Home › Words › S › superathletesuperathletesuperathlete · noun — A very skilled and successful athlete.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom super- + athlete.nounA very skilled and successful athlete.e.g.“It’s funny to see these 20- and 30-year-old superathletes never standing up.” — 2007 July 22, Gina Kolata, “Just a Bike Race, You Say? Think Again”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).