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Your Olympic athlete body match

kendrafallon
kendrafallon Posts: 1,030 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Not sure if you've seen this on the BBC website, I thought it rather amusing :bigsmile:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19050139

Enter your height and weight, hit enter and you get told which Olympic athlete you're close to!! I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting to match anyone, but surprising I'm most like Joshua Utanga from Cook Islands, a canoe sprinter :noway:

Go on, have a go, who're you a match for
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  • HelloDan
    HelloDan Posts: 712 Member
    Apparently I am either Sir Chris Hoy, or Endri Karina an Albanian weightlifter - figures really!
  • Ahluvly
    Ahluvly Posts: 389 Member
    I'm most like a footy player for Egypt.....

    Eldin Saad

    Ermmmmmmmmmmmmm lol
  • chrishgt4
    chrishgt4 Posts: 1,222 Member
    I'm a Canoe Sprinter as well - Liam Heath - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/d7f252f0-c266-11e0-962b-0800200c9a66

    6ft - 192lbs
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Love it! My match is a (male) Surinamese badminton player!
  • sheleen302
    sheleen302 Posts: 266 Member
    Jillian Tyler from Canada, swimmer.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Mark LEWIS-FRANCIS
    Team GB
    Competing in Men's 4 x 100m Relay

    I'd die.
  • Elleinnz
    Elleinnz Posts: 1,661 Member
    Oooohhh - Woman's discuss thrower - Natalya Fokina-Semenova from the Ukraine - yep - I thought discuss or javelin thrower, or wrestler before I put in my stats ;-)
  • enjoythesound
    enjoythesound Posts: 89 Member
    Nufar Edelman from Israel! She is competing in Women's Laser Radial (sailing).
  • clur85
    clur85 Posts: 187 Member
    love this! I am most like GB Basketball player (no surprise at 5'10") Johannah Leedham!
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    Mine matched me wrong so I did it manually by pointing at the right square (it got me 10cm taller than I am). I am the same as one female sailer, 2 female swimmers and 2 male athletes. I'm intrigued by the men in there, because that's pretty short for a man!
  • ackeebee
    ackeebee Posts: 1,042 Member
    How come I have got so many people?

    I got the foll:
    - Tatiana Khmyrova from Russia (handball)
    - Laverne JONES-FERRETTE from American Virgin Islands (athletics)
    - Mathieu Doby from Belgium (kayaking)
    - Annekatrin Thiele from Germany (Women's Quadruple Sculls)
    - Hugo Parisi from Brazil (Diving)
  • DizzyLinds
    DizzyLinds Posts: 856 Member
    Apparently similar to a girl who does steeplechase!
  • ChristineDiet
    ChristineDiet Posts: 719 Member
    OMG Kendra - do you don't know how much this has made me feel like a 'normal' person. Never ever thought I would be close to anyone of that strength and character but apparently I'm most like Jane Mayes competes in HANDBALL. clearly shows you can weight more and still look fab - I just need to work on the looking fab! xx
  • Witchmoo
    Witchmoo Posts: 261 Member
    I don't believe Sumo is an Olympic sport yet so no point bothering.....!
  • bazfitness
    bazfitness Posts: 275 Member
    Most like a female shooter from Lithuania.
    The two guys I'm nearest to are Rachid Chouhal a 100 metre runner from Malta (At 1.78 metres he's a bit small for a 100 metre runner I would have thought) and Paul Drinkhall a British table tennis player. lol I actually won some medals in table tennis when I was a kid... doh should have kept it up! hehe
  • Ralphrabbit
    Ralphrabbit Posts: 351 Member
    Amanda Bingson from USA with hammer throw! Gorgeous looking lady!
  • Sockimobi
    Sockimobi Posts: 541
    I'm closest to the Olympic bell :cry:
  • Lima_India_Zulu
    Lima_India_Zulu Posts: 23
    Hee hee this was interesting. I'm right in the middle of the main cloud.

    You are most like:

    Bokyung Kim
    South Korea Football

    Chris Bartley
    Team GB Rowing

    Julia Hassler
    Liechtenstein Swimming
  • alleycat88
    alleycat88 Posts: 756 Member
    You are most like:
    Ajara NchoutCameroon

    Height
    1.64m, 5ft 5in

    Weight
    65kg, 10st 3lbs

    Gender
    Female

    Sport
    Football
  • HelenDootson
    HelenDootson Posts: 443 Member
    Ooops - I am like Bostjan Macek from Slovinia, competing in the Mens Trap lol how embarrassing
    I wonder if my pink shirt and floppy hat would suit him?
  • MarinaPacheco
    MarinaPacheco Posts: 95 Member
    A Chilean weightlifter - happily of the female persuasion (if there were sumo wrestlers in the Olympics that's what I would have been expecting!)
  • Spokez70
    Spokez70 Posts: 548 Member
    Great- I am like an Iraqi wrestler

    Out of curiosity I did my starting weight and came up with an Estonian Judo competitor
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Could be worse

    I'm like a Chinese Shot Putter...

    You are most like:
    Jun Zhang
    China
    Jun Zhang

    Height 1.86m, 6ft 1in

    Weight 120kg, 18st 13lbs

    Gender Male

    Sport Athletics
    Competing in

    Men's Shot Put

    (though he's a bit heavier than me :wink: - and I did start off as a Ukrainian Weightlifter, so it's not all bad I suppose!)
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    I liked that I was bang splat in the middle of my height range, though I imagine my BF% is rather different :laugh:
  • sazvampire
    sazvampire Posts: 53
    You are most like:
    Kazuomi Ota
    Japan

    Height 1.83m, 6ft 0in
    Weight 145kg, 22st 12lbs
    Gender Male
    Sport Weightlifting

    Great :[
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    You are most like:
    Idrissa Adam
    Cameroon

    Height1.78m, 5ft 10in
    Weight79kg, 12st 6lbs
    GenderMale
    SportAthletics
    Competing in
    Men's 100m
  • HannahsReturnToFitness
    HannahsReturnToFitness Posts: 86 Member
    You are most like:
    Nelson Henriques
    Angola

    Height 1.68m, 5ft 6in
    Weight 67kg, 10st 8lbs
    Gender Male
    Sport Canoe Sprint

    Competing in
    Men's Canoe Single (C1) 200m
    Men's Canoe Double (C2) 1000m
  • kendrafallon
    kendrafallon Posts: 1,030 Member
    Same thread's running in the Fitness & Exercise Forum
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/688064-your-olympic-athlete-body-match
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    Kunzang Choden from Bhutan, competing in Women's 10m air rifle. I think that says a lot about my athletic ability :laugh:
  • recriger
    recriger Posts: 245 Member
    Chuluunbat Jargalsaikhan. A Mongolian Freestyle wrestler. I wrestled in high school, but I get the feeling when looking at this guys face that he would break me in half!! Yikes.
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