When you're one of world's top athletes, competing in the Olympic Games and showing off you physical prowess in front of the world, it's the perfect opportunity also to show off your patriotic inking and sporting tributes.
We take a look at the incredible tattoos covering our favorite international athletes:
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1
Team USA's four-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin
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The athlete sports the Olympic rings on her right hip
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2
Brazilian volleyball player Thaís
She has 19 tattoos covering her 6ft 4inch body
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3
Brazilian footballer and Olympian Neymar
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He recently had a tattoo on his leg representing his own children depicting a young boy with a dream about buying a house and winning the Champions League.
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4
Brazilian beach volleyball player Alison Cerutti
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The athlete has a large mammoth tattoed on his hip as he is nicknamed the 'Mammoth'
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5
Team GB's Bradley Wiggins
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The cyclist has several tattoos including the Olympic rings on his leg
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6
Team USA's Ryan Lochte
Lochte has an alligator tattoo on his back to symbolise his home state of Florida.
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7
South African footballer Janine Van Wyk
Van Wyk has a tattoo of the Jesus statue in Rio to commemorate the Games
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8
Team GB diver Tom Daley
The diver has the Olympic rings tattooed on his bicep
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9
American wrestler Jordan Boroughs
Borough sports the iconic Olympic rings on his shoulder with the stars and stripes of his home country
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10
US archer Brady Ellison (aka Leonardo DiCaprio's lookalike)
He has the Olympic rings and an arrow tattooed on his forearm
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11
Russian gymnast Irina Sazonova
The gymnast has commemorated her time in Rio with the Olympic logo
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12
Brazilian handballer Jessica Quintino
Quintino shows off her Mickey and Minnie Mouse tattoo on her tricep
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13
Cook Islands weightlifter Luisa Peters
She has a tattoo of the Olympic rings on her right arm
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14
French 400-metre runner Phara Anacharsis
The runner has a spiral motif tattooed on her back that wraps around her stomach
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15
Team GB's Louis Smith
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The star has tattoos of an angel on his back in memory of family members