^ Mark Roberts, Professional Streaker, accessed 23 November 2007.In 2011 the artist Benedikt Dichgans hired Mark Roberts to streak in Tate Britain and at the Turner Prize. But during the 2018 Winter Games, the 57-year-old returned from. Roberts retired from nude streaking in 2013 after starting his rather odd career in 1993.
In March 2010 Mark was seen sporting a cat-shaped mask over his privates at Crufts. Serial streaker Mark Roberts was in the spotlight once again back in 2018 after he came out of retirement to continue his run of public displays of nudity at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. 2005: The streaker as advertising hoarding during the Wallabies-All Blacks test in Sydney. He's been doing it for 20 years and has got his kit off at many high-profile events. He did so previously at the same venue in 2004. Mark Roberts is described as a professional streaker. The very next year, Mark struck again, this time in the final of the World Snooker Championship 2008 between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ali Carter. Later on, in 2007 Roberts ran out on the field of Wembley Stadium during the NFL's first regular season game outside of North America between the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins. Roberts planned on retiring by streaking at the 2006 World Cup final in Germany, but was stopped before he entered the stadium. In June 2004 he was given a fine of $1000 for trespassing. Tackled by members of the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers, as well as by police and security, he was taken into custody. A British man who has streaked at more than 500 events around the world has only been arrested a handful of times and convicted of a crime at least three times. Just before the start of the second half, he ran onto the field disguised as a referee, undressed, and performed a little dance wearing only a thong. He was unable to get tickets to that game, but succeeded next year on Super Bowl XXXVIII, in Houston, Texas. In January 2003, Roberts flew to San Diego, California, United States, where he planned to streak at the Super Bowl XXXVII. Īrguably his most famous streak was on a live 1995 broadcast of This Morning, where he swam onto Fred Talbot's floating weather map and proceeded to emulate Talbot's trademark leap from Scotland to Ireland. Nowadays, he is forced to give out his passport and other important documents before football games, as a way to ensure he won't be streaking at these events. Universe contest, a Miss World contest, tennis matches, the bull run in Pamplona, the synchronized swimming world championship in Barcelona, and his specialty, association football matches. Roberts has done this, as of 2011, almost 500 times, targeting such events as Hamilton Race Course, a Mr. After a bet in a bar, he went naked in front of the crowd himself the next day. Mark Roberts is a British streaker who has run naked during several international events.Ī father of three, Roberts' streaking began when he saw a female streaker run naked down a 1993 Rugby Sevens game in Hong Kong.