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Top 10 Best Male Badminton Players – Greatest Badminton Players

March 1, 2015 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Top 10 Male Badminton Players of All Time

Badminton is a two-player or four-player sport, which is hugely popular all over the world. It is a played using racquets and a feathered shuttlecock. It was included to become a part of the Olympic Games since the year 1992. It has 5 events, i.e. the singles of men and women, the doubles of men and women, and the mixed doubles. While it is essentially an indoor sport when it comes to competitions, because of the fact that wind affects the direction and speed of the feathered shuttlecock, it is often played as an outdoor sport as well, though only in case of recreational activity. Badminton players are extremely popular, owing to the rigor and skill they display. Let us take a look at the Top 10 Male Badminton Players of All Time.

Top 10 Male Badminton Players of All Time

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1. Lin Dan

Top 10 Male Badminton Players of All Time

Chinese professional badminton player Lin Dan was born on October 14, 1983 in Longyan, Fujian, and was nicknamed “Super Dan” by Peter Gade. He won the Olympic event twice, world championship five times and All England championship five times, and is regarded by many as the greatest singles badminton player of all time. Lin Dan achieved nine major titles in the badminton world and completed the “Super Grand Slam” by the age of just 28. He is also the first and the only player to achieve such feat. Lin Dan first achieved the Olympic gold in 2008 and defended the title again in 2012, and became the only player till date to achieve so. He achieved the Eddie Choong Player of the Year award twice in 2006 and 2007. He became the BWF Best Male Player of the Year in 2008 and voted the Most Valuable Player at the 2010 Asian Games in China.

2. Taufik Hidayat

Retired Indonesian professional badminton player Taufik Hidayat was born on 10 August 1981 in Bandung, West Java, and was widely known in media for his perceived rivalry with Chinese player Lin Dan. Hidayat and Lin Dan were often referred as the “arch rivals“. He achieved the Indonesian Open six times from 1999 to 2006. He also achieved the men’s singles event in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics and achieved the men’s singles competition at the IBF World Championships in August 2005. Hidayat achieved the gold medal at the Asian Games twice in 2002 and 2006. He started training in badminton under Iie Sumirat at the SGS Club, Bandung, when he was young and later achieved the top places in the badminton world. Hidayat recently established a badminton training center called Taufik Hidayat Arena in Ciracas, East Jakarta, in November 2012.

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3. Lee Chong Wei

Malaysian Chinese professional badminton player Dato’ Lee Chong Wei was born on 21 October 1982 in Bagan Serai, Perak, and is the sixth Malaysian to win an Olympic medal. He achieved the silver medal in both the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and became the first Malaysian to reach the finals in the men’s singles event of the badminton at the Olympiad. Lee Chong Wei was described by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as a national hero, and has earned the title Dato’ for his contribution in the Malaysian sports. Lee Chong Wei held the World Number 1 spot for 199 consecutive weeks from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the only Malaysian badminton player to hold the top position in the world ranking more than a year. His autobiography “Dare to be a Champion” was officially published on 18 January 2012.

4. Tony Gunawan

Chinese descended Indonesian born professional badminton player Tony Gunawan was born on 9 April 1975, and participated in badminton championships internationally for Indonesia and later for the United States. He is widely regarded by many as one of the greatest doubles players in the history of badminton. Tony Gunawan achieved numerous international titles during his representation of Indonesia from 1992 to 2001, and later coached and played for the United States since 2001. Tony Gunawan achieved the 2000 Olympic gold medal, the 2001 World Championships and the 2005 World Championships with three different men’s doubles partners. He with his partner Halim Haryanto also achieved the 2001 All-England Open besides winning the IBF World Championships in 2001.

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5. Rudy Hartono

Former Indonesian professional badminton player Rudy Hartono Kurniawan was born on August 18, 1949, and is widely regarded by many as the most famous players in the history of badminton besides being known as one of the greatest badminton players of all time. He achieved the prestigious All-England Championship consecutive seven times from 1968 to 1974. He achieved the World Championship on his only attempt of the title in 1980. Rudy Hartono is the brother of international female badminton player Utami Dewi Kinard. He led the Indonesian Thomas Cup team six times consecutively between 1967 and 1982. Hartono also helped Indonesia to win four consecutive world team championships from 1970 to 1979. He was inducted in the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997.

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6. Liem Swie King

Former Indonesian professional badminton player Liem Swie King was born on 28 February 1956 in Kudus, and is regarded by many as one of the world’s leading singles Badminton players in 1980s. He is one of the most dominant forces from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. He is also known for the ferocity of his jumping smash and also for his amazing skills as a men’s doubles badminton player. He won the Central Java badminton championship at the age of just 15. King participated in First Djakarta Badminton Open Tournament in November 1972 and achieved the Central Java Governor Championship “Moenadi Cup” three years later. His life and worldwide achievement inspired an Indonesian movie to be made titled “King”. Liem Swie King was inducted in the Badminton Hall of Fame in 2002.

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7. Morten Frost Hansen

Former Danish professional badminton player Morten Frost Hansen was born on April 4, 1958, and was nicknamed “Mr Badminton” for his huge contribution to the world of Badminton. He held his position in the top three of the world rankings for twelve years when he represented Denmark in international badminton championships. He achieved the silver medal in the World Badminton Championships twice in 1985 and 1987. Hansen during his defeat in the second World Championship he participated made the headline “The World’s greatest badminton player may never be World Champion.” He achieved the All England Open Badminton Championships four times and won the European championship twice. Hansen achieved the Nordic championship each year from 1978 to 1984 and again in 1988. Hansen was inducted in the BWF Hall of Fame in 1998.

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8. Peter Høeg Gade

Retired Danish professional badminton player Peter Høeg Gade was born on December 14, 1976, in Aalborg, Denmark, and currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen. He is the husband of the former international handball player Camilla Høeg. He achieved European Championships in the men’s singles event consecutive five times and achieved All England Open Badminton Championships singles title in 1999. He held the top spot in the World Rankings from 1998 to 2001, and achieved 22 Grand-Prix titles during that time. Gade briefly recaptured the number one spot again on June 22, 2006. He achieved the Danish National Championship 10 times in his active career. He was named IBF World Badminton Player of the year in 1998, and achieved the Special Award of the DBF in 2006.

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9. Chen Long

Chinese professional badminton player Chen Long was born on January 18, 1989 in Shashi District, Jingzhou, Hubei, and was a part of the gold winning Chinese team at the 2010 Thomas Cup in Kuala Lumpur. He achieved both the boys’ singles and team event in the 2007 BWF World Junior Championships. Chen Long also won the Asian Junior Badminton Championships in 2007. He first achieved his professional individual title in 2010 at the Bitburger Open in Germany where de defeated Hans-Kristian Vittinghus in the final of the GP Gold event. He defeated Lee Chong Wei and won the 2013 All England Open finals. Chen Long recently defeated Lee Chong Wei again in the final of the World Championship at Copenhagen on August 31, 2014.

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10. Eddy Choong

Legendary former Malaysian badminton player Choong Ewe Beng was there with us from his birth on 29 May 1930, till he died on 28 January 2013. He also played men’s doubles with his brother David Choong besides his active career as a single player. He is widely regarded for his quickness, tenacity and stamina. Choong achieved the All England Open Badminton Championships four times and also won the men’s doubles event in 1951, 1952 and 1953 with his brother. He was a pioneer member of the 1955 Malayan Thomas Cup team. For his huge contribution to the badminton world, the Badminton World Federation bestows a special honor named Eddy Choong Player of the Year. Eddy Choong was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997.

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Badminton players are among the most popular and respected of indoor sportsmen in the world. This is because, they have to put in an enormous amount of practice, in order to ensure that they develop the right kind of skill set, as well as fitness and focus to play the sport. Badminton players are among the winningest athletes in the major tournaments, including the Olympics.

Top 10 Male Gymnasts of All Time

February 27, 2015 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Top 10 Male Gymnasts of All Time

Gymnastics is a sport in which the athletes perform exercises of various forms. To become good at this sport, gymnasts need to acquire great deal of physical strength, flexibility, agility, balance and control, and at the same time, they also need to have coordination and grace to make the performances aesthetically pleasing to the audience. Gymnastics is internationally popular, and every country has its own national team, and its national governing body. There are various events in gymnastics. Of them, the men’s events are floor exercise, vault, parallel bars, high bar, pommel horse and still rings. Let us take a look at the Top 10 Male Gymnasts of All Time.

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Top 10 Male Gymnasts of All Time

10. Takashi Ono

Legendary former Japanese artistic gymnast Takashi Ono was born on July 26, 1931 in Noshiro, Akita, Japan, and is a dominating force in the discipline of Men’s artistic gymnastics during 1950s and 1960s. He participated in four consecutive Summer Olympics in 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964, and took the Olympic Oath in 1964 in Tokyo. Takashi Ono led the Japanese gymnastic team to win the Gold Medal at the 1964 Olympic Games. He also achieved the title of World Championship an astounding 20 times in his active gymnastic career. He was inducted in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1998. Takashi Ono, aged 83, now resides in Japan with his wife Kiyoko Ono and their two children.

9. Akinori Nakayama

Legendary former Japanese artistic gymnast Akinori Nakayama was born on March 1, 1943, and is one of the only two gymnasts besides Albert Azaryan to win the rings event twice in Olympic. He achieved a total of six medals which include three gold medals in the team all-around, the floor exercise and the horizontal bar at the World Championships in 1966. Nakayama became the most successful male athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics with four gold medals, a silver medal and one bronze medal. He then achieved another four world titles in 1970 and again won four more medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He served as the vice-president of the Japanese Gymnastics Federation after his retirement from the professional gymnastic. Nakayama was inducted in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2005.

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8. Alexander Dityatin

Former Russian artistic gymnast Aleksandr Nikolaevich Dityatin was born on August 7, 1957 in Leningrad, and is noted for setting the record for achieving the most medals of any type at a single Olympic Games while winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and was honored as the Master of Sports of the USSR. Dityatin achieved his first Olympic success while winning two silver medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He is also the first male gymnast to score a perfect 10 in an Olympic which he accomplished in the long horse vault event. Dityatin also competed for the Leningrad Dinamo sports society besides his international appearance. He was inducted in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2004.

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7. Viktor Chukarin

Legendary former Russian artistic gymnast Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin was there with us from his birth on November 9, 1921 till he died on August 25, 1984, and is widely considered as the first of the great Soviet gymnasts. Chukarin was the most successful athlete at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He then achieved 5 medals at the age of 35 at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He became the All-around World Champion in 1954 and achieved eleven medals including seven gold medals at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. Chukarin was named as the USSR’s gymnastic individual all-around champion thrice consecutively from 1949 to 1951 and again achieved the same in 1953 and 1955. He led the USSR team to the victory at the 1954 World Championships. He was awarded the first ever Order of Lenin given to an athlete in 1957.

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6. Boris Shakhlin

Legendary former Russian artistic gymnast Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was there with us from his birth on 27 January 1932 till he died on 30 May 2008. He is the 1958 all-around World Champion and 1960 all-around Olympic champion. Shakhlin was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics and won a total of 13 medals which include seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics. He also won a total of 14 medals at the World Championships. Shakhlin is noted for winning gold medals at three successive Olympic Games. He also set a career record of 10 individual titles in the world championships. He received the Red Banner of Labor in 1956 and the Order of Lenin in 1960. Boris Shakhlin retired from international competition after suffering a heart attack at the age of just 35.

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5. Nikolai Andrianov

Legendary former Russian artistic gymnast Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was there with us from his birth on 14 October 1952 till he died on 21 March 2011. He achieved a total of 15 Olympic medals including 7 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 3 bronze medals and held the record for most Olympic medals until he was surpassed by Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Andrianov still holds the men’s record for most individual Olympic medals in gymnastics. He became the most successful athlete at the 1976 Summer Olympics while winning six individual medals and one team medal. He coached the Japan Olympic gymnastics team from 1994 to 2002. Andrianov was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2001. He developed degenerative neurological disorder multiple system atrophy during his final years and died at the age of 58 on 21 March 2011.

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4. Sawao Kato

Retired Japanese artistic gymnast Sawao Kato was born on October 11, 1946, and is one of the most successful athletes of all time in Olympiad. He achieved a total of twelve medals which include eight gold medals in three Olympics he participated. Kato is one of the only ten athletes to win eight or more Olympic gold medals. He made his international debut as a member of the Japanese team at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics where the team dominated in all events. He was involved in a controversy in the men’s team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Sawao Kato currently works as a professor at the University of Tsukuba after his retirement from the gymnastic world. He was inducted in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2001.

3. Alexei Nemov

Former Russian artistic gymnast Alexei Yurievich Nemov was born on 28 May 1976 in Barashevo, Mordovia, and is one of the most decorated gymnasts of all time. He achieved a total of 12 Olympic medals in his active gymnastic career. Nemov made his international debut at the 1993 World Championships when he was just 16-year old. He then won two gold medals, one silver and three bronze medals at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Nemov achieved the gold medal in Vault in 1995 and 1996, achieved the gold in Floor in 1997, and achieved the title in both the Floor and Pommel Horse event at the 1999 World Championships. The Russian Olympic Committee as the recognition of his class and character awarded him $40,000. Nemov currently resides in his hometown of Tolyatti.

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2. Vitaly Scherbo

Former Belarusian artistic gymnast Vitaly Venediktovich Scherbo was born on 13 January 1972 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, and is one of the most successful gymnasts of all time. He is the only male gymnast ever to achieve world titles in all 8 events. Scherbo won six out of the eight awarded gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and created one of the most dominant gymnastic performances in history. He started practicing gymnastics at age 7 under his mother. Scherbo made his international debut as a member of the USSR team at the World Championship and the World Cup in 1990. He then achieved the 1993 World All-Around title and the American Cup twice consecutively in 1993 and 1994. Scherbo currently owns and runs his own gymnasium in Las Vegas.

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1. Kōhei Uchimura

Japanese artistic gymnast Kōhei Uchimura was born on January 3, 1989 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and is regarded by many as the greatest gymnast of all time. He is a 16-time World medalist at several events including all-around, team, floor, high bar and parallel bars. He achieved five Olympic medals in the all-around, team and floor exercise event. Uchimura was praised as the “combination of tremendous difficulty, supreme consistency and extraordinary elegance of performance” by the International Gymnast Magazine. Uchimura is the first gymnast ever to win every major all-around title in a single Olympic cycle. He is also the 2012 Olympic All-Around Champion and achieved the World all-around titles consecutive five times from 2009 to 2014. Uchimura was featured as the older version of “Dekisugi” in the Toyota’s 2012 ReBorn ad campaign.

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These gymnasts show incredible physical flexibility, which is what attracts the audience and keeps them glued to the shows. These gymnasts are capable of capturing the attention of the audience whose sense of awe is maintained, as beautiful performances, filled with grace and elegance, are displayed by the most charming men in the world of sports.

Top 10 Female WWE Wrestlers of All Time

February 24, 2015 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Top 10 Female WWE Wrestlers of All Time

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is known as WWE is short, and is an American company that deals with professional wrestling. Wrestling is a form of entertainment that is popular with millions of people. It is particularly a favorite with youngsters, who are in awe with the physical power and stature of the wrestlers. Since it is a sport where victory of the wrestler is primarily dependent on the physical strength and the ability to exert the power in the right way, it is generally associated with men. But, women have broken the stereotype, and have entered the world of wrestling, to absolutely dominate the industry. Here is a list of Top 10 Female WWE Wrestlers of All Time. Let us take a look:

Top 10 Female WWE Wrestlers of All Time

1. Torrie Wilson

Born on July 24, 1975, Torrie Anne Wilson is a retired professional wrestler, former WWE Diva, and fitness competitor from America, as well as a model and actress. She is popular mainly for her tenure with the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In 1999, she won the Miss Galaxy competition as a fitness competitor. Soon after, World Championship Wrestling signed her, that same year, and she stayed till 2001, when WWE purchased it. In 2001, started making appearances on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) television as part of The Invasion storyline. Wilson has also been a part of Vince’s Devils, the all-female stable, which ended its run in 2006. Apart from professional wrestling, Wilson has been featured on the cover of numerous magazines, including FHM, and even the Playboy, for which she posed twice.

2. Trish Stratus

Born on December 18, 1975, Patricia Anne Stratigias, better known by her stage name and former ring name Trish Stratus, is a retired professional wrestler, fitness model, and fitness guru from Canada, as well as an actress and television personality. She is popular mainly for her tenure with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). She began her career as a fitness model. Soon after, she started working for the World Wrestling Federation. She became a one-time WWE Hardcore Champion, three-time “WWE Babe of the Year” and “Diva of the Decade”. On September 17, 2006, after having won her seventh WWE Women’s Championship, the most in WWE history, she retired from professional wrestling. Stratus was a trainer for WWE Tough Enough. She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame 2013. She debuted as an actor in a Canadian movie, Bail Enforcers, where she played a bounty hunter.

3. Chyna

Born on December 27, 1970, Joan Marie Laurer, better known as Chyna, is a former professional wrestler and bodybuilder from America, as well as a pornographic film actress. Her first claim to fame was in the professional wrestling promotion the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1997, as she performed under the ring name Chyna. She was called the “Ninth Wonder of the World”. She was the only female wrestler to participate in the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring events, and hold the WWF Intercontinental Championship twice. She also held the WWF Women’s Championship once. After leaving the WWF in 2001, Chyna has wrestled sporadically, most notably in 2002 with New Japan Pro Wrestling, and in 2011 with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Laurer was featured in Playboy magazine twice. In 2005, Laurer was a cast member on VH1’s The Surreal Life, besides other celebrity reality appearances.

4. Maryse Ouellet

Born on January 21, 1983, Maryse Ouellet Mizanin, better known as Maryse, is a French-Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet, as well as a model and business woman. She is popular mainly for her tenure with the WWE between 2006 and 2011. She began her career as a model, and in August 2006, she was hired by WWE, after her participation in the WWE Diva Search competition. She spent time in Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling, WWE’s developmental territories, till 2008, after which she was assigned to the SmackDown brand. In December 2008, Maryse captured her first title with the WWE Divas Championship, and held it for seven months, the longest reign in the championship’s history at the time, only to win it again in 2010, thus becoming the first wrestler to win it twice. In 2011, she announced plans for a clothing and jewellery line, and later began working as a realtor.

5. Lita

Born on April 14, 1975, Amy Christine Dumas, better known by her stage name/ring name Lita, is an American professional wrestler, as well as a singer. She was associated with WWE from 2000 to 2006, and has made part-time appearances with them. She was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame 2014. After her brief stint on the independent circuit and in Extreme Championship Wrestling, she was signed by World Wrestling Federation in 1999. She achieved the WWE Women’s Championship four times. During her tenure with the company she became the most popular Diva in their history. After retiring from wrestling in 2006, she formed a punk rock band named The Luchagors. She appeared oon television shows like Dark Angel, Fear Factor and The Weakest Link’s “WWF Superstars Edition” in 2002, etc. Lita started hosting a radio show called Amy’s Discordia in 2013.

6. Stacy Keibler

Born on October 14, 1979, Stacy Ann-Marie Keibler is a former professional wrestler and valet from America, as well as an actress and model. She popular, mainly for her tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a WWE Diva. She began her career as a professional wrestler, as a part of the Nitro Girls in WCW. Known as both “The Legs of WCW” and “The Legs of WWE”, because of her unusually long legs, she is the tallest WWE Diva. Keibler was also the manager of Test and Scott Steiner. She was nicknamed “Super Stacy” and was affiliated with The Hurricane and Rosey, before her departure. She participated on the second season of Dancing with the Stars, where she placed third. She has appeared on ABC show, as well as in Maxim and Stuff magazines.

7. Maria Kanellis

Born on February 25, 1982, Maria Kanellis Bennett, better known as just Maria, is a professional wrestler from America. She is popular mainly for her tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment. She works for Ring of Honor as the valet of her real-life husband Mike Bennett. She began her career as a contestant on the reality show Outback Jack in 2004, and later that year, she placed fifth in the Raw Diva Search, after which she was hired by WWE as a backstage interviewer. She began wrestling in the ring in 2005. She was featured on the cover of Playboy magazine in 2008, which was incorporated into a storyline on Raw. Her debut album Sevin Sins was released on April 13, 2010 on iTunes, and her first single was Fantasy. In 2004, she participated in the reality show, Outback Jack and made it to the final three, after which she was eliminated.

8. AJ Lee

Born on March 19, 1987, April Jeanette “AJ” Brooks, better known ring name AJ Lee, is a professional wrestler from America. Mendez began her career as Miss April by on the New Jersey independent circuit, mainly in Women Superstars Uncensored. In 2009, she was signed by WWE, and was later assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling, the developmental system of WWE. In 2012, she was featured in several storylines, like the relationships with wrestlers engaged in feuds over the world championships WWE, with a stint as the General Manager of Raw for three months. In later years, she achieved the WWE Divas Championship thrice, of which, the first reign was the longest in the history of the title, at 295 days. She was also honored as the “Diva of the Year” Slammy Award in 2012 and 2014 and declared the “Woman of the Year” for three consecutive years by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

9. Kelly Kelly

Born on January 15, 1987, Barbara Jean “Barbie” Blank, better known by her ring name Kelly Kelly, is a professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet from America, as well as a model. She is popular, mainly for her tenure with the WWE. She was in gymnastics and cheerleading in the early years of her career. She was a student of broadcast journalism, and wanted to become a television anchor, as she went on to work as a model for Venus Swimwear and Hawaiian Tropic. In 2006, Blank was signed by WWE and sent to a WWE developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling. In 2006, she debuted on the ECW brand as ‘Kelly Kelly’, assuming the character of an exhibitionist, performing a striptease, which she continued in a segment known as Kelly’s Exposé, every week on ECW. She also became the valet of her on-screen boyfriend Mike Knox. She formed Extreme Exposé with Layla and Brooke Adams.

10. Candice Michelle

Born on September 30, 1978, Candice Michelle Beckman Ehrlich, better known as Candice (Michelle), is a former WWE Diva and retired professional wrestler from America, as well as a model and actress. She is popular, mainly for her tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment. She spent several years at the beginning of her career in the industry of modeling and acting. In 2004, she was signed by, after participating in the WWE Diva Search. Outside the wrestling world, she is known as the Go Daddy Girl, featured in the annual Super Bowl commercials of the company. She was featured for a cover and nude pictorial in the April 2006 issue of Playboy. At Vengeance in 2007, she defeated Melina and won her first WWE Women’s Championship to become the first former Diva Search contestant to win a WWE title. She was released from her WWE contract.

Female wrestlers have crushed all kinds of common ideas and images about wrestlers. Mostly, when we think of wrestlers, we imagine someone who id intimidating and huge, with huge muscles and scary looks. But, the female wrestlers have maintained their femininity and charm in physical features, and have even entered the world of acting and modelling.

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Top 10 Extreme Sports

January 21, 2015 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Top 10 Extreme Sports

When we think of extreme sports, the first thing that comes to our mind is danger. Indeed, extreme sports include activities that have high levels of inherent peril that can become take a lethal form, because, just a single slip or hands can land a participant straight in the arms of death, or at least severe injury, since the extreme sports may involve speed and height. Hence, the participants need highly specialized gear, and are required to put high levels of physical exertion. Not many people have the courage to try out these highly risky sports. Let us take a look at the Top 10 Extreme Sports.

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1. Free solo climbing

Free solo climbing, commonly known as the free soloing, is a form of climbing where the climber or the free soloist does not use any safety gear such as ropes, harnesses and other protective gears while ascending. Because of the enormous height of the ascent, fall always means serious injury or death. There are several achievements already made in free solo climbing, such as the two hour and fifty minute ascent of the 2,224-foot Northwest Face route on Yosemite’s Half Dome by Alex Honnold. Many great solo climbers met with tragic accidents and died such as John Bachar, Derek Hersey, Vik Hendrickson, Jimmy Ray Forrester, Jimmy Jewell, Tony Wilmott, Robert Steele, Dwight Bishop and John Taylor. Two of the great soloists are Alain Robert nicknamed “The French Spider-Man” and Dan Goodwin nicknamed the “Skyscraperman”, also scaled several skyscrapers around the world.

2. Creeking

Creeking is a type of canoeing and kayaking which involves descending very steep low-volume whitewater. This sport is usually performed in specialized canoes and kayaks which can withstand the extreme whitewater environment. The specially designed kayaks give the paddler improved performance and extreme maneuverability needed for river obstacles. Creeking involves the descent of waterfalls and slides or any steep low-volume river. The route characteristic of Creeking can vary from very smooth granite like Cherry Creek in California to boulder gardens such as the Stein River in British Columbia. The Creeking route usually includes sieves, step drops, holes, and undercuts. This type of kayaking is regarded as the most dangerous and extreme in comparison to other varieties of kayaking.

3. Bungee jumping

Bungee jumping is an adventure sport that involves jumping from a tall structure while harnessed by a large elastic cord. The elevated structure from which Bungee jumping takes place can be a building, bridge or crane, and can also be a hot-air-balloon or helicopter. The adrenaline rush from this sport comes from free-falling and the rebound. The Bungee cord stretches, and the jumper flies upwards again as the cord recoils when a person attempts Bungee jumping, and continues to oscillate up and down till all the kinetic energy dissolves. The first modern Bungee jumps were done by two members of the Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club, David Kirke and Simon Keeling, from the 250-foot Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol on 1 April 1979. Commercial bungee jumping was first organized by A J Hackett who made his first attempt from Auckland’s Greenhithe Bridge in 1986.

4. Volcano boarding

Volcano boarding or Volcano surfing, or more commonly, the ash boarding, is a type of adventure sport that involves descending on the slopes of Cerro Negro near Leon in western Nicaragua. The Volcano Surfers climb up the volcano and then slide down on a thin plywood or metal board while sitting or standing. The Volcano surfing boards made by plywood are reinforced by steel, metal or Formica to provide required strength. This sport involves the danger of falling off and getting cut by the rough volcanic rocks. Cerro Negro is also an active volcano and had its last eruption in 1999. Safety gears such as jumpsuits and goggles are often used by the surfers. This adventure sport was invented by an Australian living in Nicaragua, Darryn Webb in 2005 according to the Sabotage Times.

5. Cave Diving

Cave diving is adventure underwater diving in caves which are typically partially filled with water. The cave diving is done usually using the scuba equipment but often in a specialized configurations. This form of adventure sports is a form of penetration diving which means a cave diver cannot swim vertically to the surface in an emergency due to the cave’s ceilings. Divers usually have to retreat the entire way back out. The five main contributing factors of the cave diving were popularized by the book called “Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival” published by Sheck Exley in 1977. Jacques-Yves Cousteau is widely regarded as the first scuba cave diver who is also the co-inventor of the first commercially successful open circuit scuba equipment. In the United Kingdom, Jack Sheppard made the first cave dive on 4 October 1936 in the Mendip Hills of Somerset.

6. Slacklining

Slacklining is a type of extreme sport that involves practice in balance on nylon or polyester webbing tensioned between two anchor points. The participants of this extreme sport are often referred as the “slackers”. Highlining is the toughest form of Slacklining which takes place above the ground or water. Highlines are commonly set up in places which are used for Tyrolean traverse. The first ever Slacklining attempt was made by two of the Evergreen State College student in Olympia, Washington, Adam Grosowsky and Jeff Ellington, in 1979. Ivy Baldwind of Eldorado Springs first crossed the Eldorado Canyon on a high wire in 1948 and made his final successful attempt on his 82nd birthday. Philippe Petit crossed a high wire between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York on August 7, 1974.

7. Wingsuit Flying

Wingsuit Flying is a type of extreme sport that involves flying through the air using a wingsuit. The wingsuit adds surface area to the flyers body which significantly increases the lift. The modern variation of Wingsuit was first developed in the late 1990s which created a surface area between the legs and under the arms with fabric. The Wingsuits are also referred as the “birdman suits”. 33-year old Franz Reichelt made the first attempt of wingsuit flying from the Eiffel Tower on 4 February 1912. He failed on that attempt and hit the ground with his head. On a contrary, his autopsy showed that he died of a heart attack before hitting the ground. The first successful wingsuit was first used by Rex Finney, a 19-year-old American from Los Angeles, California, in 1930. French adventurist Patrick de Gayardon first created the modern wingsuit in the mid-1990s.

8. Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a type of extreme winter sport in which groups of two or four participants make timed runs down narrow, twisted and banked iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. The Bobsleighs can usually attain speed of 150 km per hour and the world record was reported at 201km per hour. The owners of the historic Kulm Hotel and the Palace Hotel, the Badrutt family, first allowed Emil Thoma to organize the construction of a ‘half-pipe’ track in the Kulm Hotel Park, ending in the village of Cresta, in the winter of 1903. That venue hosted this extreme sport during two Olympics. The international competition of Bobsleigh is governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation which is also known as the French Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing. Four-man men’s bobsleigh was first introduced in the Winter Olympic Games in 1924.

9. Kite Skiing

Kite skiing is a type of extreme sport which is a relatively recent development of skiing. The pull of the ski in this sport comes from a kite and can be performed on water, snow, land or ice. It is quite similar to the cross-country skiing but the pulling force comes from the kite rather than stocks or gravity. Kite skiing on ice has little in common with downhill skiing. The kites used in this sport are very similar to the kites used in paragliding but smaller in size. Team N2i first reached the Antarctic pole during the Antarctic summer using kite skiing as their primary means of propulsion on 20 January 2007. Canadian Eric McNair-Landry and American Sebastian Copeland crossed 595 km in 24 hours while kite skiing on 5 June 2010, which created the world record of the highest distance in the shortest time.

10. Ice Climbing

Ice Climbing is a type of extreme sport that involves the ascending of inclined ice formations. This sport typically involves roped and protected climbing of various ice obstacles such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice. The most common modern protection for ice climbing is the ice screw which is a hollow tube with sharp teeth on the front end and has a hanger eye at the back to clip. The ice screws can provide very strong protection while inserted properly in solid ice. A device called the cramp-on used in Ice Climbing was first invented by the British in the early 20th century which allows fastening of toothed claw to the climbing boots. The aim of this extreme sport is to speed up the climbing time and minimize the chance of getting frost bitten because of the chilling weather.

The extreme sports athletes put their lives at risk by participating in these extreme sports. That is why, the competitions offer huge monetary rewards. But more than the monetary gain, it is the love and respect that the athletes get from people. Extreme sports not only offer great excitement for the athletes but also the viewers.

Top 10 Celebrity Fitness Gurus of All Time

January 19, 2015 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Top 10 Celebrity Fitness Gurus

Celebrities in the industry of entertainment today are required to be fit and look fit. They are expected to have a great body, to acquire which they have to do a lot of hard work. But, this hard work is not a self-achieved regime, and most stars, who are known in the industry for their fitness, have to admit that they have had a lot of help from their trainers. The trainers who take care of the body and exercise of the celebrities, as well as their food habits, have a thorough knowledge in this regard, and have gained such fame and wealth for the work they do that they are nothing short of celebrities themselves. Mostly body builders and former athletes, the celebrity body builders belong to the same clan of great build and fitness. Let us take a look at the Top 10 Celebrity Fitness Gurus of All Time.

Top 10 Celebrity Fitness Gurus of All Time

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger

The name of Arnold Schwarzenegger comes up whenever the words fitness or body-building comes up. He is the most popular body-builder who went on to be a Hollywood actor, and later even became a famous politician. His interest in this field began back in the 60’s, and he even went AWOL from his army services to participate in the Mr. Universe competition, which he won. From 1966-68, he was in Munich, attending business school and simultaneously training and working at a gym there. Even as an actor, he has remained a writer in the field of body-building, sharing health and body-building tips through magazines, documentaries, etc. He has great contribution to the sport.

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2. Cassandra Forsythe-Pribanic

Cassandra Forsythe-Pribanic is a nutritional expert and a registered dietician, with a Master’s degree in Human Nutrition and Metabolism. She is also a certified sports nutritionist, who has the co-authorship of a book meant to help women gain muscle-success, under her belt. She also runs a chain of fitness facility in Connecticut, named Fitness Revolution Vernon, after having received her Ph.D. from the highly recognized University of Connecticut in the subject of Kinesiology. She has had great academic success, as well as in the form of a writer, and her book is hugely popular for being helpful. Apart from that, she is also practically experienced in helping people stay fit and healthy.

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3. Joe Weider

Joe Weider has made such huge contributions to the industry of body-building and training that he is often referred to as the father of body-building. He was the co-founder of the International Federation of Bodybuilding or IFBB, along with his brother, Ben Weider, as well as the creator of the Mr. Olympia, Ms. Olympia and Masters Olympia contests. He also published several fitness and body-building magazines, alongside manufacturing a line of fitness equipment and supplements. Thus, it is safe to credit this man with the popularity of the supplementary industry in healthy living. He has provided training to a number of bodybuilders who carved their own niche in this industry.

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4. Tracy Anderson

Young and beautiful Tracy Anderson is a sought-after name in Hollywood among the women who want to look like Madonna or Gwyneth Paltrow, Tracy Anderson has developed her own method of training, aka the Tracy Anderson Method of physical training. This is essentially a fitness program that is more Pilates-based, and is being introduced at the modern fitness studios. With her first studio opening in Tribeca, New York in 2009, she has accelerated fast in her career, and opened more studios in Asia and Australia. She did not stop at inventing her training method. She also invented a new type of machine, the hybrid body reformer, and has developed age-defying moves.

5. Bill Phillips

Bill Phillips is most famous as the author of the fitness and health related books, Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength, and Eating for Life. He was the editor-in-chief of the Muscle Media magazine. He is also the former CEO of the performance nutritional supplement company named EAS. It is with this brand of performance nutrition products that he has absolutely revolutionized the entire face of the supplement industry. He also popularized the transformation contest, promoted among fitness trainers and companies. He started his career with training bodybuilders the use of steroids, and went on to become the big-time author with a great physique.

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6. Krista Scott-Dixon

Krista Scott-Dixon fitness trainer who is an expert at her job. The most remarkable thing about her is that, she is very inspirational. She is currently the editor-in-chief of Spezzatino, an online food magazine which is famous for its participation in the charitable activities and raising money for Healthy Food Bank. With a Ph.D. in Women’s Studies, she is known for the effects she can bring with her powerful writing in this field, especially in her blog, Stutuous.com, followed by new strength trainers, as well as experienced bodybuilders. It includes book reviews, programs and tips for prenatal and postnatal conditions, interviews, etc. All in all, it has something for every reader.

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7. Jack LaLanne

Jack LaLanne was a fitness expert and a motivational speaker, and made huge contributions to the industry of professional fitness. Many of the plate-loaded machines used by bodybuilders today were created by LaLanne. He turned into a celebrity in his nation, long before the days of Atkins diet or Richard Simmons, and did so by eating healthy. Thus, he became the most reliable fitness guru to follow, for those interested in building their body by a healthy diet and exercise on a regular basis. He had his own television show, too, which was aired for the first time in the year 1951 in San Francisco. The show went national in the year 1959, and stayed on air as a popular show till mid-80s.

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8. Valerie Waters

Valerie Waters has a pretty-girl-next-door air about her, but this woman has already earned 17 years’ worth of experience of working with top celebrities, preparing them before their magazine shoots, special events, award ceremonies, or even the roles in movies that require a special look. She is known in the industry for being able to produce fast results. For her experience and fast results, she is unofficially the holder of the premier personal trainer title, and has been on some of the most known publications such as Self, People, Vanity Fair and In Style. The elite in Bollywood reach out to her for solving their problems. She also develops programs on fitness, nutrition, etc.

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9. Jake Steinfeld

Jake Steinfeld is one of the top names of today’s personal fitness training field, with his career beginning more than 30 years ago. He is the chairman and CEO of Body by Jake Global, and his contributions in the industry of fitness are varied, having offered successful exercise equipment like the Tower 200 which was launched by him in the year 2009, along with five time MMA champion Randy Couture. Steinfeld believes that exercise should never be tedious, and should instead be fun and easy, such that people remain motivated. His FitOrbit is a web platform solution for professional trainers and consumers to meet. People get the opportunity to maintain a healthy life through it.

10. Kelli Calabrese

Kelli Calabrese is a multi-faceted talent in the industry of fitness training. She has her own business, is an author and editor, an international presenter and also a fitness expert. He is extremely passionate about fitness, and it began when she was just 13 years of age, at which point, she joined a fitness class. She has a history of heart disease and cancer in her family, and this led her to make a conscious decision at an early age to prioritize health and fitness. In fact, she received her fitness certification at the age of 17, and by 22, she acquired three science degrees. Today, she has a total of 20 certifications, which also authorize her to help children, as well as people with special needs.

There are several other great fitness gurus in the industry. These people constantly work to develop new programs, moves, stretches, health supplements, machines, etc. to improve the health and looks of people. Though not often credited, the fitness experts are actually greatly knowledgeable in the sport of body building, which is also visible from the physique and health conditions.