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Proportions of Athletes
« on: April 12, 2023, 11:15:09 AM »
Hello,

This is my first post. I am glad this community is here. In this post I’m really just going to gauge lower leg and femur of mostly track athletes since it’s so easy to get pictures of their proportions.

When I look at these pictures knee height usually looks really similar. The femur and upper body seems to be where the main differences lie.

I don’t have any questions here. I just want to share and keep a log of photos of male proportions just for analysis purposes.
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2023, 11:29:18 AM »
From left to right.

Kenny Bednarek - 6 feet 2 inches

Noah Lyles - 5 feet 11 inches

Erriyon Knighton - 6 feet 3 inches

https://www.avpress.com/sports/lyles-leads-us-sweep-in-200/article_f0f2350e-0986-11ed-a970-03cc6513ebcd.html
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2023, 11:43:02 AM »
Left to right:

Yohan Blake - 5 feet 11 inches

Nickel Ashmeade - 6 feet

Asafa Powell - 6 feet 3 inches

Usain Bolt - 6 feet 5 inches

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-from-left-to-right-jamaicas-yohan-blake-nickel-ashmeade-asafa-powell-115270604.html
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2023, 12:29:27 PM »
From left to right:

Trayvon Bromell - 5 feet 8 inches

Fred Kerley - 6 feet 3 inches

Marvin Bracy - 5 feet 9 inches

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-07-17/Kerley-leads-home-American-sweep-of-men-s-100m-final-1bK7DRpljOg/share_amp.html
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2023, 02:46:39 PM »
Left to Right:

Justin Gatlin - 6 feet 1 inch

Trayvon Bromell - 5 feet 8 inches


https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-beijing-china-23rd-aug-2015-justin-gatlin-l-and-trayvon-bromell-of-86648037.html
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2023, 03:53:50 PM »
Andre de Grasse - 5 feet 9 inches

Jerome Blake - 6 feet 2 inches

Brendon Rodney - 6 feet 5 inches (seems inaccurate compared to people around him. Probably 6’3?)

Aaron Brown - 6 feet 1 inch

https://imgur.com/a/Rdr3Sbx
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2023, 04:59:50 PM »
This is awesome. Thanks for sharing these comparisons.

It's pretty crazy (and comforting in a way) to see how close the knee heights are across such a wide range of heights.

I'm getting femurs done with Dr. Becker on 5/10/23. Excited!
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Current Height: 172cm (~5’8”)
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2023, 07:08:00 PM »
Exactly. It makes me think femur lengthening is better than lower leg lengthening for a variety of reasons including aesthetic and safety reasons. I am hoping to do 3 inches in the femur with the Becker Betz institute in June of 2024. I hope you share your journey. You got this!
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2023, 10:57:29 PM »
Quote from: 59Male on April 12, 2023, 07:08:00 PM
Exactly. It makes me think femur lengthening is better than lower leg lengthening for a variety of reasons including aesthetic and safety reasons. I am hoping to do 3 inches in the femur with the Becker Betz institute in June of 2024. I hope you share your journey. You got this!

Agreed. And good luck, hope you can get that scheduled soon.

My diary is here: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=82546.0. I'll be posting updates there. Disregard the trolls. Cheers.
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2023, 01:23:43 PM »
Quote from: 59Male on April 12, 2023, 07:08:00 PM
Exactly. It makes me think femur lengthening is better than lower leg lengthening for a variety of reasons including aesthetic and safety reasons. I am hoping to do 3 inches in the femur with the Becker Betz institute in June of 2024. I hope you share your journey. You got this!

From a functional perspective I'd say femur might be superior. But aesthetically longer tibia's are always going to look better.
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2023, 05:36:03 AM »
Quote from: GreenAvocado on April 12, 2023, 10:57:29 PM
Agreed. And good luck, hope you can get that scheduled soon.

My diary is here: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=82546.0. I'll be posting updates there. Disregard the trolls. Cheers.
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2023, 07:17:35 AM »
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2023, 07:21:06 AM »
None of these athletes underwent any limb lengthening that I know of. Do any of their proportions seem outside the norm to anyone?

https://imgur.com/a/jvTVxdm
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2023, 07:25:45 AM »
Su Bingtian is second from left and stands at 5 feet 8 inches.

https://imgur.com/a/doeNTnP
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2023, 07:29:20 AM »
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2023, 09:17:39 AM »
Nesta Carter - 5 feet 8 inches

Usain Bolt - 6 feet 5 inches

Nickel Ashmeade - 6 feet

Asafa Powell - 6 feet 3 inches


https://imgur.com/a/Lfkg4CV
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2023, 12:33:28 PM »
yeah in fact ive seen that many athletes have a longer tibia or a bigger wingspan. and henry cavill the guy who plays as superman actually has smaller wingspan, but boy does he look good. this gives me hope.
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2024, 07:20:22 PM »
Hello. Here are some before and after pictures that actually show the legs. To me some of the patients proportions after the surgery look worse, some look better, and some don’t look that different. All in all though, the change in their proportions never really looked bad to me. They all look like just regular people. I guess someone would have to do over 9cm in a single pair of bones to actually mess up their proportions.


https://limblengtheningsurgery.org/before-and-after-photos/
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Re: Proportions of Athletes
« Reply #18 on: March 14, 2024, 04:27:48 PM »
Hi again. Here are some more before and after photos for comparison.

https://www.heightlengthening.com/picture-gallery/
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