Question: The Mechanic starred an actor who was competitive in what sport?

Context articles: Swimming (sport)
The Mechanic (2011 film)
Fencing
Dancesport at the Asian Games
Jianzi
Divekick
Smokey Yunick
Eat This Book
Competitive programming
Jason Statham

Swimming is an individual or team sport that involves using arms and legs to move the body through water.
 Typically, the sport takes place in pools or in open water (e.g., in a sea or lake).
 Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley.
 In addition to these individual events, swimmers take part in relays.
 Swimming each stroke requires specific techniques, and in competition, there are specific regulations concerning the acceptable form for different strokes.
 There are also rules put in place to regulate what types of swimsuits are allowed at competitions.
 Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, there are also multiple health benefits associated with the sport.
The Mechanic is a 2011 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster.
 Written by Lewis John Carlino and Richard Wenk, it is a remake of the 1972 film of the same name.
 Statham stars as Arthur Bishop, a professional assassin who specializes in making his hits look like accidents, suicides or the acts of petty criminals.
 It was released in the United States and Canada on January 28 , 2011 to mixed reviews.
 A was released on August 26, 2016.
Fencing is a sport in which two competitors fight using 'rapier-style' swords, called the foil, the épée, and the sabre; winning points are made through the contact with an opponent.
 Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics.
 Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school later refining the Italian system.
 There are three forms of modern fencing, each uses a different kind of weapon and has different rules, this way the sport itself is divided into three competitive scenes: foil, épée, and sabre.
 Most competitive fencers choose to specialize in one weapon only.
Dancesport is a competitive team sport which includes ballroom dancing.
 The sport became a part of the Asian Games (Asian Summer Games) as a medal sport in 2010 in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
 International governing body of Dancesport, World DanceSport Federation, was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1995, and subsequently in 1997 the Asian representative of the sport, Asian DanceSport Federation, was recognized by the Olympic Council of Asia.
 After the recognition of the Asian DanceSport Federation, the sport was demonstrated at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
Jianzi (), tī jianzi (踢毽子), tī jian (踢毽) or jianqiú (毽球), also known by other names, is a traditional Chinese national sport in which players aim to keep a heavily weighted shuttlecock in the air by using their bodies, apart from the hands, unlike in similar games peteca and indiaca.
 The primary source of jianzi sport is a Chinese ancient game called "cuju" of the Han dynasty 2000 years ago.
 Jianzi's competitive sport types are played on a badminton court using inner or outside lines in different types of jianzi's competitive sports, respectively.
 it can be played also artistically, among a circle of players in a street or park, with the objective to keep the shuttle 'up' and show off skills.
 In Vietnam, it is known as "đá cầu" and is the national sport.
 In the Philippines, it is known as "sipa" and was also the national sport until it was replaced by arnis in December 2009.
Divekick is a 2D competitive fighting game originally developed by One True Game Studios, an independent collective made up of a group of competitive gamers.
 A demo of the game was showcased at several competitive events, and after a positive reaction, the group created a Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of a full version for release on Microsoft Windows.
 The Kickstarter project was canceled after it was announced that developer Iron Galaxy Studios had agreed to co-develop and release the game.
 The name "Divekick" is a reference to a common mechanic in many fighting games (particularly those created by Capcom) in which some characters can jump in the air and do a diving kick with a sudden increase in momentum.
 In fighting games, dive kicks are usually very powerful, abusable tactics.
 The gameplay in "Divekick" revolves entirely around this mechanic.
 The game was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows via Steam Greenlight on August 20, 2013 in English-speaking regions.
 The game was released in Japan on September 17, 2014.
 A major balance update to the game, titled Divekick: Addition Edition, was released in April 2014, and a port of the game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, titled Divekick: Addition Edition +, was released on October 7, 2014.
Henry "Smokey" Yunick (May 25, 1923 – May 9, 2001) was an American mechanic and car designer associated with motorsports.
 Yunick was deeply involved in the early years of NASCAR, and he is probably most associated with that racing genre.
 He participated as a racer, designer, and held other jobs related to the sport, but was best known as a mechanic, builder, and crew chief.
Eat This Book is a book by Ryan Nerz which explores the world of competitive eating.
 Published by St. Martin's Press in 2006, "Eat This Book" provides a firsthand look into this sometimes controversial sport.
 Nerz, who spent a year as an emcee for the International Federation of Competitive Eating, has firsthand insight into the competitive eating phenomenon.
Competitive programming is a mind sport usually held over the Internet or a local network, involving participants trying to program according to provided specifications.
 Contestants are referred to as sport programmers.
 Competitive programming is recognized and supported by several multinational software and Internet companies, such as Google, and Facebook.
 There are several organizations who host programming competitions on a regular basis.
Jason Statham ( born 26 July 1967) is an English actor, and a former model and competitive diver.