Showing posts with label retired athletes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retired athletes. Show all posts

Friday, April 5, 2013

Jamie Redknapp


Retired English footballer Jamie Redknapp enjoying the beach.



Monday, January 28, 2013

Thom Evans


Thom Evans is a retired international rugby union player. The Scottish fullback last played for the Glasgow Warriors in the Magners League. He retired at age 24, after he injured his neck in a collision with a player during a Six Nations game in Feb 2010.

He and his brother Max appeared in the 2010 Dieux du Stade calendar. He was also a member of a pop group Twen2y4Se7en, which toured in 2004. Evans, who is now a model, is dating actress Kelly Brook.



Born: April 2, 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe 
Height: 6'0" 
Weight: 91 kg 


Career Highlights: 

  • played for London Wasps, 2004-2006 
  • played fo Glasgow Warriors, 2006-2010, with 60 caps 
  • played for the Scotland national team, 2008-2010 - represented England at U16, U18 and U21 level

Friday, November 2, 2012

Nick Youngquest


Nick Youngquest is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He plays fullback and wing for the Super League's Castleford Tigers, and has previously played for Crusaders RL, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Gateshead Thunders, among others. He announced his retirement at the end of 2011 season

Born: July 28, 1983, in Sydney, New South Wales
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 87 kg


Career Highlights:
  • First grade debut in 2003, for Cronulla
  • moved to the French rugby league in 2008
  • played for the English Championship team Gateshead Thunder in 2009




Friday, September 7, 2012

Andy Roddick


Andy Roddick is an American professional tennis player. He recently retired, after competing in his last match (fourth round versus Juan Martin del Potro) at the 2012 US Open. 


Roddick won one Grand Slam, at the 2003 US Open, and he also reached the finals of Wimbledon in 2004, 2005 and 2009, as well as the US Open in 2006. He reached the number 1 ranking in November 2003, spending 13 weeks at the top. 

Roddick is married to model Brooklyn Decker.



Born: August 30, 1982 in Omaha, Nebraska 
Height: 6'2" 
Weight: 195 lbs 
Website/Social Media: andyroddick.com, Twitter



Career Highlights: 
  • career prize money: $20,517,390 
  • career singles titles: 32 
  • career doubles titles: 4 
  • career singles win-loss record: 612-212 
  • reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 
  • Masters Series singles titles: 5 (4 runners-up) 
  • previous holder of fastest serve in professional tennis: 249.4 kph 
  • 2004 ESPY Award for Best Male Tennis Player
  • youngest American to hold the number 1 ranking since 1973
  • first American to finish the year with number 1 ranking since Agassi in 1999

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Hidetoshi Nakata


The second Japanese player to appear in Italy's Serie A, Hidetoshi Nakata became one of the most famous Asians in soccer. With a career spanning ten years, Hidetoshi played for AC Perugia, Roma Parma, Bologna and Fiorentina in Italy, plus a year at Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League. 

On the international front, Nakata debuted in May 1997 in a match against Korea. He represented Japan in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and at the 1998, 2002, and 2006 FIFA World Cup. 

Nakata retired on July 3, 2006 at age 29. He modeled for Calvin Klein underwear in 2010. 

Born: January 22, 1977
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 72 kg
Achievements/Career Highlights:
  • Japanese Footballer of the Year, 1997
  • Selected to FIFA 100 in 2004
  • Nominee for FIFA World Player of the Year, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
  • Nominee for Ballon d'Or, 1998, 1999, 2001
  • Signed by Perugia for $4 million; second Japanese to play in Serie A

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Blaine Wilson


Blaine Carew Wilson is an American gymnast. He competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. He won  silver medal in the men's team competition in Athens 2004 Olympics. 

Wilson is married to professional volleyball player Makare Desilets. He retired in 2008.

Born: August 3, 1974
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 137 lbs


Achievements/Career Highlights:
  • Competed in the 2003 World Championships, won silver in team competition
  • won five consecutive national titles; first one won in 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships
  • won a total of five all-around US titles 

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Daniel Conn


Daniel Conn is an Australian rugby league player. He played for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby Leage as a second-row forward. He retired at age 25, after a neck injury sustained in a game. 

Conn also played for the Canterbury Bulldogs, the New Zealand Maoris, and the Gold Coast Titans teams. He is also a model.




Born: February 14, 1986, in Goolma, NSW, Australia
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 109 kg