Athletes with Asthma
It is possible to have asthma and excel in sports activities, as demonstrated by these well-known
athletes:
- Greg Louganis — Olympic diver
- Jim "Catfish" Hunter — Baseball Hall of Famer
- Paula Radcliffe — World Marathon record-holder
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee — Olympic heptathlete, track and field
- Paul Scholes — Manchester United and England, soccer
- Mark Spitz — Olympic gold medal swimmer
- Alison Streeter — has swum the English Channel more times than anyone else: 40 at last count
- Nancy Hogsehead — Olympic gold medal swimmer
- Jan Ullrich — first German to win the world's most gruelling cycling race, the Tour de
France
- Adrian Moorhouse — Olympic gold medal swimmer
- Amy Van Dyken — Olympic gold medal swimmer; first American to win four gold medals at a
single Olympics
- Jerome Bettis — professional football player
- Bruce Davidson — Olympic equestrian
- Tom Dolan — Olympic medalist, swimming
- Kurt Grote — Olympic medalist, swimming
- Bill Koch — Olympic medalist, cross-country skiing
- Tom Malchow — Olympic medalist, swimming
- Debbie Meyer — Olympic medalist, swimming
- Art Monk — professional football player
- George Murray — wheelchair athlete & Boston Marathon winner
- Robert Muzzio — decathlete
- Dennis Rodman — professional basketball player
- Jim Ryun — Olympic medalist, track
- Alberto Salazar — marathon runner
- Isaiah Thomas — professional basketball player
- Dominique Wilkins — professional basketball player