Vegan athletes

[Konstantin]

Bad news, DZ is going to have to come off the list. He's 'cheating' by eating fish twice a week.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/american-will-be-first-cyclist-to-ride-a-vegan-tour-de-france-2304496.html

[muchluv]

Vegan, Female WWE wrestler Taryn Terrell

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/11/24/the- ... -is-vegan/

[wannalift]

Mike Zigomanis - Professional Hockey Player NHL/AHL

Played for the Pittsburgh Penguins when they won the Cup in 2009, but got injured halfway through the season. Now is with the Toronto Maple Leafs organization.

http://www.weanimals.org/blog.php?entry=150

Sorry, wish I could find a better source, but apparently this transition was recent.

[kallefs]

Nascar driver Andy Lally and TRG Motorsports driver Spencer Pumpelly. Don't know anything about them but they seem to fit on the list.
http://www.thediscerningbrute.com/2011/ ... ng-champs/

[Konstantin]

Muchluv, Wannalift, Kallefs - thanks for these, I know I've done nothing about adding them but haven't forgotten.

[kallefs]

Another one from the discerning brute http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/ ... -than-ever

[Konstantin]

I’ve added:

Taryn Terrell (aka Tiffany Diva) – wrestling
Michael Zigomanis – Ice hockey
Andy Lally – Nascar driver
Spencer Pumpelly – racing driver
Tony Fiametta – American Football
Meagan Duhamel – Pairs skating

Sorry for the delay everyone!

[JP]

looking great!

soon we are no marginal bullshit group!!!

[Konstantin]

I'm not sure if it's because there's more vegans about, more veganism in sport, or just we're finding them better.

I think a good next step would be to create catagory 4 (Fighters) as Skill is getting very big now.

[Konstantin]

Ronda Rousey is not vegan so I need to take her off:

http://www.mmaplayground.com/forums/topic49792-1.html

MMAPG: You were a vegan at the time of the Olympics in 2008 and many fighters these days are. Are you still vegan? Do you have any guilty pleasures when you're not on a strict diet preparing for a fight?

ROUSEY: I was vegan for 8 months after the Beijing games. Unfortunately, I was working 2-3 bartending jobs at once during that time and didn't have many options in the vegan genre besides Jameson Whiskey and sweet potato fries. After 8 months of that highly nutritious diet, I caught Bronchitis and had a lot of trouble getting healthy. I returned to my old diet and made a promise to myself to give veganism another try after I was done competing and do it right this time.

[Linnéa76]

The list is getting long... Good job Konstantin!

[wannalift]

Bryan Danielson, AKA Daniel Bryan won the World Heavyweight Championship last night. First vegan heavyweight champion in Pro Wrestling that I'm aware of. http://www.examiner.com/pro-wrestling-in-national/what-s-next-for-the-new-world-heavyweight-champion-daniel-bryan

[Konstantin]

Thanks Wannalift, but the Bryan Danielson's already there, section 3. But keep all the suggestions coming.

[wannalift]

Thanks Wannalift, but the Bryan Danielson's already there, section 3. But keep all the suggestions coming.

I should have specified it was an update for him. Winning one of the championships takes his status much higher, at least in terms of a pro wrestler

[muchluv]

Wow, heavyweight champion of WWE. that IS a big deal