you go about deleting and editing posts according to your likes! And you dare not admit it. Say to everyone here that my post here is DISRESPECTFUL.
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yea forever cannot be "justify".
u can ask why is the thread related at first, don't have to "mock" the thread. don't know what tiger wood, what eat wood..???
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
yea forever cannot be "justify".
u can ask why is the thread related at first, don't have to "mock" the thread. don't know what tiger wood, what eat wood..???
there are a lot of mocking and joking. if you don't know, ASK.
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we already being quite lenient. other forums would just ban the account.
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
we already being quite lenient. other forums would just ban the account.
hahaha, don't use other forums as excuse. Answer the questions I posed to you. If you have no valid reason, say so. Locking, deleting, editing are manifestation of lack of reasoning ability. It is just cut, chop, close! In this instance, you are avoiding. Do you intent to do this all your life?
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we just mod for this section forum, the higher administrator (non-buddhist) supercede us with what she want to do.
u can accuse. fyi, the other thread not i lock one.
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
we just mod for this section forum, the higher administrator (non-buddhist) supercede us with what she want to do.
u can accuse. fyi, the other thread not i lock one.
A moderator moderates - not ban, chop, cut. If a post is vulgar, state so and give the poster a warning. Let others know what the poster has done and deserved.
In an online PUBLIC forum, the whole purpose is to allow anyone, anywhere to participate by way of contributing, exchanging, debating, agreeing, disagreeing a point, a fact, a discourse, a theory, a view, a comment, a suggestion, etc.
If you want conformity, uniformity, like-kinds, like-minded, exclusivity, same skin colour, nationality or belief - then start a PRIVATE forum and all of you can say to each other the same thing.
I find it 'immature' that I was asked if I am a Buddhist, living here or understand only English. And this from a forum whose participants should know the dhamma better than others! Buddha didn't ask if one was a Buddhist before engaging in a discourse with that person or ask where he came from before answering questions.
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Originally posted by I No Stupid:
A moderator moderates - not ban, chop, cut. If a post is vulgar, state so and give the poster a warning. Let others know what the poster has done and deserved.
In an online PUBLIC forum, the whole purpose is to allow anyone, anywhere to participate by way of contributing, exchanging, debating, agreeing, disagreeing a point, a fact, a discourse, a theory, a view, a comment, a suggestion, etc.
If you want conformity, uniformity, like-kinds, like-minded, exclusivity, same skin colour, nationality or belief - then start a PRIVATE forum and all of you can say to each other the same thing.
I find it 'immature' that I was asked if I am a Buddhist, living here or understand only English. And this from a forum whose participants should know the dhamma better than others! Buddha didn't ask if one was a Buddhist before engaging in a discourse with that person or ask where he came from before answering questions.
You've been heard, thanks for sharing your views.
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It's obvious which direction you are steering this too. Soon, it will be poor me, poor 'I No Stupid', poor victim...
I have to hand it to you. You really are quite brainy. However, intellectual prowess gets you nowhere when treading the path of spirituality. You can choose to believe or disbelieve this, but just remember that you've been informed. (I'm not discussing this point with you on this thread or on any other thread. Feel free to think of me as immature or cowardly.)
And now, I'd like to get back to kneading my mala beads. I need more merit so that I may be able to constructively discuss useful Dharma information with others on the forum without having the discussions derailed by well-meaning but misguided people, who feel they have a better grip on what the Buddha did or didn't teach.
... because you know? I'm really a simple person. Before deep experiential realizations of my own, I choose to believe scripture first. Until such time I have my own insight, I may begin to separate the wheat from the chaff. With regards to figuring out who has insight and who is a fake, I go by whether those people can show me a clear map to my destination, and describe the destination. Also, I trust intuition. Yes... very far from the intellectual that you are.
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Originally posted by realization:
It's obvious which direction you are steering this too. Soon, it will be poor me, poor 'I No Stupid', poor victim...
I have to hand it to you. You really are quite brainy. However, intellectual prowess gets you nowhere when treading the path of spirituality. You can choose to believe or disbelieve this, but just remember that you've been informed. (I'm not discussing this point with you on this thread or on any other thread. Feel free to think of me as immature or cowardly.)
And now, I'd like to get back to kneading my mala beads. I need more merit so that I may be able to constructively discuss useful Dharma information with others on the forum without having the discussions derailed by well-meaning but misguided people, who feel they have a better grip on what the Buddha did or didn't teach.
... because you know? I'm really a simple person. Before deep experiential realizations of my own, I choose to believe scripture first. Until such time I have my own insight, I may begin to separate the wheat from the chaff. With regards to figuring out who has insight and who is a fake, I go by whether those people can show me a clear map to my destination, and describe the destination. Also, I trust intuition. Yes... very far from the intellectual that you are.
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Originally posted by I No Stupid:
A moderator moderates - not ban, chop, cut. If a post is vulgar, state so and give the poster a warning. Let others know what the poster has done and deserved.
In an online PUBLIC forum, the whole purpose is to allow anyone, anywhere to participate by way of contributing, exchanging, debating, agreeing, disagreeing a point, a fact, a discourse, a theory, a view, a comment, a suggestion, etc.
If you want conformity, uniformity, like-kinds, like-minded, exclusivity, same skin colour, nationality or belief - then start a PRIVATE forum and all of you can say to each other the same thing.
I find it 'immature' that I was asked if I am a Buddhist, living here or understand only English. And this from a forum whose participants should know the dhamma better than others! Buddha didn't ask if one was a Buddhist before engaging in a discourse with that person or ask where he came from before answering questions.
No one will ask those questions if your views are not vast difference from what Buddha had taught. Besides your views are non Buddhist, you insisted that you are correct. That arouse my curiosity where you are from.