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List of Hero/Villains that were Olympic Athletes

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I have to write a blog post for the upcoming RIO games. Who else in DC/Marvel/Image were in the olympics? So far I have:

 

Hawkeye

Triathalon

Javelin

Tiger Shark

Northstar

 

Anyone else?

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FWIW. Trivia: Contest of Champions was originally going to be an olympics contest (modeled after 80s olympics)-- but failed to materialize because of boycott. Might be of interest to you.

 

Long write up is available in this freely available issue (pp 10-18)

https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/back_issue__41

 

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Also, see

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/81564/are-any-marvel-universe-superheroes-or-supervillains-professional-athletes

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21155/who-was-the-first-dc-marvel-costumed-crime-fighter-credited-as-being-a-former-ol?noredirect=1&lq=1

 

 

 

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Villains - The IOC

 

Fifa?

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