11 of the fittest heads of state
President Obama shoots a basket during the annual Easter Egg Roll on April 1, 2013, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images)
Tony Abbott and Australia’s cricket team. Abbott has competed in an Ironman triathlon (causing hubbub when he billed travel expenses to taxpayers). HFR: Abbott “regularly cycles up and down hills near Parliament House.” (Rob Griffith / Associated Press)
Mexican President and fitness buff Enrique Pena Nieto launched a campaign in October 2013 to fight obesity and diabetes in Mexico, urging citizens to exercise an hour a day. (Dario Lopez-Mills / Associated Press)
Then-President Bush and then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Camp David in 2001. Bush and Blair made the HFR list. As president, Bush had a treadmill on Air Force One. Blair has had some recent health issues but regularly hits the gym and plays football with his kids. (Doug Mills / Associated Press)
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Grand Duke Henri, left, with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski in Warsaw, is a military man and honorary member of the British Parachute Regiment. (Alik Keplicz / Associated Press)
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen cycled the Alpe d’Huez -- and its notoriously steep climb -- in 2008 before the Tour de France. (Olivier Hoslet / EPA)
President Clinton jogs with daughter Chelsea at Martha’s Vineyard in 1997. The former cheeseburger addict is set to moderate a “health transformation” panel at the Health Matters conference at La Quinta resort. (Ruth Fremson / Associated Press)
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan play basketball regularly. They reportedly want it to be made the national sport. (Harish Tyagi / EPA)
