Professional Athletes

Bio: I was born in Amsterdam the Netherlands. Studied tax law in Tilburg the Netherlands worked for Arthur Andersen early nineties. Started my own tax law firm in 1996. Sold it off in 2019… Bodybuilding has been my lifestyle as of 1987… 1. When did your athletic career begin? 1987. 2. What adversity have you…

Karen Furneaux is a 3-Time Olympian and 2-Time World Champion and winner of over 50 International Medals over her 20-year professional sprint kayaking career.  Karen is the founder of I Promise Performance, Inc. and speaks with audiences in the Atlantic Provinces and abroad about the connection between health, mindset and performance.  In the summer of…

Bio My name is Heidi Cordner. I am a 42 year old Canadian high school Math teacher.  I was born January 3rd, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  When we moved to Toronto, I was 11 years old.  To say I had a rough transition is putting it lightly.  I was bullied in grades 7 &…

Robert Esmie is a retired Canadian sprinter and member of the 1996 Summer Olympics Gold medal 4×100 m relay. He runs his sport training program need for speed. You can learn more about Robert and all his accomplishments here! What made you get involved in sprinting? I have always been fascinated by speed. After the ’88 Olympics, a fire…

  I was recently working on an article about ways to boost workout performance. Legendary bodybuilder and Mr. Olympia, Samir Bannout, was nice enough to share his own tips and tricks to boost workout performace. Samir had so many great points, I thought it warranted his own article. Not only are his tips incredibly helpful,…

It’s Wrestlemania weekend. The Grand Daddy of Them All. The Ultimate Thrill Ride. In the main event, defending the WWE Title, is 50 year old Bill Goldberg. Back in the 90’s, Goldberg was a sensation in the world of wrestling. He came in and he just didn’t lose; putting together a ridiculous winning streak that…

Alicia Webb is a former professional wrestler, who worked the independent circuit under her own name and then moved on to the big leagues of the WWE in 1999, where she performed under the name Ryan Shamrock, where she portrayed the fictitious sister of form UFC champion turned pro wrestler Ken Shamrock.  Alicia went on…

Daniel Igali was born in Eniwari in the country of Nigeria, where he grew up wrestling. Daniel first came to Canada as the Captain of his then National team. While in the Country, Daniel chose not to leave and instead claimed refugee status, and eventually became a Canadian citizen. He continued to wrestle for Simon…

Tonya Verbeek made her name as a freestyle wrestler, representing Canada a number of times on the world stage and bringing home Olympic Bronze from Beijing in 2008 and Silver in both 2004 from Athens and 2012 from London. Tonya hails from Grimsby in Ontario and has been training in wrestling since her grade 11…