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Diabetes does not stop you from pursuing your ambitions
Being diabetic might mean a change in lifestyle. It does not mean you will not be able to pursue your career effectively, run a business, practice a sport or realize your ambition.
Here is a sample list of people who have achieved great things. They all have something in common - they all have (had) diabetes. Some managed to win Olympic Gold Medals.
Diabetes will not stop you from becoming a top sportsman or sportswoman, politician, actor/actress, musician, or journalist.
If your eating is well planned, if you do plenty of exercise, and adhere to any medication plan your doctor gives you, there is no reason AT ALL why you cannot carry on trying to pursue your lifetime ambitions.
An inspiration!
Sir Steven Redgrave won 5 Olympic Gold medals for rowing and has suffered from Diabetes Type 1 since 1997. Despite being diagnosed with diabetes he continued training hard and won his fifth Olympic Gold in Sydney in 2000. He won the five medals in five consecutive Olympic games:
- 2000 Olympic Gold, Coxless Four (with Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster, James Cracknell)
- 1996 Olympic Gold, Coxless Pair (with Matthew Pinsent)
- 1992 Olympic Gold, Coxless Pair (with Matthew Pinsent)
- 1988 Olympic Gold, Coxless Pair (with Andy Holmes)
- 1988 Olympic Bronze, Coxed Pair (with Andy Holmes and Patrick Sweeney)
- 1984 Olympic Gold, Coxed Four (with Martin Cross, Adrian Ellison, Andy Holmes, Richard Budgett).
Redgrave was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 1992. He also suffers from dyslexia.
Men's coxless four race - Sydney 2000Author: kcaners
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R_SyA7NyuA
A List of Famous Diabetics
Nat Adderly - Jazz Muscian
Wasim Akram - Cricketer
Yuri Andropov - Soviet Union Leader
Piers Anthony - Author
Arthur Ashe - Tennis Player
Hafiz al Assad - Syrian President
Nicole Johnson Baker - Miss America
Walter Barnes - NFL Philadelphia
Syd Barret - Pink Floyd
Marion Barry - Mayor Of Washington DC
Richard Bartlett - Screenwriter
Menachem Begin - PM of Israel
Jack Benny - Comedian
Halle Berry - Actress
Sarah Bina - Championship clogger
Samuel Block - Civil Rights Activist
Wilford Brimley - Actor
Anthony J. Brown - Actor
Danny Joe Brown - Singer
James Brown - Singer
Ralph Bunche - Nobel Peace Winner
Delta Burke - Actress, Miss USA
Ayden Byle - World-famous Runner
James Cagney - Actor
Douglas Cairns - Pilot
Fran Carpentier - Editor
Nell Carter - Singer, actress
Johnny Cash - Musician
Paul Cezanne - Artist
Carol Channing - Singer, Actress
Sylvia Chase - Journalist (20/20)
Alvin Childress - Actor
Dick Clark - Entertainer, TV producer
Bobby Clarke - NHL Philadelphia Flyers
Ty Cobb - MLB (Detroit Tigers)
Scott Coleman - Swam English Channel
Mark Collie - Country Singer
David Crosby - Singer
Bill Davidson - Motorcycles
John Davidson - Motorcycles
Miles Davis - Jazz musician
Paddy Devlin - Politician
James Doohan - Actor
James "Buster" Dougls - Boxer
Kenny Duckette - NFL N Orleans
Chris Dudley - NBA NY Knicks
Rick Dudley - Hockey
Scott Dunton - Surfer
Mike Echols - NFL Tennessee Titans
Thomas Edison - Scientist
Mama Cass Elliott - Singer
Dale Evans - Entertainer
King Fahd - King of Saudi Arabia
Pam Fernandes - Para Olympian
Ella Fitzgerald - Singer
Mick Fleetwood - Musician
Aretha Franklin - Singer
Melvin Franklin - Singer
Curt Frasier - NHL Chicago Black Hawks
"Smokin' Joe" Frazier - Boxer
Kris Freeman - Olympic Skier
Stephen Furst - Actor
Victor Garber - Actor
Jerry Garcia - Singer, Musician
Rodolfo Garcia - AP Reporter
W. L. Gherra - Payless Drugs
Killah Ghostface - Rapper
Joe Gibbs - NFL Washington Redskins
Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Musician
Jackie Gleason - Actor
Linda Goodman - Author
Dorian Gregory - Actor
Bill Gullickson - MLB Cincinnati Reds
Gary Jr. Hall - Olympic Gold Swimmer
Jim Hamblin - Newsman
Jonathan Hayes - NFL Pittsburgh Steelers
Chuck Heidenrich - Skier
Ernest Hemingway - Author
Jay Hewitt - Iron Man triathlete
Dana Hill - Actress
Mike Huckabee - Politician
James Hunter - MLB Baseball
Cynthia Ice - Lotus Development
Marvin Isley - Singer
Mahalia Jackson - Gospel Singer
Rick James - Singer
Bill Janklow - South Dakota Politician
Chris Jarvis - World Champion rower
Waylon Jennings - Country Singer
Wei Jingsheng - Chinese Dissident
Jason Johnson - MLB Detroit Tigers
Nicole Johnson - Miss America, 1999
Herbert "Tiny Tim" Kahury - Singer
Zippora Karz - NYC Ballet Soloist
Walt Kelly - Cartoonist
Kesey - Novelist
Kellie Keuhne - Golfer
B.B. King - Blues singer
Billy Jean King - Tennis Player
Larry King - Talk Show Host
Joseph Kolter - Politician
Ray Krock - McDonald's
Cardinal John Krol - Bishop
Nikita Kruschev - USSR Premier
LaBelle Patty - Soul Singer
Fiorello LaGuardia - Mayor of NY City
Peggy Lee - Jazz singer
Tommy Lee - Drummer
Jason Leeuewenberg - Sports caster
Lyle Leverich - Biographer
James Lloyd - Congressman
Mother Love - Entertainer, author
George Lucas - Director and producer
Winnie Mandela - Politician
Jerry Mather - Actor
Curtis Mayfield - Soul singer
Steve McCafferry - Author, Poet
Michelle McGann - Golfer
Bret Michaels - Singer
Dr. George Minot - Nobel Prize Med
Mary Tyler Moore - Actress
Adam Morrison - Basketball
Richard Mulligan - Actor
Gamal Nasser - Leader of Egypt
Kevin Nealon - Comedian
Carroll O'Conner - Actor
Park Overall - Actress
Tim Parker - Rapper
Elvis Presley - Singer
Mario Puzo - Author
Sir Steven Redgrave - Olympic
Della Reese - Actress, singer
Dan Reichert - MLB Kansas City Royals
Anne Rice - Author
Jackie Robinson - Baseball player
Sugar Ray Robinson - Boxer
Buddy Roemer - Politician
Esther Rolle - Actress
Carl Rowan - Columnist, Author
Milton Rubicam - Genealogist
Anwar Sadat - President of Egypt
Ron Santo - MLB Chicago Cubs
Sue Schofield - CompuServe Author
Sir Harry Seacomb - Comedian
Kendall Simmons - NFL Pittsburgh
Mike Sinclair - NFL Philadelphia Eagles
Jean Smart - Actress
Sharon Stone - Actress
Elaine Stritch - Comedian
Elizabeth Taylor - Actress
Leonard Thompson - First Insulin Recipient
Jim Turner - Actor
Gary Valenciano - Singer
Luther Vandross - Singer
Scott Verplank - Golfer
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Composer
H. G. Wells - Author
Mae West - Actress
Norman Whitfield - Musician
Neil Young - Singer
This diabetes information section was written by Christian Nordqvist and may not be re-produced in any way without the permission of Medical News Today.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wikipedia, NHS Direct, University of California (San Diego).
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