--- title: Rio 2016 Olympics: Zac Efron, Michael Hixon Celebrity Lookalikes description: The internet was convinced these Olympic athletes looked an awful lot like celebrities. canonical: https://time.com/4459611/2016-rio-olympics-celebrity-doppelgangers/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-19T23:03:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-01-16T14:18:53.000Z og:title: 6 Olympic Athletes and Their Celebrity Doppelgangers og:description: You're not alone Leo og:url: https://time.com/4459611/2016-rio-olympics-celebrity-doppelgangers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 6 Olympic Athletes and Their Celebrity Doppelgangers twitter:description: You're not alone Leo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 6 Olympians Who Have Celebrity Doppelgangers by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Jan 16, 2026 2:18 PM UTCPublished: Aug 19, 2016 11:03 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Jan 16, 2026 2:18 PM UTCPublished: Aug 19, 2016 11:03 PM UTC Another [emotionally athletic](http://time.com/4450404/michael-phelps-face-tattoo/) Olympics ends Sunday, and now that it’s truly in the [final stretch](http://time.com/4455158/team-usa-gymnastics-is-the-loving-sports-family-we-should-all-want-to-join/), it’s time to look back at how the lookalike spotters of the Internet decided some of the world’s finest athletes looked an awful lot like celebrities. As always, Twitter willed photos of some of Rio’s finest athletes and their famous doppelgangers into [Internet trendiness](http://time.com/4447223/the-internet-thinks-this-olympic-cyclist-really-looks-like-kate-middleton/). Most recently, people loved it when [Zac Efron](http://time.com/4455340/rio-2016-olympics-zac-efron-meets-simone-biles/) posed with his Internet-appointed Olympic doppelgänger, diver Michael Hixon. (Like Efron, Hixon also has blue eyes and appears sans shirt sometimes, so they’re identical twins.) Click through the slideshow for seven Olympians that reminded viewers of the true champions, the real year-round famous people. ### **Archer Brandy Ellis and Leonardo DiCaprio** If this [scruffy American archer](http://time.com/4443005/rio-2016-olympics-leonardo-dicaprio-brady-ellison/) ever gets the Martin Scorsese-directed biopic he deserves for having such great aim, DiCaprio is the one to play him.  Brady Ellison of the United States and Leonardo DiCaprio. Natacha Pisarenko-AP ### **Diver Michael Hixon and Zac Efron** After the Internet decided to associate Efron with another athlete he was [destined to meet](http://time.com/4455340/rio-2016-olympics-zac-efron-meets-simone-biles/), Efron went and did just that with his brand new twin [Hixon](https://twitter.com/damianholbrook/status/765387280001499136), a Team USA diver. Hot off his surprise visit with Simone Biles, he solidified his status as a true bestie of the Internet with [this mind blowing encounter of the hilarious kind](https://www.instagram.com/p/BJRn9vCA6LR/?taken-by=zacefron&hl=en). He’s the fairy godmother of all Olympics meeting wishes.  Diver, Michael Hixon of the United States and Zac Efron. Harry How—Getty Images ### **Cyclist Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Kate Middleton** People [went crazy](http://time.com/4447223/the-internet-thinks-this-olympic-cyclist-really-looks-like-kate-middleton/) for how much this French princess of the pedals, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, looks like the Duchess of Cambridge, who also plays the [occasional sport](http://time.com/3058268/kate-middleton-jumping-commonwealth-games/).  Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge. Matt Hazlett—Getty Images ### **Swimmer Ryan Lochte and Jack Frost** Without the hair, these two might not have been put [side by side](https://twitter.com/kuxumanjali/status/764291048524881920) to maximize the internet breakage potential, but Lochte’s dye job was extremely historic.  Aliya and Gloria. Matt Hazlett—Getty Images ### **Diver David Boudia and Jared Leto** Due to insufficient exposure for the _Suicide’s Squad’s_ Joker, Boudia participated in the Olympics so that he could lead group tours around his Leto-like bone structure, and also compete. Twitter was [loving this one](https://twitter.com/hodgkissdesign/status/766716083965403137).  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