Plant-Based Athletes

Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, American Le Mans Series

(vegan since 2011)

1st baseman for Detroit Tigers

Basketball Hall of Fame (2003)

Body-Building World Champion (2005)

Mr. America (1951)

Also professional dancer

(since 1985)

Mr. Universe (x5), WBBG World's Best Built Man (1971)

Mr. Universe of 2009

World Cruiserweight Champion (2007), WBA Heavyweight champion (2009)

World Middleweight Champion (2001)

Olympics (1972), World Amateur Championships (1982)

German featherweight Champion (2005)

Cross-country tandem cycling world record holders w/Cheryl Marekq

Cyclocross

Track cyclist, 2-time winner of the North American Cycle Courier Championships

Mountain Biker

Cross-country tandem cycling world record holders w/Estelle Gray

Winner of the King of the Mountains competition, 5 stages in Tour de France

Professional road and cyclocross cyclist.

Cross-country runner and 3 times Welsh Mountain Bike and Cyclocross Champion

defensive lineman

running back

wide receiver/punt returner

quarterback

running back

Barclaycard World Free-run Champion (2009)

Ultimate Fighter 6 winner (2007), King Of The Cage Lightweight Champ (2005)

Ultimate Fighter 5 lightweight tournament winner

Strikeforce Welterweight Champion (2003), WEC Welterweight Champion (2010)

Kickboxer

Karate national champion

Sprint Canoeist (won medals at PanAm and US Championships competing against men!)

Wrestling Gold Medalist (1981)

Professional Dancer, Fitness Trainer, Nutrition Coach

Figure skating

Olympic gold medal in Ski Jump (1980)

Vegan since birth. Made history as the Youngest Alpine Ski Racer in the Olympics at the tender age of 14, during the 1988 Olympics.

Fitness, exercise and nutritional expert

Canadian champion rower, 2 Olympic gold medals

British world hang gliding champion

World champion discus thrower

American fencer, two-time national champion

German skater & windsurfing World Cup champion

Masters High jumper

Won gold at the 2009 World Rowing Championships.

World Drug Free Powerlifting Champion (1990), Trainer

Current holder of "Strongest Man of Germany" title, 2009 World record log lift (358 lbs), 2012 European Strongman Champion, 2013 carried 1212 lbs. 10 meters

Accomplished marathon runner but best known for her acheivements in powerlifting

Strongman competition

Is also a former investigator for Compassion Over Killing.

The Great Khali, At 7 foot 1 inch tall and 347 lbs. he is widely considered to by the largest bodybuilder in the world.

Also competes in Bobsledding

First man to run a mile in under 4 minutes

World record for the 100 meters sprint (broke by vegan Carl Lewis)

Senior marathoner

Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year (1991)

4 Olympic gold medals

Finnish long-distance runner, winner of 9 Olympic medals and 20 world records.

Marathoner

Track & Field, Road Racing, Mountain Running, Stair Climbing

US National marathon champion

aka The Fruitarian

Life-long vegetarian. Also an Olympic level marathoner.

Raced in more than one hundred races and in excess of twenty-five victories. Vegetarian for over 30 years.

Has raced in over 50 ultramarathons.

Dominant in Australian and Asian ultras since 2012

Western States 100 (1999-2005)

Western States 100 (2015)

Winner of the 2015 Bandera 100k, as well as over fifteen other ultra marathons of varying distances.

4th in Montrail US Ultra Cup

Western States 100 (1992, 1994-1996, 1998)

Known for shattering records in almost every race he enters.

Hugely prolific competitor; in 2014 alone he raced fifty-four times including eighteen ultramarathons and finished in the top ten in all but ten races. Went vegetarian in 1995.

Boff is also the lead guitarist for the band Chumbawamba and author of the book 'Run Wild'.

Olypic Medalist (Gold 2006, Silver 2010), Overall Grand Prix halfpipe champion (2004), X Games superpipe champion (2004)

4 Olympic gold medals

5 Olympic gold medals for swimming and 1 bronze medal for water polo

Davis Cup winner

12 Grand Slam titles, 16 doubles titles

10 time British Tennis Champion

18 Grand Slam titles, 31 doubles titles

(since 2011)

(since 2011)

Has finished 60 Ironman tris and placed second in the 2010 Ultraman World Championships.

Canadian 50k Ultra (2003, 2006), Professional triathlete (1998

Author 'Extreme mama' health books, Three-time Ironman competitor

Ultraman World Championships, 2009 ESPY Award for "Best Male Athlete with a Disability", Numerous ultramarathons and Ironmans, ran 3,550 miles Across the US in 72 days (4th fastest)

11th place Ultraman World Championships

Six time Ironman World Champion