Leading Off

Body Language
Sports take, and make, all kinds of bodies, from tiny to towering, from buff to beefy. On this and the next two spreads are 72 of the 130 men and women—swimmers and shot-putters, jumpers and jockeys, powerlifters and point guards, runners and rhythmic gymnasts, a flyweight and a sumo-photographed by Howard Schatz for his book Athlete, published this month by HarperCollins.

Danielle Scott
Volleyball
6'2", 185 pounds

Dara Torres
Swimming
6'0", 150 pounds

Kathy Collins
Boxing
5'5", 137 pounds

Olga Karmansky
Rhythmic Gymnastics
5'1", 85 pounds

Connie Price-Smith
Shot Put
6'3", 210 pounds

DeLisha Milton
Basketball
6'1", 172 pounds

Shannon Miller
Gymnastics
5'0", 97 pounds

Stacy Dragila
Pole Vault
5'7�", 140 pounds

Staciana Stitts
Swimming
5'10", 140 pounds