Vegan runner Robbie Balenger has broken a world record after a 100 mile run in New York. He was aiming to beat the record for running loops of New York’s Central Park during the 18 hours 50 minutes it’s open.

Robbie smashed the previous record of eleven laps by running 16.  Read More... “Vegan runner smashes New York Central Park record”

Vegan runner Ana Stefulj stormed to victory in the Balkans Marathon Championships in one of the fastest times in the race’s history.

Finishing in 2:36:28, the Croatian recorded the 3rd fastest winning time of the 24 races completed. The 26.2 mile event was the Kiev Euro Marathon in Ukraine. Read More... “Vegan runner takes gold at top European marathon”

Vegan runner Ana Cufer returned to competition in the Slovenian national mountain running competition.

The 25 year old, who tuned vegan in 2015 has a fantastic record at longer races. This time she faced a relatively short 11 km – with 750 metres of height gain. Read More... “Ana takes another National title in the mountains”

Italian vegan Massimo Leopardi made a fantastic comeback to diving, winning two medals at the Italian Masters. Massimo was competing with his team, M.R. Sport.

The competition marks a return after a frustrating injury.

“It was three and a half years that I had not trained due to a small neck injury” Massimo told Great vegan Athletes.  Read More... “Massimo dives back into competition – and takes two medals”

Snooker’s vegan potter Neil Robertson has shown incredible form to take a victory in the Tour Championship.  Neil was seen playing with impressive  energy and concentration, racking up wins including a 10-3 demolition of three time World Champion Mark Selby. 

Facing current World Champion Ronnie O Sullivan in the final, Neil won six frames in a row to win 10-4.  Read More... “Vegan Neil pots another tournament win”

Spanish endurance athlete Alberto Pelaez Serrano has taken a category win in the Transgrancanaria race.

The high profile event attracts runners from all over the world. Alberto entered the ‘Advanced’ race which was 65km and included over 2500 metres of height gain. Read More... “Vegan runner wins over 65 km of mountains”

Ariel Rosenfeld made it two wins out of two with his second triumph at the Israeli 24 hour running Championships.

The vegan runner completed 217.4 km (135 miles) to win by over 9 km, with the third runner 27 km adrift. Read More... “Vegan runs to second national 24-hour title”

Austria’s Andreas Vojta had a fantastic 2020 despite the COVID19 restrictions – and 2021 has started with a national record.

Andreas ran in Monaco, taking a place in the road 5 km.  Andreas is better known for racing on the track, where there is a separate 5000m record for the different surface.  Read More... “Road record smashed by vegan runner”

Veteran powerlifter Glenda Presutti smashed dozens of records last year including numerous at world level. Now the Aussie vegan has added to them at the Oceania Championships.

After the COVID19 disruption an unusual decision was made to freeze age groups, enabling lifters to compete in the age class for the previous year. Read More... “World records fall to Glenda’s vegan power”

Vegan racing driver Lewis Hamilton has been awarded a knighthood after a phenomenal year in sport and activism.

Sir Lewis recently equalled an all-time record by securing seven Formula One titles.  He has also been outspoken in support of Black Lives Matter and veganism. Read More... “Lewis Hamilton receives knighthood”

Florida saw the location for one of the most challenging of races when it hosted the Icarus Florida Ultrafest.  The event offered six time-based challenges starting at a twelve hour event, while the longest was contested over six days.

Vegan runner Budjargal Byambaa made the trip to Florida to compete. Read More... “Vegan runner breaks course record over six days”

Vegan potter Neil Robertson took his third UK Championship on Sunday night in one of the most tense finals seen in the competition.

The Australian fought through to his third tournament final of the season to take his first win, dazzling opponents with some fantastic break building. Read More... “Vegan takes UK title – and breaks a record”

2020 saw sporting fixtures cancelled across the globe as the COVID-19 pandemic spread. This meant there was less to report – but it didn’t stop vegan athletes doing incredible things.

Strength

Strongwoman Kim Best had a great start to 2020 with a world record!  Read More... “Vegan athletes smashed it in 2020!”

Lewis Hamilton secured a seventh World Championship on Sunday, and used the opportunity to highlight his concerns around equality and sustainability. 

The 35 year old vegan could have secured the title without a win in the Turkish Grand Prix, but drive a race described by commentators as ‘masterful’ in treacherous conditions to take the win. Read More... “Hamilton’s victory equals the all-time record”

Vegan runner Alister Gardner took on an extreme challenge that would test any elite runner.

The Canadian aimed to run the equivalent of the height gain of Everest, in one day.

The run focussed on La Brome, a peak 553 metres above sea level in Southern Quebec.  Read More... “Vegan completes ‘Everest’ in Canadian mountains”

Masters runner Lisa Gawthorne overcame a recent injury to compete against Europe’s best – and bring home three medals.

The company director for a vegan confectionary company picked up a knee injury just two months ago. She had to rest for six weeks before a couple of weeks of light training – just before the first race. Read More... “Vegan takes European Gold!”

Vegan Mountain Biker Frans Claes followed up his strong performance in the Belgian nationals with a determined race in the World Championships.

“It feels amazing” Frans said afterwards. “It’s my 10th participation in a World Championship and finally everything comes together.  Read More... “Vegan bikes the World Championships”

Just four weeks after bagging seventeen world records, Glenda Presutti was back in action looking for more!

Between the meets she’d been shedding the kilos to move from the 64kg to the 58kg category so she could attack the records there. Read More... “More world records for vegan powerlifter Glenda”

Veteran lifter Glenda Presutti bagged an astonishing range of powerlifting records at national to world level after some monster lifts at the Australian Masters Championships.

The retired nurse had been invited to a meet in Melbourne in July of this year, peaking in strength only to see the competition was hit by travel restrictions a week before so Glenda couldn’t attend.  Read More... “World records fall to Oz’s vegan lifter!”

As Covid-19 spread across Europe, mountain biker Frans Claes faced lockdown.  The former Belgian champion, who competed in the Championships again just days ago, knew this was an opportunity to adapt and to help out.

“Together with my riding buddy we did some longer rides and charity work with the bicycle. Read More... “Frans races the muddy forest tracks in the Belgian Nationals”

Vegan runner Andreas Vojta added to his 34 Austrian titles at the Nationals, proving his versatility as well as his quality.

Setting world-class times over 10,000 and 1500 metres earlier this year, he now turned his attention to a shorter distance – 800 metres. Read More... “Three dozen national titles for vegan runner”

Our site has already made an impact.  We have over 140 elite athletes in a variety of sports.  We’ve published hundreds of news article, bringing up to date news of titles and records to the world. We’re established in social media, and by partnering with vegan outreach programmes we’ve helped hundreds of people go vegan.   Read More... “Could you take Great Vegan Athletes to the next level?”

Tricky training conditions as 2020 unfolds have not dented the ability of Andreas Vojta, who has completed a fantastic race in Switzerland.

The Austrian vegan registered the fastest Outdoor 1500 m of the season in Europe just weeks ago, and this time turned his attention to a 10,000 metre event. Read More... “Vegan runner runs world-leading 10,000m”

Vegan runner Andreas Vojta currently finds himself top of the pile after recording the fastest outdoor  1500m of the season in Europe.

In his first race after lockdown, the Austrian ran 3:42 in Prague. This was not his normal distance and one which he didn’t prepare specifically for. Read More... “Vegan runner is Europe’s fastest”

Probably the leading reason Great Vegan Athletes was formed was to showcase the achievements of amazing vegans and to redress misconceptions.  Inevitably, the athletes inspire people to consider the benefits of veganism, and this is where our partnership with Challenge 22 is helping people make the transition. Read More... “Transition to vegan with Challenge 22”

Gyms are closed, classes are cancelled and millions of us can’t train or compete as we used to. Luckily some elite vegan athletes are available to assist with some training videos we can follow in our own homes.

Runners

Andreas Vojta and Vlad Ixel have released videos ideal for the aspiring runner. Read More... “Elite vegan athletes ready to train you through the lockdown”

While millions of people are on lockdown, vegan athletes are finding inventive and resourceful ways to train. Three have turned their training into challenges to inspire others and raise some funds for good causes.

Matthew LeBlanc has run a 3:04:48 marathon and won the 24 hour White Lake Ultra. Read More... “Lockdown vegans take on big challenges”

The Olympics, planned for just a few months’ time, will now not go ahead this year, and will be rescheduled for 2021. The postponement means that plans will change for hundreds of athletes, including four hopeful vegans.

New plans

Australian Morgan Mitchell has been looking forward to representing her nation in the 400 metres for the second time, running individually and in the relay. Read More... “Olympic delay forces changes for vegan athletes”

Lisa Gawthorne recorded her best ever finish at the European Duathlon Championships with 6^th in her age group after a great race in Andalusia, Spain.

She’s competed at European and World level for several years now, and the recent run-bike-run event saw her stepping up a gear to beat her previous performances in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Read More... “Best ever finish for vegan athlete at Euro Champs”