Plant-Based Athletes

Drake-backed vegan chicken brand Daring Foods entered the plant-based arena four years ago, aiming to offer a sustainable alternative to some of the world’s most desired foods. Now, the vegan company is partnering with the Olympic Fencing star Miles Chamley-Watson through its new Daring Moves platform. The Olymp...

When a world-class tennis player and a celebrity chef get together, aces are served, and in this exclusive conversation that took place during Happy Viking's event at Dumbo House last week, those aces happen to be tips on how to start a plant-based diet. Venus...

NBA star Chris Paul is teaming up with plant-based beverage brand Koia to bring healthy, nutrient-rich food options to underserved communities across the US. The Phoenix Suns point guard went vegan in 2019, and since has dedicated himself to advocating for plant-based eating, investing in several vegan companies over recent years. The partnership be...

Olympic athlete Cheavon Clarke attributes his athletic prowess to his being plant-based, believing his dietary choices allow him to maximize his athletic performance. The boxer discussed how his plant-based lifestyle allows him to improve his recovery times and helps his training, in a recent interview with Plant-Based News. Cla...

Vegan athlete Harvey Lewis just became the latest champion of "the world's toughest footrace," the Badwater 135, located in the Badwater Basin in Death Valley. The Badwater is a gruelingly hot 135-mile long course that traverses one of the hottest regions of the country from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney and is known as...

Alex Morgan is sitting in what looks like a dorm room, on her cardboard single bed, next to the window, where the morning light streams in and lets her know it's two days until game time, when she and other returning veterans of Team USA, including Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd, will start their campaign to win another Olympic gold. ...

Legendary track and field athlete Carl Lewis announced that he’s been fueled by a mostly plant-based diet for more than two decades now. The Olympic gold medalist claims that his plant-based diet has helped his performance for the last 25 years, providing him with enough protein to keep up a rigorous athletic lifestyle. In his epic track career, Lew...

Tammara Thibeault is a young vegan boxer who is out to show the world that you don't need to eat meat or dairy to get protein and train for your sport at the highest levels. The 24-year-old boxer is training intensely for the Tokyo games and eats a strictly vegan diet and says she hopes is to raise worldwide awareness about the nutritional and overall health benefits of living plant-based. “I’m pr

Now that spring is nearly here and we are all getting out and doing more of our favorite activities, or trying to sweat off unwanted pounds that crept on last winter, the next big wave of doctor's visits may just be to the orthopedist for sports-related injuries. ...

Steve Pilot describes himself as a "normal guy" who dealt with major depression, anxiety, and devastating heartbreak and found a new way of living, eating and training that helped him recover from all three. His journey from a depressed, overwhelmed engineer to a magazine-cover bodybuilder involved changing the way he ate, worked out, and his career, and now he wants to help others live