vegan athletes

From long-distance running and basketball to figure staking and weight lifting, there are a number of vegan athletes that prove you don't need meat to compete. Here are 19 world-renowned athletes powered by plants. 19...

Vegan six-time Formula 1 racing champion Lewis Hamilton has confirmed that he is rapper XNDA. Rumors that the British race car driver is also XNDA have been swirling since June 2018, when Grammy Award-winning pop...

Vegan athlete Novak Djokovic secured his eighth men's singles title at the Australian Open on Sunday night in Melbourne. The Serbian tennis player defeated Dominic Thiem with a 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory. The...

Lewis Hamilton secured his sixth Formula 1 championship on Sunday, finishing second-place in the United States Grand Prix. The 34-year-old British driver finished second to Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, the Guardian reports. Hamilton achieved another...

Updated October 7, 2019. | James Cameron’s documentary about the world’s top vegan athletes, "The Game Changers," is coming to Netflix later this month. The new film “documents the explosive rise of plant-based eating in...

Updated September 19, 2019. Nate Diaz is back after a three-year hiatus. The 34-year-old mixed martial artist made his return at UFC 241 in Anaheim, California, last month, sealing a victory over Anthony Pettis...

Five-time Formula 1 racing champion Lewis Hamilton is having the best start to the season since his debut. The British vegan athlete, currently in the lead after winning seven out of eleven races, may...

Updated July 11, 2019. Vegan cyclist Abdullah Zeinab set a new record and he did it on a diet of mostly hash browns. Zeinab rode in the Trans Am Bike Race last month, an annual...

The U.S. Women's Soccer Team clinched its fourth World Cup title today at the Stade de Lyon in Décines, outside Lyon, France, defeating the Netherlands in a 2-0 victory. Co-captain and outspoken vegan animal rights...

Four-time NBA champion and wellness entrepreneur John Salley believes that going vegan is the smart thing for athletes to do. “I think the smart athlete realizes that his body is the commodity,” Salley told Yahoo...

Mountaineer Dean Maher is the first ever to vegan to summit the south face of Mt. Everest using animal-free gear. "I’m very proud to announce that two days ago I became the first vegan in...

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski may go down in the history books as one of the best to ever play the game. The 29-year old is the first tight end to score 17...

Vegan supermodel Michele Graglia is now a Guinness World Record holder. The ultrarunner and author was officially recognized earlier this month for the fastest-ever crossing of  Chile's Atacama Desert on foot. The feat was part...

Current WWE Champion Daniel Bryan has trashed his leather championship belt in favor of a vegan one made from sustainable hemp - a fitting decoration for The Planet's Champion. The four-time champ debuted the new...

Five-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton picked up some moves from 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater. The world champion vegan athletes appeared together in a short video posted to Hamilton's Instagram last week,...

Even though it feels like 2018 began just a few months ago, the year is already almost over - and what a year it's been, from top beauty brands going cruelty-free to celebrities ditching meat...

Filmmaker James Cameron's much-anticipated documentary "The Game Changers" will feature two additional plant-powered athletes. The film will feature members of the NFL football team the Tennessee Titans, including linebacker Derrick Morgan, and five-time Formula 1 champion,...

Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher says he's willing to go vegan for an entire year if it'll help his team win some football games. Particularly the next game against SEC West rival Alabama. The...

Vegan Australian football player Chris Mayne has become a valuable member of the Collingwood Football Club after a rough first season. Fox Sports Australia reports that the 29-year-old plant-based athlete and former Docker was acquired by...

Arsenal football star, Hector Bellerin, recently discussed his decision to go vegan one year ago. In an interview with the UK publication Express, the now plant-based athlete said he took inspiration from other vegan...

Australia's Macquarie Scorpions rugby player Kelly Benson has been vegan for two years and claims it has significantly enhanced his athletic performance and mental health. Now he's also running a vegan meal stall at a local...