e.g.

Chiyonofuji: sumo wrestler with low body fat

Mike Tyson: heavyweight boxer who is short

  • Philote@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Fedor Emelianenko always looked frumpy compared to everyone he fought. That was the last thing most people thought before they woke up from hard reboot anyway.

  • BmeBenji@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    There was a lot of chatter when the Seattle Seahawks drafted Russell Wilson about how he was too short to throw over the linemen. In his second year as a quarterback he led the Seahawks to their first ever Super Bowl victory, and led them to another appearance and almost a second victory the following year.

    • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      10 months ago

      I found this kinda clickbaity article with some examples: https://web.archive.org/web/20200308145022/https://globalsportmatters.com/science/2020/01/16/too-tall-too-short-too-big-athletes-breaking-body-stereotypes/