# The Funniest Names Spotted at the Olympics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-names-spotted-at-the-olympics/634304>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 10, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-names-spotted-at-the-olympics/634304 "2012-09-10T16:57:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigal11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@bigal11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigal11)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-names-spotted-at-the-olympics/634304/1 "2012-09-10T16:57:18Z")

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[http://failname.com/wang-liqin-and-19-more-olympians-with-dirty-names/](http://failname.com/wang-liqin-and-19-more-olympians-with-dirty-names/)

I saw there was a fencer called James Honeybone, which tickled my funnybone. Anyone saw any others?

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**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-names-spotted-at-the-olympics/634304/2 "2012-09-10T19:01:09Z")

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American Volleyball player: Destinee Hooker.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-names-spotted-at-the-olympics/634304/3 "2012-09-10T21:53:39Z")

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There was a Chinese…badminton player? Well, whatever he played, his name was Dong Dong.

A few Olympics ago, probably Athens, the US had a female swimmer named, appropriately, Misty Hymen

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-names-spotted-at-the-olympics/634304/4 "2012-09-10T22:01:20Z")

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I’m gonna flip all the cards. Here are [60 funny names](http://www.sportspickle.com/opinion/13260/the-60-funniest-athlete-names-in-the-2012-summer-olympics), all from 2012 Olympians. A few culls:

Semen Antonov, the Russian b’baller, is probably just another way of writing Semyon (Russian for Simeon).

Ivona Dadic, the Austrian heptathlete, is not very funny if you say it the way she probably does: e-_voh_-na _dah_-ditch. But it’s a regular laff riot if you say: eye-_vah_-na dah-_dik_.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-names-spotted-at-the-olympics/634304/5 "2012-09-11T19:01:42Z")

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If you like this, you may also enjoy the [previous thread on the subject](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=660383).

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-names-spotted-at-the-olympics/634304/6 "2012-09-11T19:04:33Z")

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Shitsicles, I _posted_ to that and I didn’t even remember it.