11 Responses to “Celebrity Achilles Tendon Injuries”

1. daveleft, on May 15th, 2008 at 2:21 pm Said:

   Add another basketball related one to the list:

   Christian Laettner ruptured his Achilles’ tendon in a pickup game at Duke University and could face up to nine months of rehabilitation.
   (September 11, 1998)

2. matts, on May 16th, 2008 at 12:23 pm Said:

   Missy Elliot-Famous Rapper had a tear in her Achilles Tendon as well.

3. matts, on May 16th, 2008 at 2:05 pm Said:

   Here are some more- Greg Ellis, Dallas Cowboys and was the 2007 NFL’s Comeback Player of the year. Takeo Spikes, Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl Plaeyer, Bryant Westbrook-Detroit Lions, Cornerback…Kevin Frandsen of Baseballs San Francisco Giants, with his injury occuring on 3-25-08. I think if Greg Ellis can comeback and continue to play Professional Football with the same injury we all share, well that is all the motivation that we all need.

4. annieh, on May 29th, 2008 at 3:41 pm Said:

   Here are a few names of athletes over here in England who have suffered with achilles tendon ruptures:

   Sufferers of the condition include Scottish downhill skier Finlay Mickel, who sustained the damage during a training accident, Liverpool defender Fabio Aurelio, England rugby player Lewis Moody and Aston Villa football defender Curtis Davies.

   But the most successful by far was Dame Kelly Holmes, double Olympic Gold Medal runner at the 2004 Olympics. Dame Kelly retired because of her injury in 2007.

5. j211, on June 1st, 2008 at 4:38 pm Said:

   Elton Brand - LA Clippers

6. damacar, on June 5th, 2008 at 5:47 pm Said:

   Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Ruptured his achilles during the filming of “The Game Plan”.

7. Matt D., on July 5th, 2008 at 11:20 pm Said:

   Dan Mario torn his achilles during a game in Cleveland in 1993. Had surgery in Oct of 93 and was quoted in the Miami Herald in Dec on 94′ as having to have his achilles re-examined becuase his calf-muscle was not progressing as well as he had hoped. This has been the toughest injury I have ever expirenced. Dan M. gives me the motivation….great guy, class act and sports player of our time.

8. rich, on July 20th, 2008 at 4:16 pm Said:

   VP Al Gore ruptured his AT in 1994 while he was playing a game of pick-up basketball at the gym. He was 46 at the time.

   Also . . .

   WBA Russian heavyweight “champion in recess” Ruslan “white Tyson” Chagaev ruptured his achilles tendon sparring in Germany as he trained for a title fight scheduled for July 5. He was 29 at the time. He is rescheduled to fight for the title next year.

9. craig, on August 9th, 2008 at 9:04 pm Said:

   Bad week for professional athletes this week.

   Jose Contreras, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox ruptured his achilles today.

   Stanley Wilson cornerback for the Detroit Lions ruptured his this past Thursday.

10. dave, on August 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pm Said:

    And for Olympians:

    One of the best Bulgarian competitors, world and European freestyle wrestling vice champion Anatoly Guidia ruptured an Achilles tendon during a training session and had to be taken to a local hospital in Beijing for surgery.

11. Jonas, on August 19th, 2008 at 1:25 pm Said:

    Isiah Thomas of NBA fame and Tameka Catchings of the WNBA both suffered ATRs. Tameka just started back with her team this season.
    Elton Brand did his in training last August and actually played the last five games of the season this past April. Count’em…..seven months. He’s a big guy too.

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