Proportions of Athletes

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Su Bingtian is second from left and stands at 5 feet 8 inches.

https://imgur.com/a/doeNTnP

https://imgur.com/a/OSjHd6r

Team Italy

Team Germany

https://imgur.com/a/SoDH1aR

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

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/

Hi again. Here are some more before and after photos for comparison.

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

Chris Bailey 69 inches

Vernon Norwood 74 inches

Rai Benjamin 75 inches*

Bryce deadmon 75 inches

https://imgur.com/a/tC7vjDu

Here are some before and after photos from Prof. Dr. Mustafa Uysal’s clinic in Turkey.

https://www.afalimblengthening.com/gallery

I think it’s interesting that #7 is taller than #82 but #7’s shins are significantly shorter.

Lengthening the femurs by 2 inches probably won’t mess up your proportions at all. Your proportions when lengthening the femurs 3 inches will depend on your pre-operation proportions. However, from the before and afters that I’ve seen, lengthening 3 inches doesn’t provide a noticeable upper-body to lower-body proportion change when wearing short pants. I think as long as your wingspan is at least the same length as your height you should be able to get away with 3 inches on the femurs and still look good.Ideally your wingspan would be longer than your height before and after the surgery.

https://imgur.com/a/Eb0kJJ4