I think there is a misconception out there that you can’t be a top athlete on a vegetarian or vegan diet. Like, you won’t get enough protein to sustain the extra activity, or something like that.
Well here’s a list of veg athletes that I’ve compiled over the past few weeks. Check it out – you might be surprised!
| Hank | Aaron | Baseball Player |
| Charlie | Abel | A raw vegan muscleman and personal trainer |
| Ridgely | Abele | Winner of eight national championships in karate |
| Brian | Anderson | Pro Skateboarder |
| Anastasia | Ashley | Surfer |
| Raja | Bell | NBA Basketball Player |
| Steve | Bellamy | Founder of the Tennis Channel |
| Steve | Berra | Proskater |
| Rob | Bigwood | Pro Arm-wrestler |
| Surya | Bonaly | Olympic figure skating champion |
| Brendan | Brazier | Professional Ironman triathlete |
| Peter | Brock | Australian touring car driver |
| Leroy | Burrell | Olympic Champion |
| Peter | Burwash | Davis Cup winner and professional tennis star |
| Andreas | Cahling | Mr. International Bodybuilder |
| Chris | Campbell | Olympic wrestling champion |
| Nicky | Cole | First woman to walk to the North Pole |
| Luke | Commo | UFC Ultimate Fighter |
| Mac | Danzig | professional mixed martial arts fighter |
| Sally | Eastall | Marathon Runner |
| Matt | Field | Pro Skateboarder |
| Prince | Fielder | Milwaukee Brewers |
| Danny | Garcia | Pro Skateboarder |
| Tony | Gonzalez | Atlanta Falcons starting tight end |
| Estelle | Gray | World record holder, X-country tandem cycling |
| Ruth | Heidrich | Six-time Ironwoman |
| Keith | Holmes | World-champion middleweight boxer |
| Desmond | Howard | NFL star, Heisman trophy winner |
| Peter | Hussing | European super heavy-weight boxing champ |
| Moses | Itkonen | Pro Skateboarder |
| Seba | Johnson | Olympian |
| Scott | Jurek | ultramarathon runner |
| Scott | Jurek | Ultramarathoner, Course Record Holder |
| Jim | Kaat | Baseball Player |
| Billie Jean | King | Tennis Champion |
| Forest | Kirby | Pro Skateboarder |
| Killer | Kowalski | Wrestler |
| Chris | Lambert | Pro Skateboarder |
| Georges | Laraque | NHL Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Tony | Larussa | Baseball Manager |
| Debbie | Lawrence | World record holder, women’s 5K racewalk |
| Marv | Levey | Buffalo Bills Coach |
| Carl | Lewis | Track and field star |
| Carl | Lewis | Olympic Track Star |
| Sixto | Linares | World record holder, 24-hour triathlon |
| Ingra | Manecki | World champion discus thrower |
| Bill | Manetti | Power-lifting champion |
| Mike | Manzoori | Pro Skateboarder |
| Cheryl | Marek | World record holder, x-country tandem cycling |
| Ben | Matthews | U.S. Master’s marathon champion |
| Rick | McCrank | Pro Skateboarder |
| Dan | Millman | World champion gymnast |
| Edwin | Moses | Gold medalist – 400-meter hurdles |
| Joe | Namath | Football Player |
| Martina | Navratilova | Champion tennis player |
| Paavo | Nurmi | Long-distance runner, 9 Olympic medals |
| Fiona | Oakes | Olympian |
| Jen | O’brien | Pro Skateboarder |
| Robert | Parnish | Center (Bulls) |
| Bill | Pearl | Four-time Mr. Universe |
| Laban | Pheidas | Proskater |
| Lawrence | Phillips | Football Player (49ers) |
| Bill | Pickering | World record-holding swimmer |
| Venkatesh | Prasad | Cricketer |
| Stan | Price | World weightlifting record holder, bench press |
| Pat | Reeves | Power Lifter |
| Andrew | Reynolds | Pro Skateboarder |
| Murray | Rose | Swimmer, many Olympic gold medals & world records |
| Geoff | Rowley | Pro Skateboarder |
| John | Salley | Toronto Raptors |
| Dave | Scott | Six-time winner of the Ironman triathlon |
| Brad | Staba | Pro Skateboarder |
| Lucy | Stephens | Tri-athlete |
| Art | Still | Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs MVP defensive end |
| Salim | Stoudamire | NBA Basketball Player |
| Brian | Sumner | Pro Skateboarder |
| Ed | Templeton | Pro Skateboarder |
| Jamie | Thomas | Pro Skateboarder |
| Sergei | Trudnowski | Pro Skateboarder |
| Christine | Vardaros | World class cyclo-cross racer |
| Jane | Wetzel | U.S. National marathon champion |
| Ricky | Williams | Former NFL running back |
| Charlene | Williams | Olympic champion figure skater |
| Kenneth G. | Williams | Bodybuilder -3rd at the 2004 Natural Olympia |
| Tyrone | Willingham | Notre Dame football coach |
| Joel | Tudor | Surfing champion & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt |
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That is an awesome list! Thanks for sharing.
It’s pretty eye-opening, isn’t it?!
I knew I had good reasons for picking Tony Gonzales for my fantasy football team!
thanks for sharing this – I had no idea so many top athletes had diets that are healthy and compassionate
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