5 athletes with unusual hobbies

At the Tokyo Olympics, many people were interested in the hobby of British diver Tom Daley. He has been knitting for several years and in the capital of Japan just knitted himself a medal pouch and a cardigan with the British flag. People were so enthused by it that within days of forcing photos of him from the stands, his creative account had over a million followers. But there are actually many athletes from different fields who have a distracting occupation besides sports. This is what we will talk about in this article.

Rafael Nadal – poker

The excitement of the Spanish tennis player extends not only to tennis. Nadal is also a professional poker player. The tennis player started playing this game at home with friends in Mallorca, but Rafael did not stop there, and soon he became the face of online poker room PokerStars. Now the tennis player regularly takes part in various tournaments, and quite often wins and takes prizes.

Tom Daly – knitting

This year is very successful for the professional career of Tom Daly. At the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest he broke his personal best and won a gold medal for Great Britain. And on July 26, he won gold at the Tokyo Olympics. It was for this medal that he nicely knitted a cover with the flags of Japan and Great Britain in the stands so the trophy wouldn’t get scratched on the way home.

Tom calls knitting his secret weapon, although his Instagram account dedicated to the hobby has already gained over a million followers. From there we can learn that he knits cardigans, sweaters, dog costumes, pet beds and more. The items he puts up for auction and the money goes to charity.

Daniel Agger – tattoos

Daniel Agger may be the only footballer who adorns others with tattoos. His own body is unabashedly covered in tattoos and he himself is a certified tattoo artist. He once promised his teammates that he would give them all the same tattoos if they won the championship title. But unfortunately that didn’t happen, however other people the Danish soccer player still scores.

Brooke and Robin Lopez – comics

The Lopez brothers are united not only by their family connection and passion for basketball, but also by collecting comic books. While fans can’t decide which brother plays better, they themselves argue about whose comic book collection is cooler. In addition to magazines with drawings, they collect different figurines with their favorite characters and have “Instagram”, where they post memes with characters from comics and cartoons.

Tiger Woods – underwater hunting

On the golf course, Tiger Woods kills opponents, and underwater – with fish. The American golfer repeatedly said in interviews that at every opportunity he is engaged in underwater hunting, which involves diving to great depths in a wetsuit with a special gun, harpoon, and hunts for all passing by fish. The golfer once purchased a huge 155-foot yacht for his hobby to facilitate transportation to the desired body of water.