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Martina Navratilova – still winning tournaments at 51!
August 27, 2007
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Martina has broken many records during her illustrious tennis career. At 51, Martina (born in 1956) is still winning doubles and playing at major tournaments (she won Australian Open Mixed Doubles title in 2003 (at 47!), the only Grand Slam title that had eluded her during her career, and became the oldest player ever to win a Grand Slam event and only the second player ever to have won all grand slam titles – source: Martina’s Web site). Martina has truly showed the world that women can play as hard and as competitively as any man.
A long and brilliant athletic career can only be the result of a conscious effort to maintain optimal physical health. The most inspiring thing about Martina is that she didn’t stop taking care of herself when she wasn’t playing tennis professionally as she did at the peak of her career.
I particularly love the introduction to Martina’s 2005 book: “Shape Your Self : My 6-Step Diet and Fitness Plan for Achieving Your Personal Best
“The ball doesn’t know how old I am. — There I was, running sprints on the track at a local high school to improve my speed on the tennis court. Nearby, a group of 14-year-old boys watched me go through drill after drill. One of the boys spoke up, “Whose mom is that? She’s really cool.” Well, I don’t know how “cool” I looked, and I’m not a mom, except to 15 purebreds and mutts (dogs, of course!). But I do know that I can outrun many women who are half my age, still play tennis competitively, and do all the other sports I love: basketball, hockey, and skiing, to name a few. I’m not ashamed to admit it: I do feel young. As I approach that milestone of 50, I’ve been asked hundreds of times, “Why can you still move the way you do? How do you stay in such good shape? What’s your secret?” My “secret” has been a combination of things. I follow a healthy, delicious diet. I pay attention when little aches and pains pop up, and I take care of them. I work out and play lots of different sports. I take time off from my workouts. Along with all that, there’s hard work, a little common sense, and some genetic luck thrown in for good measure. My formula, lifestyle, philosophy, or whatever else you want to call it has evolved from more than 30 years of trial and error, fortunately more successful trial than error.”
Martina is my Celebrity Beauty Match Pick because impressing 14-year-old boys with your athletic condition and prowess at 49 is pretty darn extraordinary.
Closing note: Martina won her most recent doubles tournament in 2006 at the Rogers Cup in Montreal!
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