Husky Russkie: Difference between revisions

** And figure skating, both men and women. Subverted in this performance by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1T61vX4wm4 Olympic gold and silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko] (who is pretty tall, but goes more for the [[Deadpan Snarker]] and possibly [[Sad Clown]] ways)

* Russian boxer Nikolai Valuev, former holder of the WBA heavyweight title, is seven foot tall and weighs 325 pounds.

*** [[Cultured Badass|He also writes his own poetry.]]

** Also, Ukrainians Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, who stand at about 6'6 and 6'8 respectively, and go into the ring at 240 and 250 pounds. They hold all four heavyweight titles between them. [http://x17.xanga.com/a86f513064730257045933/w204517171.jpg A Klitschko fist may be bigger than your head].

* Vitaly Petrov, Russia's first [[Formula One]] driver, is currently the tallest driver on the grid at 1.85 meters (about 6') and one of the heaviest. Started rather weakly in 2010, may have better luck at 2011 if his third place in the 2011 Australian GP says something.

* Alexander "The Experiment" Karelin, a Greco-Roman wrestler who has won three Olympic, nine World Championship and twelve European Championship gold medals. This at-the-time 286-pound man routinely won matches with his "Karelin Lift", which involved him picking up similarly-sized men and slamming them down onto the mat like a rag doll often as they lay flat to avoid being thrown. Can best be summarized by [http://www.badassoftheweek.com/karelin.gif this image].

 

== Theatre ==