Vegan Athlete Review of the Year 2022
11 January 2023
Strength!
- Powerlifter Ryan Stills won the US National Classic & Equipped Championships (more here).
- Melody Schoenfeld took Silver in armlifting at the Arnold Sports Festival (more here).
- Dawid Kawka broke the Polish national squat record (more here).
- Kim Best won the Scottish heat of UKs Strongest Woman (more here).
- Sophia Ellis broke the British Deadlift record (more here).
- Ramona Cadogan won Bronze at the US National Masters weightlifting meet (more here).
- Sophia Ellis broke the British Bench Press record (more here).
- Sahyuri Lalime won the Western European Powerlifting title and broke the deadlift record (more here).
- Noah Hannibal broke the all-time Australian Masters bench record (more here).
- Ryan Stills won his fifth world Masters powerlifting title (more here).
- Veronique Cormier was her category at Canada’s Strongest Woman (more here).
- Dawid Kawka won Gold in squat and Sophia Ellis took three Golds and set two British records and a European record (more here).
Running and endurance
- Ariel Rosenfeld won the national 24 race for the third time in a row (read more here).
- Harvey Lewis won the Florida Long Haul 100 mile race (more here).
- Lisa Gawthorne won the 300 metres race at the British Masters Athletics (more here).
- Mike Fremont celebrated his 100th birthday by running 10km (more here).
- Budjargal Byambaa broke the course record at the Jackpost 72 hour ultramarathon (more here).
- Antonio di Manno was the Italian National 100 mile race (more here).
- Naomi Mitchell ran a Euro qualifying marathon (more here).
- Harvey Lewis broke the course record at the 60k Akamas Trail (more here).
- Itir Atadiyen took a category win on the 76km Alanya trail (more here).
- Robbie Balenger succeeded in an unusual challenger, outrunning a fully charged Tesla (more here).
- Budjargal Byambaa won the Sri Chinmoy 6-day race with the best 6-day distance this year (more here).
- Antonio di Manno won the Sanremo ultramarathon (more here).
- Ellen Jaffe Jones took placings in seven events at the National veteran’s athletics meet (more here).
- Antonio di Manno won the Italian National Last Survivor race (more here).
- Laura Kline won the US National Duathlon Championships (more here).
- Lisa Gawthorne took Bronze at the World Duathlon Championships (more here).
- Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches won ‘Canada’s Toughest Race’ (more here).
- Izzi Batt-Doyle competed at the Commonwealth Games in two events (more here).
- Frans Claes won his third national Mountainbike title (more here).
- Budjargal Byambaa won the World 48 hour ultramarathon Championships (more here).
- Shortly afterwards he broke the course record at the 24 hour Pawling Running Festival (more here).
- Harvey Lewis won the 60k Hocking Hills Trail (more here).
- Tyler Pearce won the US Cycling Ultradistance Championships, ‘The Toughest 48 hours in sport’ (more here).
- Addiction survivor Todd Crandall completed his 100th Ironman triathlon (more here).
- Harvey Lewis took second in the US and Antonio di Manno broke the Italian record running the Last Survivor World Championships (more here).
- Ben Dame became the World Champion of the 4 Deserts ultramarathon series (more here).
- Vlad Ixel won Asia’s largest trail race, his eighth race win of the years (more here).
Fighters, skills sports and others!
- Or Tal took Gold at the National swimming championships (more here).
- Neil Robertson won the snooker Masters (more here).
- Cricketer Peter Siddle finished top bowler at the Australian Big Bash (more here).
- Boxer Lawrence Okolie retained his world Cruiserweight title (more here).
- Cody Elkins took silver in the US National High School Racquetball tournament (more here).
- Snooker’s Neil Robertson won the Tour Championship (more here).
- Soccer’s Chris Smalling was Man of the Match as he helped Roma win the Europa Conference League final (more here).
- Martial Artist James Southwood won the Viking Cup in Savate (more here).
- Sisters Sophia and Mia Macaluso represented US in wrestling (more here).
- Massimo Leopardi won three medals at the Italian National Diving Championships (more here).
- Sofia Jokl delayed retirement to take Silver Ju-Jitsu Bronze at the World Games (more here).
- Jorge Pastor won Gold Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the Santa Cruz Open (more here).
- Sofia Macaluso won silver at the World U20 Wrestling Championships (more here).
- Shelli Beecher Seitzler won Silver at the World WNBF Bodybuilding Championship (more here).
- Hege Jenssen set a world record for indoor skiing (more here).
- Bodybuilder Zack Belknap took four pro category wins in different high-profile shows (more here).
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