There’s something fascinating about a renowned personality using the same gadgets as you. It’s almost as if they are vouching for the product. For me, it just adds onto the credibility of the product.
I have been using Oura for a while now, but when I saw Chris Paul’s Instagram post, I knew I made the right choice. Don’t get me wrong, I was happy with my Oura ring quite before as well, but what do I say about my need for external validation now. We really shouldn’t go down that lane.
Coming back, I hunted for more athletes who fancy wearing the Oura ring personally, or have endorsed the product for the Finland company.
Chris Paul
Chris Paul (age 39) – a big name in the NBA (and my favorite basketball player), is the proud user of the popular Oura Ring. It’s was really nice to see him showing off his gold horizon Oura Ring on Instagram.
Being an NBA player, Chris is always ripping and running around. He emphasizes sleep and his body’s recovery so that he can bring his best to the field every day.
Trusting Oura, helped him to understand his sleeping pattern and health recovery better. He has also shared in one of his interviews how it has become a habit for him to check his Readiness Score after he wakes up every day.
Odell Beckham Jr.
Odell Beckham Jr. (31) joined Oura Ring as a brand ambassador in 2021. I never thought such a big NBA name endorsed the Oura ring.
Odell Beckham Jr. joined Oura as a believer. In his interviews, Odell mentioned, Oura data helped him to understand how to plan his daily routine. Sleep data and HRV offered by the Oura app especially influenced his understanding of health.
Odell said, “The Oura Ring has changed the way I think about my health and my sleep patterns, which is why I wanted to get involved with the brand.”
Kai Lenny
Kai Lenny, a 31 year old professional surfer, also appeared on the Oura’s official website. I found his testimony on the official website of Oura while checking on Chris Paul. Kai shared how Oura Ring helped him improve his training and performance and focused on the recovery process.
Additionally, Kai shared he used the Oura Ring to balance his personal life and career. With Oura, Kai tracks his sleep and his twin’s sleeping patterns. I never imagined Oura Ring could be used in parenting in such a way (kudos!).
He wears the Oura ring 24/7, including when riding on big waves (as high as 100 feet). According to him, the Oura ring is ideal for professional swimmers and surfers.
Laura
It was sudden to find Laura (a runner, weightlifter, and marketing professional) on social media showing off her baby bump. I was stunned to find out that Laura, a professional athlete, relied on the Oura Ring during her pregnancy journey!
Throughout her pregnancy, the Oura ring monitored her workout heart rate to ensure her wellness. She mentioned that because of Oura’s minute monitoring of her heart health and body recovery, she managed to continue taking fitness classes and going on runs during pregnancy.
In her interview with Oura, Laura shared she usually checks her Readiness Score every morning to plan her workout routine. Her Oura data helped her to keep in check and not to over-burn. Her story of trusting Oura during her most difficult times moved her fans.
Lindsey Vonn
This American alpine skier girl (age 39) is a 3-time Olympic medalist. I found her endorsing the Oura ring and sharing her story on Oura official website.
Lindsey’s sister first introduced her to Oura during COVID-19. Since then, she has entrusted Oura with her sleep tracking and workout planning. She said, “Sometimes when I push myself more than I realized, my Activity Score helps me track my effort levels which, again, helps me manage how and when I work out next.”
Learning about her journey with the Oura ring is truly inspiring. Because of her, I can now trust the Oura ring a bit more! See, I told you, Validation!
Richard
I never thought I could introduce a professional Ultra Triathlete in this list. I saw Richard posing with his stunning Oura ring. In his interview with Oura, he shared how Oura helped him in optimizing training and monitoring health vitals at the same time.
He is breaking records one after another, and the key to his success is “health recovery.” He admitted that Oura helped him to push the limit every day, “That’s what recovery helps you do, and that’s what I’ll be monitoring with Oura once I kick off my 2-year journey to breaking a new record.”
Carissa Moore
Let me introduce you to Carissa Moore (31), the American surfer and 5-time world champion. She is also an Oura Ring ambassador since 2021. Similar to Kai Lenny, I found her lenient on the Oura ring for tracking health vitals and body recovery.
Carissa keeps a close eye on the Readiness Score and Sleep Score and plans her training accordingly. While preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, she wholeheartedly entrusted Oura with tracking her biometric data and securing her gold medal.
Katie Ledecky
When talking about the athletes who endorsed the Oura Ring, how can I miss popular swimmer and 6-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky (age 27)? This American swimmer often appears wearing her silver Oura Ring on social media posts. She joined the Oura community in 2019, and since then, trusting Oura to track her sleep routine and activity.
Earlier, Katie used to check the Oura data in the morning after waking up; now, she often checks Oura data throughout the day. Checking the Oura data helped her improve her sleeping pattern. Tracking the sleep data, she found that she usually gets most of her REM sleep later in the night. Now, she tends to go to sleep early and get more REM sleep. Also, she finds “Trends” immensely helpful for tracking her health recovery.
Manu Ginobili
When I found out Manu Ginobili (Argentine 4-time NBA champion, 46 years) is also an Oura ring user, I was not very surprised. After all, Odell Beckham Jr. and Chris Paul are on the list too. What was surprising when I found that Ginobili was not an Oura endorser (not sponsored by Oura), yet he trusted this smart ring for health and fitness tracking.
I discovered how proudly Manu Ginobili is showing off how the Oura Ring is helping him to recover his mind and body via social media posts.
Lance Armstrong
This may surprise you, but our beloved 7-time Tour de France winner and former American professional cyclist Lance Armstrong (52 years) is also an Oura believer. Lance often shares his motivational journey with the Oura Ring on social media with his fans.
Moreover, he believes that every athlete should wear Oura Ring or Whoop to track their biometrics. An athlete’s fitness could be influenced by many factors, including food habits, environment, and more. Wearing Oura ring helped him more to understand the impact of these factors on his body.
In his Instagram post, he said, “My @ouraring tracks my fitness, sleep, and recovery. I do all this with one goal in mind… to crush.”
Alexi Pappas
Alexi Pappas (34 years) is a Greek-American Olympic runner, writer, filmmaker, and actor. She was introduced to Oura when she first moved to Los Angeles. She was recommended to use Oura by her other athlete friend Blue, in the Chicago Marathon.
After that, she started wearing the Oura Ring to keep an eye on her health and vitals. Sleep score and Readiness score are two important parameters she always keeps an eye on for her body recovery and balance between actual training and daily activities.
Marco Altini
I discovered another Runner & Weight Lifter in the Oura Community- Marco. This pro-athlete is using the Oura Ring at its best. As per his testimony, “Oura is quite possibly the only validated device able to provide high-quality HR and HRV data collected during the entire night…”.
Marco is also the founder of HRV4Training. This app helps to combine training data with HR and HRV data tracked using wearables like the Oura ring! He found Oura Trends extremely helpful for athletes in understanding how a training session helps improve or prevent maladaptation.
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Wrap Up
As you might have got, I have now enough validation for spending around three hundred dollars on my Oura ring. Reading testimonials from esteemed athletes, and looking at the fitness priorities of these superhumans, if Oura helped them, it can definitely help me.
Let me know if that’s the case with you as well. Did you find any other athlete wearing Oura? Reach out to me, and I will definitely get back to you.
