The Olympics can make an athlete very famous because of his or her exceptional performance in a sports game. Another thing that can make an athlete famous without really doing much is bearing a striking resemblance to famous celebrities.
Even before their arrival at the prestigious sports festival, some Olympians are already famous, by way of just resembling famous stars. As you may know, there is an Olympic archer who bears an uncanny resemblance to Leonardo DiCaprio.
When it appeared that Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio had grabbed his bow and arrow for the archery contest, social media went wild, but it turned out to be his aim-perfect twin, Brady Ellison, on the field in the Olympics. According to the Quad-City Times, the American archer doesn't even see the resemblance that has fans enthralled, but he acknowledges the extra attention his sport has received.
"I think I have got 50 pounds on the guy," Ellison said. But I mean, it’s cool, "the Olympian added.
The Olympics are already intense and captivating, with plenty of emotional scenes that would make for a compelling big-screen fare. The big question is whether it is the Olympians' exceptional performances or their striking resemblance to famous celebrities that will determine who the breakout Olympians are.
We’re matching up the star athletes with their celebrity lookalikes. Scroll down to see them.
1. Lady Gaga & Julyana Al-Sadeq
After competing at the 2020 games in Tokyo, Taekwondo Olympian Julyana had fans thinking about the similarity.
2. Zac Efron & Michael Hixon
Zac met the silver medal-winning diver at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and he admitted the uncanny resemblance. He shared a photo of them too.
3. Brady Ellison & Leonardo DiCaprio
Brady is an archer who looked so much like the Oscar winner and he had the internet confused all through the 2016 games.
4. Andrew Garfield & Andy Murray
It's Spider-Man and his tennis champion look-alike and Murray himself couldn't deny the similarities.
5. Rashida Jones & Lolo Jones
Both actually share the same last name and some fans think they look like twins. The athlete jokingly tweeted during the 2012 London Games that Rashida took her place.
6. Josie Loren & Aly Raisman
The Make It Or Break star and the gold medal-winning gymnast do look alike as a follower tweeted during the London Games.
7. John Krasinski & Michael Phelps
The actor and the swimmer share similar facial features and one fan tweeted that John Krasinksi could star in a Michael Phelps biopic.
8. Katherine Webb & Alex Morgan
Some fans think the two look alike and a fan tweeted in 2013 that both of them could be identical twins.
9. Rupert Friend & Maxim Trankov
The actor and the skater had people talking at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
10. Katy Perry & Tessa Virtue
The singer and the ice dancer do look alike as Virtue tweeted in 2014 that people have told her that a lot.
11. Angela Kinsey & Tatiana Volosozhar
Don't The Office alum and the figure skater look alike? A fan asked if the actress was a Russian Olympic figure skater and she replied that it was her fallback career.
12. LeAnn Rimes & Maria Höfl-Riesch
Similar looks? Well, the singer has two Grammys, and Höfl-Riesch has four Olympic medals.
13. Bar Refaeli & Torah Bright
Seems like the model and the snowboarder have found their mirror selves.
14. Annalynne McCord & Yuliya Efimova
Now the swimmer knows who to call if biopic calls.
15. Kate Upton & Silje Norendal
Do you see the resemblance between the model and the snowboarder?
16. Neil Patrick Harris & Vasil Kiryienka
The Opening Ceremony for the 2016 games saw Michelle Collins thinking that the cyclist looked just like the "How I Met Your Mother" star.
Scientists estimate that every person has about six doppelgangers out in the world, believe it or not. That implies there are seven people with your face out there, which includes you.
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