Best GIFs Of Barack Obama Playing Sports

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American Presidents have long had a close relationship with sports. 

Gerald Ford starred in football as a lineman for Michigan, George W. 

Bush co-owned the Texas Rangers and John F. Kennedy was on the Harvard swim team. 

But unlike most presidents before him, Barack Obama took an interest in sports during his presidency. 

Taking office at age 47, Obama was in suitable health to participate in pickup basketball games, White House tennis matches and golf rounds across the world. 

His eight years in office showed off a diverse array of his athletic abilities.On Obama's final day in office, we bring back the best GIFs of Obama playing sports during his presidency:Basketballis Obama's passion, and he was actually a bench player for the 1978-79 Punahou School Hawaii state championship team.

 As President, Obama renovated the White House tennis court to make it adaptable for basketball and he was known to play pickup games with colleagues and friends, especiallyon Election Days. 

This week, ThePostGame posed the question:Is Barack Obama good at basketball?Here's an Obama jump shot,


           

An Obama drive, spin and layup (and possible double-dribble),
           

After meeting with the 2013-14 Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings, Obama casually strolled through the White House air stick-handling ahockeystick

       
           

This is just Obamaworking out:

       
           



       


       

       

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