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Vegan fighter leads with a Gold

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 16:34

The ring-based fight sport of Savate is one of the most entertaining to watch, and former World Champion James Southwood is one of the most respected fighters globally.  The London-based fighter, vegetarian from birth and vegan forover twenty years, has also been head coach at his club, and has been training his students to high standards.  They travelled to the Budapest Open with high hopes.

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Maayan Eliasi, vegan bodybuilder

Sun, 01/27/2019 - 15:41

Maayan is a bodybuilder who tried a plant based diet to combat inflammation.  She is also concerned about the treatment onf animals in the meat industry.  Maayan has been awarded a Pro Card by the WNBF and she has competed overseas as well as in Israel.

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Vegan cricketer is one three vegans finding a place in history

Sun, 01/20/2019 - 19:55

Vegan fastbowler Peter Siddle's return to the Australian ODI cricket team breaks a record and marks a remarkable recovery for the fast bowler.  He continued playing in the series against India where the third match featured what we believe to be three vegans in a milestone for vegans in international cricket.

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Vegan ninja powers beat injuries to recover top rankings

Mon, 01/14/2019 - 19:40
Recovery smashes expectations for vegan obstacle racer
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Sam Lochoff, vegan biker racer

Wed, 01/09/2019 - 20:27

Sam Lochoff truned vegan at age 15, by which time he alredy racing at national and international level.  He's since won the FIM Supersport European Cup, and was the first rookie to win a  National race on debut.  He's also competed in the World Supersport 300.  He has high hopes and plans to move through the sport to Moto GP.

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Kelly Colobella, vegan American Footballer

Wed, 01/02/2019 - 19:42

Kelly has been a key member of women's American football team Utah Falconz, a leading team in the US National League.  She's competed in strongman, and has broken Utah state records in powerlifting. 

As a footballer she's helped Utah compete for the national league, which they have won twice.

 

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SuzAnne Llano, vegan bodybuilder

Tue, 01/01/2019 - 14:21

SuzAnne is an elite bodybuilder usually competing in the figure category.  Starting to compete in her 40s, SuzAnne has gone on to be awarded Pro Cards in three federations, and she is a certified Master Trainer.  She has been vegan for all of her competitive career and her partner Greg is also an accomplished bodybuilder, also featured on this site.

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Kuntal Joisher, vegan mountaineer

Mon, 12/17/2018 - 21:07

Kuntal's mountaineering has taken him to the harshest of environments.  He has climbed Mount Manaslu, Mount Lhotse and Mount Everest.  These missions have been an enormous physical and mental undertakings that have only been approached with an extremely comprehensive training plans and complete committment.  Kuntal has also made progress in bringing vegan kit to mountaineering.

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Transcontinental first for vegan cyclist

Mon, 12/17/2018 - 19:19

Retired rugby international Johanna Jahnke took on an imposing challenge in The Transcontinental Crossing, a 4000 km, unsupported single stage race across Europe.  As half of the only femal pair entering, the German vegan accomplished the event in suprisingly fast time.

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Veteran vegan runner takes six medals from six

Wed, 12/12/2018 - 19:11

The road to the US National games is not an easy one for a veteran runner - although vegan writer Ellen Jaffe Jones had high hopes.  Terrible weather didn't help in the Florida meet that had become much more competitive over recent years, and some suspected her decision to contest six events was unwise.  The concerns were met with a medal haul few would have predicted.

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Niki Kelly, vegan snowboarder

Mon, 12/10/2018 - 22:03

Niki is a snowboarding professional living among the mountains of Canada.  She's taken wins at high profile events including the 2018 North American Championships and has qualified for the Elite Freeride World Tour.  She has been vegan since 2015 and has a strong appreciation of environment and concerns about the cruelty of animal agriculture.

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Vegan Power! 2018 Review of the year.

Wed, 12/05/2018 - 20:52

In 2018 vegan athletes proved what we all know - that they can be incredibly successful on a vegan diet.  They ran, lifted, fought and competed their way to titles and records in all manner of different ways, and we brought you the stories as they happened on the site.

Read more here!

 

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Records fall for Iceland's vegan powerlifter

Thu, 11/22/2018 - 21:06

Hulda already holds all the Icelandic powerlifting records in her weight category - and has re-broken them all several times.  Her latest competition saw her pushing her records even higher as she attempted to qualify for the World Championships 2019.  Read how the mighty vegan lifter got on here.

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Vegan shines in the European Championships

Thu, 11/08/2018 - 20:46

Earlier this year Lisa competed in the World Championships; she's just returned from the European Championships where she ran in her vegan themed vest against the best in the continent.  The course was one of the most challenging she had taken on, although she maintained a good position as she represented the British team.

 

 

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Vegan veteran lifter snatches more records

Mon, 10/29/2018 - 21:00

Overcoming injury and competing against much younger women, veteran lifter Glenda Presutti eyed national records, planning to break the markers she'd set herself.  As the meet closed, an emotional lifter looked back on some amazing lifts and new national records.  Read more here.

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Vegan Alister storms Bromont Ultra

Mon, 10/15/2018 - 21:52

Alister Gardner has competed internationally in mountain running and has astounding results in some gruelling ultradistance trail races.  At the last minute, his plans changed for the multi-distance event where last year he won the longest version.  The plant fuelled Canadian faced tough opposition as he aimed for his last-minute objective - nothing less than a course record.

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Toughest challenge yet for Fiona Oakes

Wed, 10/10/2018 - 21:38

Not only was this one of the toughest races on the planet - believes tougher than Marathon des Sables - and the downhill element made it even more difficult for a runner with a missing kneecap.  Vegan 'queen of the Extreme' still managed to complete this terrible event - dressed as a cow - and win one of the stages as she proved again what she can do running on plants.

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Epic milesone beckons for vegan running legend

Mon, 10/08/2018 - 21:30

Running legend Catra Corbett is closing in on an amazing milestone as she comes close to logging 100,000 miles since 1996.  This comes shrtly after she has told the story of how running enabled her to leave the lifestyle of substrance abuse that was ruining her health in her book 'Reborn o the Run'.

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Epic cycle trip brings veganism to the streets

Wed, 10/03/2018 - 20:50

Hundreds of kilometres across Italy enabled veteran cyclist Paolo Barbon to combine his two passions - cycling and veganism.  The adventure helped highlight veganism as part of an outreach programme organised by Bike For Animals, who also raised hundreds of Euros for an animal sanctuary.

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Vegan runner completes third Spartathlon

Mon, 10/01/2018 - 20:50

246 kilometres, a cyclone, and an elevated mountain pass stood between Israel's leading ultradistance runner and his third completed Spartathlon. Fortunately Ariel had prepared well and was able to put in a strong performance that he was pleased with.

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