It sounds like a Jewish mother’s nightmare: A 21-year-old Jewish gymnast agrees to be photographed and filmed fully naked.
But Playboy, it’s not.
Aly Raisman, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, stripped down for ESPN The Magazine’s annual Body Issue, which features photos of top athletes without clothes, but also without revealing everything.
And Raisman manages to leave plenty to the imagination as she moves around and strikes poses on the balance beam and the rings. She says her muscular physique is on the bulky end of the spectrum for gymnasts. But you won’t hear her complaining.
“I think imperfection is beauty,” she says. “Instead of being insecure about my muscles, I’ve learned to love them. I don’t even think of it as a flaw anymore because it’s made me into the athlete that I am.”
Raisman, a native of Needham, Mass., was the captain of the gold-medal winning U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Just 18 years old at the time, she individually won gold on the floor and bronze on the balance beam. She was also part of the gold medal-winning U.S.A. Gymnastics team.
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