I have been looking into some inspirational people who have type 1 diabetes and have found the following people:
Kyle Cochran - http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2012/nov/ninja-warrior-kyle-cochran-hurdles-obstacles.html
Doug Burns - 2006 Mr Natural Universe - Doug Burns - EverwellTV - YouTube
Jason Paston - Diabetic bodybuilder trains for event - YouTube
Take a look at all of them and try to find some inspiration from them.
i love american ninja warrior. i do the obstacle course virtually with them in my mind as i watch. i get tired out. i don’t know how kyle did the course coming back from a torn ACL/meniscus let alone type 1!
Adam Lasher - - YouTube
Nick Jonas - Nick Jonas On His Long-time Battle with Diabetes: There Was A Lot of Fear - YouTube
Adam Morrison - Adam Morrison on Diabetes - YouTube
He wears a pump and had it disconnected for the event. I was thinking about going back to MDI but I do believe I’ll stick to the pump now!
Nick Jonas - yum! If only I were 35 years younger…
I prefer the likes of Keith Morris and his band mates 
SO MUCH energy !!
Adam Lasher i listen to his Music sometime. he is good.
The legend that is STEVE REDGRAVE!!!
for me it is, Jay Cutler & the one & only, Bret Michaels, big fan of him,.
Nick Jonas he is ok, don’t like some of the stuff he do,.
Olympic gold medal in rowing - which is about the most hard-core endurance event.
Australia has Cathy Freeman, a T2. She was an Olympic Gold Medallist at the Sydney Olympics.
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and Oakland A’s outfielder Sam Fuld talk about what it is like to be a professional athlete with Type 1 Diabetes:
of course being athletes they both do injections. i am sure it would not be possible to wear a pump during a game. i have been thinking about trying pens out again, but i’m so babied to my pump. i wonder if not being attached to the pump would make me be more active. i guess i could always try and see but i’m 65 lbs overweight right now and wouldn’t want to switch at this point.
i love how they use maroon 5´s “sugar” as background music!
I can’t speak about the USA, but in the UK there have been a number of sports-persons with T1D, including in contact sports such as Rugby. The common thread is that they tend to wear a pump, but detach for the period of the game. They can then reattach temporarily at half-time and give themselves a small bolus to make up for missing basal. In American Football this should be even easier since with the constant breaks in play and substitutions, players are not continuously on the field for 40 mins.
Joel
I have heard of quite a few PWDs who successfully wear pumps during rough contact sports. How about that Olympic snowboarder who uses an OmniPod?
yeah but that would be a lot of disconnecting and reconnecting throughout the course of a game. plus they would have the site to worry about. probably more convenient for them to just work with basal and meal time insulins.
Travis Pascoe—
4 time NCAA all American wrestler. Olympic qualifier, World championship competitor. Collegiate coach to some of the best wrestlers in the world… Type 1 diabetic. True champion.
Not really a lot of disconnecting and re-connecting. Disconnect during each half and re-connect at halftime. I don’t think the site would be a major problem, but if you were a professional player in a full contact sport like Rugby (or similar) you could simply put in a new set each time.
The whole point about wearing a ;pump if you are an athlete is the ability to cut the basal well in advance making hypos during play much easier to evade. The last thing you want is a whole load of long-acting insulin working away during the game!
5 time world champion steer wrestler Luke Branquinho takes diabetes by the horns.
