Chris Kaman- SELFCONTROL - 18/10/2008
Sportsman: Chris Kaman
Attribute: Self-control
Chris Kaman, who has ADHD, is the center for the Los Angeles Clippers. He has the potential to be a top-five NBA center, as well. During his childhood, Chris struggled with symptoms of ADHD, doing random sporadic things, like putting peoples b... |
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Dmitry Cheryshev - TENACITY - 04/10/2008
Sportsman: Dmitry Cheryshev Attribute: Tenacity
There is spoken much of which the climatic factor harms in excess Real Madrid, but the certain thing is that the white set faces the Zenit in the best epoch of the year to practise the sport king. If the party(game) was disputed in December we mig... |
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Arsène Wenger - SPORTSMANSHIP - 15/10/2007
Sportsman: Arsene Wenger Attribute: Sportsmanship
The lesson in sportsmanship given by the Arsenal manager was to request the repetition of a Cup tie against Sheffield United in 1999. United had put the ball out of play as one of their players was injured. Arsenal’s Nigerian striker, Kanu, rath... |
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Miroslav Klose - HUMILITY - 27/04/2007
Sportsman: Miroslav Klose Attribute: Humility
In Germany, his rivals respect him, referees adore him, team mates are immensely proud to have him on their side and Werder Bremen fans boast of having him in their team.
All this after one Sunday when Klose slipped in the penalty area in a game a... |
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Robbie Fowler - HONESTY - 14/12/2006
Sportsman: Robbie Fowler Attribute: Honesty
In 1997, this English striker fell in the penalty area during a Liverpool-Arsenal game and the referee gave a penalty. Fowler approached the referee and explained that he had tripped up and that it wasn’t a foul. He didn’t manage to convince the offici... |
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Jim Thorpe - HINDSIGHT - 8/8/06
Sportsman: Jim Thorpe Attribute: Hindsight
He was a legend during his lifetime but only recovered his Olympic medals after his death. Jim Thorpe was a Native Indian, born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in 1888. His mother was from the Potawatome tribe and his father from the Sac and Fox. They called thei... |
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Rafa Nadal - HUMANITY - 07/06/2006
Sportsman: Rafael Nadal Attribute: Humanity
On the 5th of June 2006 a battle was taking place on centre court in the last 16 at Roland Garros between Leyton Hewitt (ex ATP No.1) and the Mallorcan, Rafa Nadal. When they were in the fourth set, two and a half hours into the game, Nadal suddenly a... |
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Alessandro Zanardi - PERSEVERANCE - 22/05/2006
Sportsman: Alessandro Zanardi Attribute: Perseverance
Alex Zanardi was born in Bologna, Italy and from a young age he stood out for his passion for racing. At the age of 13 he began racing with Karts and in 1988 he took part in the Italian Formula 3 championship, becoming champion in 1990. He ... |
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Mark Spitz - AMBITION - 18/05/2006
Sportsman: Mark Spitz Attribute: Ambition
THE GREATEST COLLECTOR OF GOLD MEDALS AT A SINGLE OLYMPIC GAMES
Mark Spitz, a 22-year-old Californian of Jewish descent won seven gold medals in the swimming events at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Thus, he wrote one of the most brilliant pages in the h... |
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Nadia Comaneci - PERFECTION - 27/04/2006
Sportswoman: Nadia Comaneci Attribute: Perfection
At the 1976 Montreal Olympics the hitherto unknown 14-year-old Rumanian gymnast, Nadia Comaneci won the hearts of all those who followed the Games.
Her angelic image in movement on the apparatus not only captivated: it also served to demonstra... |
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Manuel Santana - ASPIRATIONS - 27/04/2006
Sportsman: Manuel Santana Attribute: Aspiration
Manuel Santana was born in Spring of 1938 when tennis was still a relatively unknown sport in Spain. Santana started as a ball-boy and had to make his own racket out of wood to be able to play.
As the years passed, this master of tennis created ... |
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Joaquín Blume - EFFORT - 27/04/2006
Sportsman: Joaquin Blume Attribute: Effort
Two unfortunate events kept Joaquin Blume, the greatest Spanish gymnast of all time, away from the Olympics. First, the absence of all Spanish representation at the Melbourne Olympics of 1956 as a protest against the presence of the USSR, who had invade... |
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Lance Amstrong - SACRIFICE - 19/04/2006
Sportsman: Lance Armstrong Attribute: Sacrifice
Lance Armstrong made his debut in Spain but never won the ‘Vuelta a España’. What’s more, in his first race as a professional in the San Sebastian Classic in 1992, he finished last, almost half an hour off the leader. That afternoon it was raining ... |
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Lee Evans - THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM - 19/04/2006
Sportsman: Lee Evans Attribute: The fight against Racism
All the spectators present in the Mexico Olympic Stadium on October 18th 1968 went silent when a member of the American long jump team by the name of Robert Beamon (a minor team member in the shadow of the great Ralph Boston) jumped 890 ce... |
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Edwin Moses - PROFESSIONALISM - 19/04/2006
Sportsman: Edwin Moses Attribute: Professionalism
Victory has always been a constant factor in his life. He has practically never experienced the bitterness of defeat in 13 years of complete dedication to athletics. That is why it is said that Edwin Moses was unbeatable for his strength and invi... |
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Daley Thompson - BEING A GOOD LOSER - 19/04/2006
Sportsman: Daley Thompson Attribute: being a good loser
Francis Morgan Thompson has gone down in the history of athletics as the greatest representative of the perfect sportsman. For ten straight years he has been the “Golden Boy” of the decathlon, the hardest test yet known to which an athlete ... |
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Abebe Bikila - PERSISTENCE - 19/04/2006
Sportsman: Abebe Bikila Attribute: Persistence
He was famous for having been the first athlete to win the Olympic marathon not only twice, but in consecutive Games. Abebe Bikila must also be remembered as the first African athlete who won a gold medal in a track event. Born on August 7th 1932, A... |
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