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"Olympic Names"
Posted by byoffer on 08-19-08 at 10:54 AM
Can we have a petty thread to note athlete names that are funny?

Usain Bolt is totally apropos for the world's fastest man.

Third place in men's trampoline? Dong Dong.

So what names are making you chuckle?


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"Jake Spiker Gibb"
Posted by Snidget on 08-19-08 at 11:02 AM
Plays US volleyball

http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1133/bio/index.html


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"RE: Jake Spiker Gibb"
Posted by byoffer on 08-19-08 at 11:28 AM
And the Spiker is not a nickname, it was his mother's maiden name.


"Hooker advances in women's 200"
Posted by nailbone on 08-19-08 at 11:32 AM
That'd be Marshevet Hooker, who's running in the women's 200 meter race.



"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by Max Headroom on 08-19-08 at 11:52 AM
My personal favorite is Chinese gymnast He Kexin. Not that her name is particularly funny, but rather that headlines like "He wins Olympic gold in women's uneven bars" are funny.

Well... maybe it's just me.


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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by Snidget on 08-19-08 at 12:00 PM
I blinked a couple of times at headlines about He winning a woman's gold medal myself.


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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by Brownroach on 08-19-08 at 12:06 PM
I completely agree. I have to reread practically every sentence written about her, or rather, He, before it makes sense.


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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by Bebo on 08-21-08 at 08:15 PM
Isn't He 1 of the half people Bela was ranting about?

"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by dabo on 08-21-08 at 09:48 PM
He Kexin (won tiebreaker for gold over Nastia Liukin), Jiang Yuyuan and Yang Yilin. And here's an example of Kexinlogic:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=245550.html?_source=rss&cid=

"I was born in 1992 and I'm 16 years old now," He said Monday. "The FIG has proved that. If I'm under 16, I couldn't have been competing here."

"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by sharnina on 08-19-08 at 12:03 PM
LAST EDITED ON 08-19-08 AT 12:03 PM (EST)

Not so much a personal name as the name on a team uniform. This is the women's beach volley ball team from Brazil. DH and I got a good giggle out of this.


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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by jbug on 08-19-08 at 12:20 PM
Did you happen to notice what if anything was written on the bottom half?
"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by foonermints on 08-20-08 at 08:42 AM
Maybe they work for the Boston Redevelopement Authority in the evening.

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"Winter Olympics"
Posted by Puffy on 08-19-08 at 12:03 PM
How can we forget Picabo Street?


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"RE: Winter Olympics"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 08-19-08 at 12:43 PM
Heh... there was an old joke that came out after she retired - someone spread a rumour that Picabo Street became a nurse in a large hospital but was forbidden to answer the phone lest she said, "Picabo, I.C.U."

No truth to that rumour, though, as she never became a nurse in the first place.


"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by susang on 08-19-08 at 12:56 PM
Justin Spring (US Men's Gymnastics)


"My Beavis and Butthead moment"
Posted by moonbaby on 08-19-08 at 01:38 PM
happened when they announced Liam Tancock.

heh heh. heh heh heh.



"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by Brownroach on 08-19-08 at 03:11 PM
Hasna Benhassi, Moroccan runner. Known affectionately to her friends as "Has-Been."

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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by cahaya on 08-19-08 at 07:37 PM
To start with, who's Hu?


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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by sharnina on 08-19-08 at 08:55 PM
Hu's on first, He's on second.


GUESS WHAT! I got a FEV-ah -- and the only pre-SCRIP-tion
-- is MORE COWBELL!

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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by SpotTheDifference on 08-19-08 at 09:45 PM
LAST EDITED ON 08-19-08 AT 09:55 PM (EST)

Australian boxer Brad Pitt (no Angelina Jolies though):

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/230551.shtml

South African athlete Geraldine Pillay (Pilay in Filipino means "crippled"):

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/8003457.shtml

Australian swimmer Nick Ffrost (Because one F just isn't enough):

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/242493.shtml

"Lolo"
Posted by bullzeye on 08-19-08 at 10:00 PM
Lolo Jones....the American favorite to win the hurdles. Unfortunately, Lolo went too low low and hit the second to last hurdle knocking her out of the medals today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoLo_Jones

I love this bit from the link though:

Her best friend is Canadian hurdler Priscilla Lopes-Schliep.

Our gal won bronze in that event!!!!!


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"RE: Lolo"
Posted by byoffer on 08-20-08 at 08:02 AM
Very happy about the bronze for Lopes-Schliep.

LoLo doesn't suck to look at. Just sayin'.


"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 08-20-08 at 08:31 AM
I glanced in on the Canada-Australia softball matchup earlier today and saw an Aussie player with the surname Titcume. That couldn't have been an easy surname to have while in high school.


"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by dragonflies on 08-20-08 at 08:40 AM
Last week we noticed an Israeli swimmer in the Men's 200m Freestyle whose first name was Nimrod. We looked for him again all week, to no avail. I guess that was all he swam. He did set an Israeli record!


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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by Brownroach on 08-20-08 at 10:57 AM
Here's a photo of Nimrod.

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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by dabo on 08-21-08 at 07:08 PM
Breezie Madden, US horsey rider (and bronze medalist).


"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by Puffy on 08-24-08 at 01:54 AM
On the U.S. Men's Volleyball team: Lloy Ball.



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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by dabo on 08-25-08 at 08:17 AM
Hyleas Fountain, US heptathlete (silver medalist: moved up from bronze by drug testing disqualification of Russian heptathlete, another Russian moved up to bronze)


"A couple..."
Posted by Capn2patch on 08-25-08 at 09:50 PM
Hu Yu Ar - Chinese Basketball

Michael Rimmer (UK, 800m runner) Good thing he doesn't play basketball.


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"RE: Olympic Names"
Posted by Puffy on 08-26-08 at 01:23 AM
I have a current list of the gold medalists from China. They are:
Gymnastics---------Shee Tu Yung
Javelin------------Him Throw Far
Judo---------------Chop Yu Good
Pole Vault---------Shee Jump Hi
Weightlifting------Strong Fat Guy
Marathon-----------Yu Me Run Long Time
Cycling------------Won Num Dong
Shooting-----------Him Shoot Good
Backstroke---------Fast Wen Wet
Women Weightlifting--She Have Balls
Volleyball---------Real Tall Chick
100 meter swim-----Dam Yu Fast



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