Paul and Glenn are back for another action-packed episode. This week we will discuss some well-known sportspeople who over the years have changed significantly in appearance. They may have lost plenty of weight, put on weight or may have just aged significantly and are unrecognisable from how they appeared during their glory days during their sporting career. Some of who will be discussed include:
- A former Aussie Super-heavyweight Olympic gold medallist and tuna fisherman who after retiring went on a diet and lost a huge amount of weight.
- A former World Heavyweight boxing champion known for his great rivalry in the 1990’s with Evander Holyfield, and who has aged, put on some extra pounds and is now a devout Christian.
- Sportspeople who have never seemed to age.
- Former cricketers such as Bruce Reid, David Lawrence, Sreesanth, Chris Tremlett.
- Mannesh Theekshana
- Tonya Harding
- Pete Sampras
- Ben Ikin
- Bruce/Caitlin Jenner
- Jacques Villeneuve
- Mia Hamm
- Mike Piazza
- Former NFL players Bryant Reeves, Brad Culpepper, Jordan Gross and Alan Faneca.
- Derrick Rodman
- Tony Lockett
We have our Claps and Slaps for the week and Miss Olivia is back to conduct the Quiz and Who Am I? We also have our segment Where Are They Now?
Sportspeople You Wouldn’t Recognize Today sources
1. The sportster.com ‘turning back the clock:15 athletes from the 90’s you wouldn’t recognize today’., by alex passa, 25/11/2017.
2. Bleacher report.com ‘athletes you won’t recognize from the last decade’, by nick dimengo, 22/4/2015.
3. The sportster.com ‘15 famous athletes who are no unrecognizable’ by TS staff, 7/7/2016.
4. The courier mail.com ‘commonwealth games flashback: dean lukin gets angry and grabs huge gold at 1982 brisbane games’, by jim tucker, 29/3/2018.
5. mcraeblog.com ‘port lincoln’, 12/2/2019.
6. si.com ‘athletes who have lost a ton of weight, before and after’, allen kim, 12/11/2014.
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Show
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding
9. Daily mail.co.uk ‘tennis legend is completely unrecognisable as he is seen grabbing a coffee from starbucks-three months on from revealing wife’s heart breaking ovarian cancer diagnosis’, by ben nagle, 28/1/24.
10. crictracker.com ‘6 cricketers who underwent amazing body transformation’, by crictracker staff, n.d.
11. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lennox-Lewis
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennox_Lewis
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Villeneuve
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_Reeves
15. Sport australia hall of fame.org.au ‘dean lukin oam weightlifting’, hall of fame member. N.d.
16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Lukin
17. Mens health.com ‘olympics legend:dean lukin’, by men’s health staff, 1/5/2021.
18. https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/dean-lukin/
19. urban.com ‘olympic gold medallist dean lukin lists family mermaid beach house’, title tattle, 7/12/2020.
20. Asca ‘weight training pioneer was a pioneer of inner-strength’, by roy masters, sydney morning herald, 10/4/1993.
21. olympics.com.au ‘Paris 2024 Preview:weightlifting’, august, 2024.
22. Steve gwapo australian kayaking and vlogs ‘dean lukin lifts for gold in the 1984 lost angeles olympics’, 16/12/2022.
23. Dinko seafoods.com ‘dinko team, dinko lukin founder’, 2024.
