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Athlete Directory - See what your heroes are wearing

We have compiled below a list of some of the worlds most well-known and respected athletes and sporting personalities from around the globe that wear some of the top selling sports sunglasses, swimming goggles, ski goggles and prescription sports eyewear available from iOptix.

Use the alphabetical list to easily track down your favourite sportsman/woman/personality and the gear they use. If you would like to recommend someone to be featured on these pages please use the CONTACT page.

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Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber and his brother Thomas are widely regarded as two of the most successful free climbers and outdoor pursuitists of their time. Since being taken into the mountains by their father he became interested in climbing extreme alpine ascent and passes and more recently more man made physical objects.

Alexander wears Adidas Terrex Sunglasses and the Elevation Climacool.

Website: http://www.huberbuam.de/e_index.htm

Alistair Brownlee

Alistair Brownlee, is one of a fresh young crop of triathletes from Great Britain. Alastair has already spent over 11 years competing. Alistair Brownlee competes at Olympic distance events, he was U-23 World Champion in 2008, and quickly followed that up with the World Championship title in 2009, he has also won 5 ITU World Series events.

Alistair wears Blue Seventy goggles and wetsuits.

Amanda Beard

Amanda Beard is an American swimmer and has recently given birth and become a new mum, Amanda has new enthusiasm for swimming and staying fit with comfort and performance being the primary qualities in her swim gear. Amanda Beard is a 4 time Olympian and a 7 time medal winner.

Amanda wears the Aquasphere Kayenne swim goggles.

Bevan Docherty

Bevan Docherty is a New Zealander, originally from Taupo, he also competes at Olympic distance triathlons, he has been competing in triathlon for 15 years, Bevan won an Olympic silver medal at the Athens games & a Bronze medal at Beijing 4 years later. Bevan was also ITU World Champion in 2004.

He is still striving for that all important Olympic gold. Bevan Docherty is a Blue Seventy sponsored athlete and wears Blue Seventy Carbon RZR goggles .

Catriona Morrison

Catriona Morrison is a British triathlete, she has already earned herself 9 World Championships medals and in 2009 she had the World’s fastest debut Ironman distance time. She was also the European Duathlon Champion and a 4-time Ironman podiums. In 2011 Catriona Morrison won the Texas Ironman and the North American Ironman.

Catriona Morrison wears Aquasphere goggles.

Chris Legh

Chris Legh is an Australian triathlete who has been sponsored by Bolle since 1991. He is a 2 time Ironman Champion a 6 time Australian National Champion, he has also scored 8x Top 10 World Championship results and topped over 90 professional wins under his belt.

Chris wears the Draft and Bolle Vortex glasses for training and competing.

Didier Defago

Didier Defago is a Swiss ski champion. Didier has an outstanding record including, a downhill Gold Medal in Vancouver 2010, The Alpine Skiing World Champion in 2009 in Wengen & Kitzbuhel.

He has also been a bolle sponsored athlete since 1970. Didier wears the Bolle Nova ski goggles.

Fabien Barel

Fabien Barel is a French downhill mountain biker, he has been a Bolle sponsored Athlete since 1997 after turning his full attention to downhilling in 1995.

Fabien rides in the bolle Nova goggle and Bolle Vortex glasses.

Hans Rey

Hans ‘No Way’ Rey was a trials biking pioneer he is widely renowned as the one that took playing on a bike to main stream ‘trials’ which we all know today.

Through his spectacular mountain bike trials shows and adventures, Hans has made himself a name far beyond the mountain bike scene. A true legend who you will never hear a bad word said about, he is a former world, German, Swiss and American trials champion. Hans earned recognition with his jump over a car on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles, with his volcano dance in Hawaii, his under water bungee jump, or his Machu Picchu Adventure.

Hans Rey wears Adidas sunglasses and goggles on and off the bike.

Website: http://www.hansrey.com

Jeremy Wariner

The American Track & Field athlete was born 31/1/1984, Jeremy is the only athlete ever to win the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor 400m, 4x 400m relay, the US 400m Olympic trials & Olympic gold in 400m & the 4x400m relay, no mean feat.

Jeremy wears the adidas Evil Eye pro and evil eye halfrim.

Jessica Cumming

Jessica started freeskiing in 2003 and has been a Bolle sponsored Athlete since 2011.

In 2008 Jessica Cumming won the Freeskiing Open in 2008, and was 3rd in the X Games in 2009.

Jessica Ennis

Jessica Ennis is one the most successful Pentathlon and Heptathlon athletes from Great Britain, she has shown immense potential since 2000 and has progressed through the junior and youth ranks. Jessica Ennis is one of Team GB’s Olympic hopefuls for London 2012 after setting a new Championship record of 4937 heptathlon points at the IAAF Indoor World Championships. She also won gold at the IAAF World Championships in 2009. Jessica wears the Adidas Adizero when competing and training.

Website: http://www.jessicaennis.net/

Joe Gambles

Joe Gambles is a top professional triathlete who has been competing for over 10 years, his specialist field is the none drafting format of triathlon from sprint triathlon to the half ironman distance. Joe was born in the UK and migrated to Australia when he was 3. He is now based in Tasmania, Australia and is based in Boulder, Colorado from April through to November, alongside other world elite endurance athletes.

Joe wears the Aquasphere Vista goggles.

Justin Rose

Justin Rose is one of the UK’s most acclaimed golfers of the past decade, he shot to fame at the tender age of 17 when he pitched in at the 18th in the ’98 Open, a shot that earnt him 4th place and captured the imagination of the British public and that of the golfing world.

Justin Rose is one of the leading European golfers and won the prestigious ‘European Tour Order of Merit’ in 2007. Justin Rose wears Adidas sunglasses on the fairways.

Website: http://www.justinrose.com/

Leanda Cave

Leanda Cave was one of the original Triathlon ‘Big names’ in Britain, Leanda was the ITU Olympic & Long Distance World Champion, she is also a 2x Escape from Alcatraz winner.

Leanda wears Blue Seventy swimsuits, goggles and wetsuits.

Lindsey Jacobellis

Lindsey Jacobellis is an American snowboard cross rider and has been a bolle athlete since 2007, she loves their range of new products for on the mountain and hanging out around town.

Lindsey has been snowboarding since she was 10, in 2009 she was SBX World Champion, in 2007 she took Gold at the Snowboarding World Championships, in 2006she took Silver at the Torino games and back in 2005 she won Gold at the Snowboarding World Championships.

Lindsey wears bolle goggles and also loves to wear the bolle Damone for looking great around town too.

Lydia Lassila

Lydia is an aerial skier and has been a bolle athlete since 2002. During this time she has won the 2010 Olympic Aerial Skiing title, She is the current World Record Holder with 220.91 points. In 2009 She was the World Cup Champion, She has also won 11 World Cup events and 18 other World Cup podium finishes.

Lydia wears bolle sunglasses about town and Bolle goggles on the snow.

Marcel Heinig

Marcel is a German triathlete, he holds the World Record for the youngest person to complete 100 marathons and ultra distance races, he also holds 9 age group World Records, 9 German Records, Completed 10 Ironman’s in 10 days and in 2008 took the World Record for the youngest person completing 200 marathons & Ultra Distance races.

Marcel Heinig wears Aquasphere goggles.

Marcel Zamora

Marcel is from Switzerland , he has won Ironman France 4 times! 2006-2009, he has also won Ironman Monaco twice 2006-2007 as well as Challenge Barcelona in 2009.

Marcel wear Aquasphere goggles and also Cebe sunglasses.

Marco Grilc

Marco Grilc is a fabulous Slovenian Snowboarder, Marco Grilc was the winner of the Air & Style 2009 and was runner-up in the overall FIS big air 2008/2009 and was also 4 times Junior World Champion.

Marco wear his signature version of the Adidas id2 goggles.

Mark Cavendish

Mark “The Manx Missile” Cavendish hails from the Isle of Man, the same as his Team Sky Team mate Pete Kennaugh, mentioned above. Mark features on our 3LC training DVDs alongsideRob Holden and Steve “the Pocket Rocket” Joughin as well as Peter Kennaug Sr.

Mark is the current World Road Race Champion and also in 2011 won the Tour de France overall green jersey. Mark Cavendish has scored 20 Tour de France victories within only a few attempts at the race and also another further 10 grand tour victories. He is also a former team mate of our very own Director.

Mirjam Jaeger

Mirjam Jaeger is a Swiss freestyle skier, she has been a bolle sponsored athlete since 2004. Mirjam Jaeger started skiing when she was 2 years old and immediately loved it. When she was 9 she tried snowboarding and loved it even more. She made the switch properly at the age of 13.

She competed in snowboard halfpipe and won the Swiss championships in 2002 about the same time as freestyle skiing came to Europe... it was love at first sight. Since then she has been back on 2 boards and the snowboard has been left in the cupboard. In 2010 Mirjam took 2nd place in the Breckenridge Dew Tour and 3rd in the WSI Whistler.

In 2009 she took 1st in the NZ Wintergames and 1st in the Northstar Dew Tour.

Mo Farah

Mo Farah is the UK’s finest ever distance runner, he was voted sports personality of the year in 2011 and has also been nominated for Laurens Worlds Sports Award. Mo Farah was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1983 and has lived in the UK since he was 8, he has become one of the UK’s largest sports personalities and has been on TV’s ‘the cube’.

As a junior Mo Farah won his first European 5000m title in 2001, and then his first senior title in 2006 when he won a silver in the Europeans and later that year winning the European cross country championships as well.

In 2010 Mo Farah won a golden double with the 5000 & 10000 metre champs at the Europeans and only a week later became the first british man to run sub 13 minutes for the 5000m. Mo Farah wear Adidas Adivista sunglasses.

Pete Kennaugh

Pete Kennaugh is part of the 3LC team that have created our training DVDs you will find on iOptix, now a team Sky rider Pete Kennaugh is from the Isle of Man the same as now current World Champion Mark Cavendish. Pete has such an impressive palmares for such a young rider and has already ridden in some of the cycling worlds biggest events.

In 2011 he won the National Madison Track title and won also a bronze medal in the World Championships Team pursuit in Holland. In 2010 He was 2nd in the National Road Race championships also making him U23 Champion, behind his team mate Bradley Wiggins.

Pete Kennaugh also won gold in the National Track championships in both the pursuit and the scratch race. His palmares goes on and on, one little known fact about Pete though is that in 2005 he was 2nd in the British BMX championships.

Pete wears Oakley sunglasses.

Richard Allen

Richard Allen is the only British triathlete to have won 9 National Elite British Championships, covering every triathlon distance and duathlon. He has won the London Triathlon, Ironman UK and Windsor Triathlon. In the US he has had top 5 results in Chicago, St Anthony’s and St Croix. He has a PB World Ranking of 9th and was also an integral part of the Sydney Olympic games team and the Manchester Commonwealth Games Squad.

Richard wears Aquasphere goggles.

Robert Jasper

The German mountaineer & Climber is world-class, his expeditions have led him to the most difficult mountains in the world. Robert Jasper has climbed the 3 biggest Alpine North Faces (the Eiger, the Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses) solo, Robert has also climbed the North Face of the Eiger 17 times using many different routes.

Robert Jasper also completed the first solo ascent of the Spit Verdonesque and the A1 Eiger North Face. Robert Jasper likes to wear the Adidas Terrex which are also available with prescription lenses and the Adidas Elevation Climacool he also like to wear the Adidas id2 goggles.

Roland Jourdain

Roland is a French sailing champion. In 2006 he won the Route du Rhum, in 2005 he won the Calais Round Britain Race, in 2003 he won the Route du Nouveau Monde and was IMOCA World Champion 2000-2002. When he was 15 he was asked to become an instructor’s assistant. Thats when he discovered sailing. He has been a bolle athlete since 2008 and has taken many sailing accolades.

Roland wears the bolle python.

Russ Henshaw

Russ Henshaw is a tremendously talented freeskier, the Australian freeskier was born in 1990 and is now one of the most promising skiers of his time. In 2010 Russ Henshaw won the New Zealand Freeski open, the London Freeze Big Air and the Barcelona Snow Show, he was also runner up in the JOI Big Air competition.

Russ likes to wear the Adidas iD2 and you can keep up to date with his exploits at http://www.russhenshaw.com

Sabrina Jonnier

Sabrina Jonnier is a French Downhill Mountain Biker who has been sponsored by bolle since 2010, she first started BMX racing at the tender age of 6 and went on to win several young titles including National, European & World before making the switch to Downhill MTB in 1996. In 2010 she won a silver medal at the Downhill World Championships, was a 4 time World Cup Champion and 2x World Champion. She was also Junior World Champion in 1999.

Sabrina Jonnier wears the Nova goggles and also the Draft sunglasses.

Sam Warriner

Sam Warriner, is a seasoned pro, there is not a lot he hasn’t won. In 2008 Sam Warriner was the ITU World Cup Champion, he won 7x World Cups and scored 14 ITU World Cup podiums. Sam Warriner was also 2008 ITU World Champion, he also won silver in the Commonwealth games. He is also a 2x Olympian a 2x ITU World Aquathon Champion as well as numerous national titles at Olympic and half ironman distances.

Sam Warriner is a Blue Seventy athlete and wears Blue Seventy goggles, wetsuits and swimwear.

Samantha McGlone

Samantha wears Sable swimming goggles, she was the 2008 Ironman World Champion, in 2007 she was also the 2007 Triathlon Magazine AND Triathlon Canada Triathlete of the Year. She also won the 2008 Wildflower Championships.

Seth Wescott

Seth is an American Snowboard Cross rider, he has been on skis since he was 8 years old, when he was ten he started boarding and his ski’s have never been touched since. He enjoys pipe riding and SBX. Seth Wescott is a 2 time Olympic Gold Medallist (2006 & 2010) he is also a 9 time Winter X Games medallist and 4 time World Championship medallist. Seth wears Bolle goggles for his riding and also the Damone and Python for looking great about town and on the podium.

Tamsin Hinchley

Tamsin Hinchley is an Australian Beach volleyball player. Tamsin competed in the Beijing Olympic Games beach volleyball and was awarded the prestigious most improved player award in 2007.

Terenzo Bozzone

The Kiwi Triathlete, 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Champion, he is also a 5x World Champion, he is also a keen snowboarder.

Terenzo Bozzone wears the Aquasphere Kayenne & Vista swimming goggles.

Tim Dutton

Tim Dutton has been a bolle sponsored athlete since 2009, he wears the Bolle Gravity goggles as he says “they have style and make him look good”, Tim first started skiing at around 18 months, he then went into freestyle skiing , Tim then went onto becoming an Aerialist and this then developed into Heli-Skiing. Recently Tim Dutton has started a new journey in the world of ski base jumping.

In 2010 Tim was 3rd in the FWT Chamonix-Mont Blonc, 6th Verbier X-Tremes, in 2009 Tim Dutton was 1st in the North American Freeskiing Championships AND 1st in the Freeskiing World Championships.

Tim wears the Bolle Gravity goggles.

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