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Hot Jocks
Who Caught Our Eye at the Games
By
Outsports.com
We were very impressed by many of
the athletes at the Torino Olympics. In the age of the Internet, we
are also impressed by how many athletes have their own personal
site. This is just a taste of the amazing athletes who competed.
 Andrej
Jerman, 27, is a 6-1, 194-pound downhill skier from
Slovenia. He caught all our eyes during the Opening
Ceremonies when he marched in with his team. It took an
Outsports reader to track down his name via the
Slovenian Olympic Committee. Jerman did not do well in
his Olympic events, like any of us care. Alas, we
couldn't find a website for him. |
 Kevin
Kuske,
27, is quite the stud
at 6-4 and 224 pounds. He was the brakeman for the
two-man German bobsled team that took the gold. He is
single and a soldier whose hobby is basketball.
German bobsled photos |
 Benjamin
Raich, 28, won the men's giant slalom for Austria. "Benni's"
hobbies include bungee jumping. "My philosophy remains
that there are more important things in life than ski
races. The key word in skiing is pleasure."
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 Felix
Gottwald, 30, has won a silver in the Nordic
combined individual and a gold in the team event. He now
has five total Olympic medals. Like many Austrian
athletes, Gottwald serves in the military, in the sports
division, as a way to be a full-time jock. He is single.
Website |
 Johnny
Weir, 21, is an American figure skater who we just
love.
"I don't think I'm a diva or pompous
enough to be in the position of acting like a diva, but
I like things the way I like them to be. .. I'm not out
there to be a puppet for anyone. … For now, my critics
can eat it." Johnny keeps on going.
Website |
 Jeremy
Bloom, 23, holds the distinction of being named
Outsports' hottest man by our readers. T"o be honest, I
don't really feel honored that much," he said. "Not
because it's gay men but because I think outside beauty
is a shallow thing. It would be an honor to me if I was
regarded by people as a man with great character and
determination.He skied in the moguls in Torino but did
not win a medal.
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 Tobias
Angerer, 28, is a German cross-country skier who
made a great run late to capture the bronze medal in the
men's 15K. His hobbies include shopping, concerts,
movies, the Internet and meeting people. He is single.
Website |
 Andreas
Birnbacher, 24, is a sub on the German biathlon
team. His hobbbies include kayaking and mountain biking.
Website |
 Joey
Cheek, 26, emerged as one of the great stars of the
Games, not just for winning medals (a gold and silver)
but for donating his prize money to a
group that helps refugee children play sports. "I
think we've had eight or nine companies or individuals
match my original $25,000, and it looks like we're over
a quarter of a million dollars donated -- and more keeps
coming in,'' he said. "I'm much more proud of that than
winning a gold medal.'' A true champion and a terrific
guy (yeah, he's pretty hot, too).
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 Jens
Flibrich, 26, is a member of the German cross
country team and won a silver medal in the 4x10 relay.
Like many elite jocks in his country Filbrich is in the
army. He is single.
Website |
 Gregor
Staehli, 37, is an economist by trade and a bronze
medalist in the skeleton for Swizterland. His dad was a
Swiss luge star. Married, he has three sons.
Website |
 American
Kris Freeman, 25, or “Freebird” as his U.S.
Cross-Country Ski Team mates call him, finished 22nd in
the 15K. Freeman is diabetic, which he says
doesn’t effect how he skis in a race, but definitely has
made a big impact on his life.
U.S. Olympic profile |
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 Brad
Gushue, 25, helped the Canadian men's curling team
take the gold. On Gushue's website, his team's guest
book was filled with congratulations, with this one
being typical: "Way to go Team Gushue. You have made
Newfoundland & Canada Proud. Watched you win in Halifax
and today in Torino. Excellent job. A proud newfie in
Halifax. Good luck in your future endeavors. Vancouver
2010 next!!!" There was a cute scene right after Canada
won, when Gushue got on his cellphone to call his mom
back in Newfoundland. He said that she didn't say much
since she was crying the whole time. How sweet.
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 Bjorn
Lind is a 27-year-old, 6-3, 185-pound cross-country
skier from Sweden who won the men's sprint on Wednesday.
It is his second gold of the Games. Click
here for a full-size pic of the stud Swede. |
 It's
been quite an Olympics for U.S. biathlete Jay
Hakkinen, 28. In his first event, the Alaska native
missed all five shots in the prone position (stunning
for an elite biathlete), then skied six penalty laps as
opposed to the five he was required to do. Doh! He
finished 80th and said it was like being hit over the
head.
A few days later,
though, in the team relay, Hakkinen, 6 feet, 165 pounds,
was superb, giving the U.S. the lead after his leg and
leading them to ninth-place finish, its best in any
relay in 34 years. Quite a turnaround.
Hakkinen has
eclectic tastes: His favorite TV show is the
Simpsons, while his favorite movie is a foreign film "The
Horseman on the Roof," and his favorite author is Chekov.
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 Brian
Joubert, 25, is a French figure skater.
There
are pics of Brian flying all over the Internet,
including several shirtless and at least one nude.
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 Seth
Wescott, 29.
How could you not love
the first-ever gold medalist for snowboard cross? From
Farmington, Maine, a town of 7,000 people two hours
north of Portland. Wescott's girlfriend,
Tanja Frieden, of
Switzerland, also won the women's gold in the same
event.
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 Marc-André
Moreau, 24, is a moguls skier from Canada.
Besides
his cute smile, anyone who can twist and turn like a
moguls skier gets our full endorsement. On his website,
he says he has an
"uncommon ability to absorb
big bumps."
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 Travis
Mayer, 24, is an American moguls skier. A Cornell
student, Mayer enjoys fly-fishing, mountain biking,
playing tennis and trampoline. He won a silver medal at
the 2002 Olympics.
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 Enrico
Fabris, 24, stands 6-2 and weighs 165. He led his
Italian team past the U.S. in the team sprint for the
gold and he also won a bronze. Off the ice, is a
self-taught electrical guitarist and plays mostly rock
and metal music.
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 Pietro
Piller, 31, was part of the Italian cross-country
team that won the 4x10K gold medal. He looked great on
the medal stand as thousands of his countrymen in Torino
were screaming their heads off.
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 Giorgio
Di Centa, 33, was part of the Italian cross-country
team that won the 4x10K gold medal. He was an asthmatic
as a kid but grew up to be a machine on the snow.
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 Kevin
Van Der Perren, 23, is a figure skater from Belgium,
and he now has our heart. His fauxhawk couldn't have
been more quaffed (we couldn't decide if it was gay or
just metrosexual), and we had to wonder if the
"exit" on the back of his black leather outfit
should have said "enter."
Wesbite |
 Kip
Carpenter, 26, is an American speed skater, He is
5-10 and 168 pounds, with a 39-inch chest and huge
24-inch thighs, befitting a speed skater (those guys
look awesome in their tight suits). Carpenter, 26, says
he met the love of his life two years ago, Ingeborg
Kemper of Holland, whom he calls "my super hot."
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 Evan
Lysacek, 20, is an American figure skater who
overcame a bad flu to finish fourth in the men's
competition. His passionate "Carmen" free skate, which
included eight triple jumps, earned him 152.58 points.
His performance was the third-best free skate of the
competition.
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 Ricco
Gross, 35, is a German biathlete. Gross
lived in style in Torino, bunking in a renovated barn
with a master chef. He is married and has three kids.
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 Michael
Gruber, 26, is part of the Austrian team that won
the gold medal in Nordic combined. His nickname is "Gummi,"
he serves in the army and his favorite movie is "The
Green Mile." His site has tons of pics.
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