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5 unusual facts about Nudity in sport


Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

During summer, the sailors would practice swimming here – of course all naked.

Nudity in sport

The Body Issue, ESPN magazines annual issue featuring nude photographs of athletes

The top event of naturist sport in Europe (and perhaps worldwide) is the famous International Naturist Sports Week in Hungarian naturist camping and recreational center of Sziksósfürdő near Szeged.

Famous athletes were honored by a statue erected for their commemoration (see Milo of Croton).

It spread to the whole of Greece, Greater Greece and even its furthest colonies, and the athletes from all its parts, coming together for the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games, competed naked in almost all disciplines, with the exception of chariot races, although there are depictions of naked chariot racers too.



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