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Just out of curiosity, are there any superheroes or super-villains in the Marvel Universe who are excellent in sports?

By “excellent in sports”, I mean they must be playing a sport at a professional or recognized amateur level (i.e. as part of a national or international team, like an Olympic team).

For example, Ghostrider's alter ego is a professional stunt biker of national fame (I suppose).

All canons inclusive.

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    To exclude: Superheroes/super-villains fighting for money or fun_Superheroes/super-villains fighting for money or fun. Why else would someone play sports if not for fun or money? – Daft Feb 13 '15 at 12:45
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    The seems very broad. I appreciate it's likely to be a "finite list" but even so. – Valorum Feb 13 '15 at 13:57
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    @cde: I dunno, the old Tour de France might not have minded that much. – Paul D. Waite Feb 13 '15 at 14:49
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    And by for fun op means not supes who play pickup games at a local park, and by for money, likely means not as underground black market illegal prize fighting – user16696 Feb 13 '15 at 14:55
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    @KSmarts precisely. From what I understand, quite a few features of the way the Tour was run made substance abuse less obvious. The course changes every year, right? So it’s difficult to compare year-to-year to see whether performances are suspicious. And the tour relies somewhat on exciting finishes, which occur much more rarely without performance-enhancing drugs. – Paul D. Waite Feb 13 '15 at 15:50
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  • Northstar secretly used his powers to win a gold medal in skiing in the Olympics.
  • Delroy Garrett was an Olympic track medalist.
  • Hawkeye (Ultimate Universe) is a former Olympic archer.
  • Calamity was offered a contract to play major league baseball, but turned it down.
  • Bullseye played Major and Minor League baseball until he decided to kill a batter out of boredom.
  • Boomerang was also a Major League pitcher.
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    hat tip to Jack B Nimble and Gnovice for their answers on this question. – phantom42 Feb 13 '15 at 14:32
  • This probably should be made a wiki post. .. – user16696 Feb 13 '15 at 15:08
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    @cde - why? Most people (make that 100%) can either edit or make edit suggestions. Wiki isn't necessary anymore due to the latter – DVK-on-Ahch-To Feb 13 '15 at 15:20
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    Bruce Wayne probably could have bought a football team, but that's a little different, isn't it... – corsiKa Feb 13 '15 at 21:46
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    @corsiKa Yes, especially since Bruce Wayne is from DC, not Marvel. – phantom42 Feb 13 '15 at 22:48

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