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Lang Ping
Nicknamed the “Iron Hammer,” Lang Ping is considered by many to be a national hero in China. She was a member of the Chinese Women's National Team—winners of an Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, a World Championship crown in 1982, and World Cup titles in 1981 and 1985.
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Chauncey Billups
Chauncey is a guard for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. Prior to playing for the Nuggets he led the Detroit Pistons to the 2004 NBA Finals, where he averaged 21 points and 5.2 assists per game and was named Finals MVP.
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Ya-ni Tseng
Ya-Ni Tseng, an eighteen-year-old Taiwanese golfer captured the DLF Women's Indian Open - the fourth stop on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour - in New Delhi in March. She also ranked 6th in the 2007 CN Canadian Women’s Open in August. Ya-Ni’s professional career has a brilliant start and there is a long way to go. This young talent realizes that proper nutrition is a part of that journey.
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Isa Phillips
A native of Kingston, Jamaica, and a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Isa competed in distance medley relays, 4x400 meter relays, and 800 meters competitions during his college years.
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Geraldine Finnegan
Geraldine Finnegan began her athletics career at the age of 14 as a cross country runner. She followed in her cousin’s footsteps, former all Ireland 400m champion, and was motivated by her father who was a boxer in his early days.
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Takahide Seki
Hailing from the Niigata prefecture, this 28-year old is no stranger to the Japanese snowboarding community. Recently he has won two straight victories in the All Japan Intercollegiate Snowboarding Games (intercollegiate and inter-technical school), and 5th place in All Japan championship.
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Star Motor Team
The Star Motor team endorse TaHIRO™ Vitalise, and collectively they consumed an amazing 384 cans during their 2007 winning ceremonies. They attribute part of their racing lifestyle to Tahitian Noni® products.
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Yen-Ni Wu
Yen-Ni Wu is a world-renowned Black Belt Taekwondo champion. She has been competing at international, national, and domestic competitions for years and has received countless honors and awards. Her highest honor was winning the World Championship Gold at the 2002 Asian Taekwondo Competition.
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Simone Denkinger
Simone Denkinger is a successful biathlon athlete from Schönwald. Born in 1979, Simone started cross-country skiing when she was six years old.
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Angie Koops
Born in Kaikoura, New Zealand, Angie has enjoyed surfing from a young age, as well as gymnastics and snow boarding. Angie has recently been awarded the title of Open Women’s New Zealand National Champion and has been featured in Curl and Surfing magazines.
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Anders Olsson
Anders Olsson knows the meaning of dedication, and all of Sweden knows him as a powerful role model for setting goals and overcoming obstacles. In 1996 and 1997, Anders endured a series of unfortunate events in the
hospital system that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
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Alex Reid
Alex became a professional fighter in 1998. He subsequently progressed to Mixed Martial Arts, a discipline which involves boxing, thai boxing, juijitsu, and wrestling. Alex credits a lot of his success to the benefits of TAHITIAN NONI® Juice.
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Youichi Osada
Youichi Osada thought that he’d be playing soccer all his life. He began
the sport in 5th grade and later played in the inter–high school
Yamanashi prefecture championship.
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Jennifer Guiola
Jennifer Guiola has been involved with martial arts since she was five years old. Now, 22 years later she is one of the top competitors in Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu and submission wrestling, winning titles, world cups, and more all over the world.
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Amelie Kober
Nineteen-year-old professional snowboarder Amelie Kober has an impressive list of accomplishments, including 2006 female junior athlete of the year, silver medalist in parallel giant slalom, junior world champion, and a 2007 world cup win in Switzerland.
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Jaakko Tallus
Jaakko Tallus is a gold medallist in Nordic combined, a sport that involves both ski jumping and cross country skiing. This demanding sport requires tremendous strength, endurance, and coordination, and Tallus trains year round to prepare for his events.
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Øystein Grødum
Øystein Grødum is one of the best long-distance skaters in the world. He started when he was only 14 years old, trained hard, and soon realized he had a talent for longer distances.
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Ian Adamson
Ian Adamson is a seven-time World Champion Adventure Racer, boasting three Eco-Challenge and three Primal Quest wins. He is also the only athlete in the world to also win Primal Quest, Raid Gauloises, and Southern Traverse, the “big four” major international adventure races.
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Rocky Tilson
Rocky Tilson is a world class weightlifter who has competed—and dominated—in events such as the American Powerlifting Committee National Championships America's Cup, held at the University of Georgia campus. At that particular event, he lifted over 800 kilos (almost 2,000 lbs!).
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Josh Guinness
Josh Guinness is involved in almost every aspect of surfing in New Zealand. He competes, operates a chain of surf stores in New Zealand, gives the radio surf report, and acts as a surfing commentator—sometimes for the same events he's competing in!
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David Hunt
In addition to a long list of impressive runs, Hunt was recently one of ten people to complete the Wasatch 100 in less than 24 hours.
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Eileen Hader
Eileen Hader would be a good partner in a dangerous situation. A black belt in Ving Tsun Wushu Kungfu, she is both an international gold medalist and world bronze medalist in Chinese martial arts.
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Nicole Fessel
Nicole Fessel is one of the world’s top cross-country skiers. Her resumé includes winning the German Sprint Championships (2005) and the Junior World Championships (2003).
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Bruce Taylor
Bruce Taylor is one of Australia’s most competitive and dominant athletes of the country’s Surf Life Saving movement. He is the current reigning Australian champion in the open men’s board race event and holds the record for the most Queensland State titles won in this same event.
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Christina McMahon
Kickboxing champion Christina McMahon followed her younger brothers and sisters into the sport of kickboxing at the age of 19. She immediately loved the competitive side of the sport and progressed quickly from competing nationally to entering the world games.
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker has worked as an assistant coach in the NBA since 1996. He is widely respected and brings a lifetime of experience to his profession.
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Erin Thorn
Erin Thorn is a guard for New York Liberty, a powerful force in the WNBA. She was a member of the 2004 and 2005 playoff teams, and is an integral part of their overall success. She was the seventeenth pick in the 2003 WNBA draft, at the time holding the NCAA record for career 3-pointers made.
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Evi Sachenbacher
Evi Sachenbacher is the core of Germany’s Olympic medal-winning cross country ski team. She and her teammates recently brought home a silver medal from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy..
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Inge Solheim
If it’s an extreme sport and involves adventure, most likely Inge Solheim has done it. Solheim has been on seven expeditions to the North Pole, has participated in the Great Race in Greenland (which airs on BBC), flew with jet fighters in Russia, and was featured in the 2005 BBC TV series about the Amundsen-Scott race to the South Pole.
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Simon Vroemen
Simon Vroemen has won nine national championships for the 3000 meter steeple chase and holds the European record for fastest time. He has also won two national championships for the 1500 meter steeple chase.
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Holly and Mike Semanoff
When it comes to living an active lifestyle, Holly and Mike Semanoff wrote the book. In addition to body building, they are fitness fanatics, rock climbing enthusiasts, triathlon competitors, and skydiving contestants.
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Holly and Mike Semanoff
Champion bodybuilders Holly and Mike Semanoff know the importance of being physically fit. They both believe in being active beyond the gym atmosphere, and prefer to use their physical abilities to enjoy life outside in nature.
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Josefine Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage, a Pisces, loves water. Swimming comes second to breathing, and in 2004 she was a finalist in the Olympics, won the World Championship, earned the European Championship title, and achieved the European record.
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Brooke Niles
Brooke Niles is a 24-year-old professional beach volleyball player, and was an assistant volleyball coach at UC Santa Barbara last year. She is one of the most versatile players in Gaucho history and continued to bring her unrivaled competitiveness and leadership qualities to the program.
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William G. Dance
William “Bill” Dance is America’s best known fisherman. He wrote the book on explaining and demonstrating products and services used by fishermen. As a professional bass fisherman, Dance is respected around the world for his knowledge, skill, and fishing abilities.
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Emily Rosemond
Emily Rosemond is Australia’s top short track speed skater. She just completed the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and is currently ranked 13th in the world. After tearing her anterior cruciate ligament in late 2004, her Olympic performance is simply amazing.
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Arlid Røyseth
Arild Røyseth and his team won the 2002 world championships in rifle shooting (60 shots lying). They also took third in another event called whole match. Røyseth strongly believes that talent, hard work, and TAHITIAN NONI® Juice were the winning combination for his team.
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Chris Scott
Each week, Australian cyclist Chris Scott racks up more kilometers on his bike than he does driving his car. Known among fellow riders as “the Gecko”, Scott owns a handful of world records, has brought home medals from four Paralympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), and has dominated cycling competitions all over the globe.
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Dru Adler
Competing against the world’s top 30 surfers, Dru Adler placed second at the 2004 Quicksilver Airshow World Series held at Roaring Beach in Tasmania.
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