Plant Based Athletes

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Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Djokovic has been ranked No. 1 for a record total of 394 weeks in a record 12 different years, and finished as the year-end No. 1 a record seven times.

Carl Lewis went on to become one of the most recognized track Olympians in U.S. history winning 9 Olympic Gold Medals in four Olympics.

Lewis Hamilton - In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Michael Schumacher), and holds the records for the most wins (103), pole positions (104), and podium finishes (196), among others.

Nate Diaz is an American professional mixed martial artist who is currently a free agent. Diaz is most known for his time spent fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he fought for over 15 years after winning The Ultimate Fighter 5

Serena Williams - She won 23 Grand Slam women's singles titles, the most in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time. She is the only player to accomplish a career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.

Professional snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter also adopted a plant-based diet in 2008. She switched to a plant-based diet and started advocating for animal cruelty after watching the documentary, Earthlings, which sheds light on the harsh treatment of animals for meat production.

Ultrarunner Scott Jurek proves that you don’t need meat or dairy to excel in athletic performance.

He ran the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in a record-setting 46 days, eight hours and seven minutes.

He’s also won the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon, the “world’s toughest foot race,” twice; the 153-mile long Spartathlon in Greece three consecutive times.

Dorothy Lee "Dotsie" Bausch is an American cyclist, Olympic silver medalist, advocate, speaker, and the executive director of the nonprofit, Switch4Good.

James Wilks is a retired English professional mixed martial artist. Many will know him as the 2009 winner of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom.