- Louie Simmons
Louie Simmons is a powerlifter, and strength training writer and trainer. Simmons began training in Olympic lifting at age 12. He was first exposed to powerlifting in 1966, at a meet in Dayton, Ohio. Shortly after that meet, Louie went into the Army. After basic training, he was in the infantry but instead of Vietnam, he was sent to Berlin. He got out of the Army in 1969.
- John Grimek
John Grimek (June 17, 1910 - November 20, 1998) was one of the earliest great bodybuilders, and the only man ever to win the AAU Mr. America title more than once (1940 and 1941). Grimek was born on June 17, 1910 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Besides his bodybuilding exploits, he represented the United States in weightlifting at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In 1948, at 38 years of age, Grimek defeated Steve Reeves at the NABBA Mr. Universe contest in London.
- Kunjarani Devi
Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi (born March 1, 1968) is an Indian sportswoman in weightlifting. She competed in the 48 kg category towards the later part of her career, and served a six-month suspension after testing positive to anabolic steroids during 2001. She is a recipient of Arjuna award in 1990 and shared the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award with Leander Paes for the year 1996-1997. She has more than fifty international medals to her credit.
- Franco Columbu
Franco Columbu (August 7, 1941, Ollolai, Sardinia) is an Italian actor and bodybuilder. Starting out his athletic career as a boxer, Columbu progressed into the sport of powerlifting and later bodybuilding, winning the title of Mr. Olympia in 1976 and 1981. At one time he was considered to be one of the world's strongest men and held a number of powerlifting and weightlifting world records. At 5 feet and 5 inches in height, …
- Louis Cyr
Louis Cyr, baptised Cyprien-Noé Cyr was a famous Canadian strongman. Cyr never backed down from a challenge and was undefeated in Canada and abroad.
- Les Mills
Leslie ("Les") Roy Mills CNZM, MBE, (born November 1, 1934 in Auckland) is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in Shot Put, Discus and Weightlifting events. At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he achieved his best result, a gold medal in Discus. After retiring from active competition, he became a gym owner in 1968 and a successful businessman.
- Jeff Lacy
Jeffrey Scott Lacy (born May 12, 1977 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American boxer. Currently fighting in the super middleweight boxing division at 5'9" (though some observers have noted that he looks closer to 5'8') and 168 lb, his record stands at 22 wins (17 by knockout) and one loss. His good punching power, most notably the left hook, and aggressive style created huge expectation, but he failed to realize his potential when defeated by Joe Calzaghe.
- Peary Rader
Peary Rader (1909-1991) was an early bodybuilder, Olympic lifter, writer, and magazine publisher from Nebraska. Rader was born on October 17, 1909. He started lifting weights at age 12, but in 1933, he weighed just 128 pounds at a height of 5'11.5". Then he shifted his emphasis to heavy, high repetition squats, and built his bodyweight up to 210 pounds within about a year (he eventually reached 220 pounds).
- Nikita Koloff
Nikita S. Koloff (born N. Scott Simpson - name legally changed to Koloff in 1988) is a former American professional wrestler who wrestled throughout the 1980s and early 1990s as "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff, which was a play off of the nickname of fan favorite "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (in fact, it was Rhodes who gave him the nickname). Nikita was brought into the National Wrestling Alliance by his "Uncle" Ivan to prove Soviet superiority.
- Jusup Wilkosz
Jusup Wilkosz is a German bodybuilder. He competed in weightlifting before turning to bodybuilding. In the mid-1970s, Wilkosz trained with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Matthew Rush
Matthew Rush (born Gregory Grove on September 22, 1972) is an American gay pornographic actor who appears in gay pornographic films and magazines. He is also a bodybuilder and personal trainer under his real name. He has competed at the Gay Games in Amsterdam and Sydney, Australia.
- Earl Maynard
Earl Maynard is a bodybuilder and professional wrestler as well as a film actor, producer and director from Barbados. Maynard won the 1964 Universe - Pro - NABBA bodybuilding competition - part of the Universe Championships, the 1965 Universe - IFBB - now the World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships and the 1978 Masters Mr. America - AAU contest. He was also the winner of Mr. Europe 1959 and Mr. England 1960 early in his career.
- Anibal Lopez
Anibal Lopez is an American bodybuilder. He was born in Puerto Rico to Francisco and Francisca Lopez. His family relocated to Bronx, New York in 1954 where he attended Public School 66, Intermediate School 98 - Herman Ridder School, and Columbus High School. As a boy, Anibal was fascinated with men of great muscular power who could perform amazing feats of strength.
- Yaowapa Boorapolchai
Yaowapa Boorapolchai (born September 6, 1984) is a Thai taekwondo athlete who was the bronze medalist in the women's under 49 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She started competing in 2002. In the first round of the Women's Under 49 kg event she defeated Brigitte Yague of Spain, and in the quarterfinal was defeated by Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz of Cuba.
- Yakov Springer
Yakov Springer (b. Poland ca. 1921; died Munich, Germany September 6, 1972) was a wrestler and a weightlifting coach and judge, but is best known as one of the victims of the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was murdered with 10 other men who were representing Israel in the Olympics in Munich. They were murdered by Palestinian terrorists, from the PLO Black September group.
- Ofisa Ofisa
Ofisa Ofisa (born April 6, 1974 in Apia, Samoa), also known as Ofisa Junior Asiata, is a Samoan Oceania and South Pacific Games Champion in weightlifting. He won four Oceania Championships, two South Pacific Games Championships (1991 and 1999). He has set numerous Oceania and South Pacific records. At one time he held 5 South Pacific records in two different weight classes.
- Darrell Eastlake
Darrell Eastlake is an Australian television presenter with the Nine Network. Starting out on radio in the 1960s, he was involved with surfing. Since he joined the Nine Network he has commentated a huge array of sports, including motor racing (with his great mate Barry Sheene), rugby league, weightlifting, surfing, and ironman events. He is well known for being available for any sport that isn't deemed as 'mainstream', …
- Benjamin Alexander Turner
Ben Turner was born 23 January 1984 in Brisbane, Australia. He won a Gold Medal for Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in the 69 kg division for Weightlifting.
- Katie Sandwina
Katie Sandwina (1884 - January 21, 1952), born Katie Brumbach in Vienna, Austria, was a circus strongwoman.
- Dale Thompson
Dale Thompson (born 1963) is an American singer and song writer. In 1983, he and his brother, Troy Thompson, created the Christian metal band Bride, and are the only original members still in the band. Thompson was seeking the Constitution Party nomination in the 2008 campaign for President of the United States. He dropped out around March 19, 2007, but stating "If the Lord wills maybe we can seriously look at 2012." Thompson is a fan of boxing and weightlifting, …
- Louis Washkansky
Louis Washkansky (1913 - 21 December 1967) was the recipient of the world's first human heart transplant. Washkansky was a Lithuanian Jew, who migrated with his family to South Africa in 1922, aged nine, and became a grocer in Cape Town. Washkansky saw active service in World War II in East and North Africa and Italy. After the war, he married his wife Ann. Washkansky was an avid sportsman. He took part in soccer, swimming, and weightlifting.
- Robert Curbeam
Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. (b. March 5, 1962) is an American astronaut and Captain in the United States Navy. Curbeam graduated from Woodlawn High School, Baltimore County, Maryland in 1980. He earned a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1984 and a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1990.
- Cammie Lusko
Cammie Lusko (born April 5, 1958), is an American athlete best known for her contributions to female bodybuilding in the 1980s. Born in Los Angeles, California, Lusko entered her first bodybuilding contest in 1979, finishing third in the Robby Robinson Classic (Roark, 2005) in her hometown. The following year, she placed 9th in the inaugural Ms. Olympia competition.
- Mark Frechette
Mark Frechette (December 4, 1947 - September 27, 1975), was an American film actor. He is best known for his lead role in the 1970 film "Zabriskie Point", directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, in which he was cast despite having no previous acting experience. He appeared in two other films made in Italy, "Many Wars Ago" ("Uomini Contro", 1970) and "La Grande Scrofa Nera" (1971).
- Gilbert Fuchs
Gilbert Fuchs (1871 in Graz, Austria - 1952 in Germany) was a German figure skater and the first world champion in figure skating. In 1896, he won the first world championships in figure skating, which was held in St. Petersburg. In 1906 he recaptured this title in Munich. Relations between him and his constant rival Ulrich Salchow were strained. In 1906, Salchow did not compete in Munich, Fuchs' hometown, because he expected to be judged unfairly.
- Louis-Emil Eyer
Louis-Emil Eyer (17 November 1865-2 September 1916) was a Swiss-Bulgarian sports pedagogue and public figure regarded as the founder of the sports movement in Bulgaria. Born in Homberg in the Canton of Berne, Eyer studied in Lausanne, Geneva and Neuchâtel and taught sport disciplines in Vevey. In 1894, Eyer and nine other Swiss pedagogues were invited to Bulgaria by the Minister of Education Georgi Zhivkov to lay the foundations of sports education in the country.
- Henry Dushan Edward Atkinson
Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon in London specialising in Lower Limb Joint Replacement Surgery, including primary and revision Hip, Knee, and Ankle Arthroplasty. I also have interests in Trauma Surgery and Sports Injuries. Fellowship training at St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, and SportsMed SA, Adelaide, Australia.
- Stewart Jordan
I am MD of PBC Ltd. We operate in a number of business areas, including working in the arena of sports promotion. This means negotiating with sponsors, suppliers, merchandising and developing exciting promotion opportunities. We provide sponsorship and brand awareness consultation as well as individual athlete management, appearances at corporate events and event promotion. I am also General Manager of a recruitment company and IT services organisation based in London
- Joanna Ramberg
Married since 1996. Have a bad case of AOSS - Adult Onset Skating Syndrome. Was a musician (pianist, singer, guitarist, flutist, composer) in a former life, but I am now working as a Software QA Engineer at a company in San Bruno and can afford skating lessons again! (YAAAAY!!!) :-D I have two wonderful skating coaches (Jay T being one of them!) and my goal now is to be qualified to compete as a Bronze lady at Adults National.
- Justin
hey i'm Justin! well there r plenty of things about me. for one i love to play sports. for example football, basketball, hockey, and ultimate frisbee. i also love extreme sports; snowboarding, wakeboarding, motocross. besides that i love to hang out with my friends. i've got this friend named ian and this kid is for real my brother. him and i conquer it all. o and i've got this other friend chloe.
- Chris Hoponick
I'm sort of an innately curious gent, so I'm always in search of good experiences - have traveled a heck of a lot as a result and have lived on the West Coast, out in the country, and Europe (for grad school)...my hobbies are pretty eclectic and my sense of humor is kind of random and sometimes ridiculous. I read way too much. I'm a music nut.
- Avi Goldyne
I moved to Santa Barbara in 2004 from San Francisco. I moved here for a tech job at a startup. I am pretty laidback and try not to take life too seriously when I don
- Jessica Gutierrez
One day, I wish to be known as the artist formerly known as starving.
- Rudolph Scott
If I were a cereal, I would be Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I'm wholesome delicious, and nutritious. Otherwise, I'm an open, psudo-intellect, crazy ( but in a good way), fun, well adjusted, laid-back, warm, athletic, tasty,interesting and interested. (as michael would say)
- Luke Olona
I'm an insurance coverage attorney for a law firm in Oakland.
- John Alday
My name's John Alday. I am a proud graduate of Altha High School's Class of 2007. I am a two time state weightlifting champ in the 119lb and 129lb weight classes. I have joined the Marines and i will be leaving July 9th for bootcamp. I've got some great friends. They pretty much kick your friend's ass. And now i shall end this with a quote: It is not length of life, but depth of life.
- Ravi
I go to medical school..My friends call me "Chopz"..right now i'm roommates with the kid known as Chicken Dikka. It's kind of funny that Madu and I are completely different and ended up living together.
- Janet Sherwin
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country." - President Theodore Roosevelt.
- Akshay
Here's where I sell myself... I've been skydiving twice (once tandem, the other time solo) yet I would never bungie jump. When I get a dvd I watch the movie and then go through all the extra's - (some find this annoying, fair warning). I have lived in 5 different countries, in four different continents, yet I can only speak English and the little bit of Swedish I still remember. I have no concept of punctuation, especially the use of commas.
- Jose Marquina
ACCESS...SUX.