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“Winning solves everything.” – Tiger Woods Born in 2003 in, Minnesota USA, Sunisa Lee is a professional artistic gymnast. She is the daughter of refugees of Hmong descent. Her parents fled from Laos as children at the beginning of the Vietnam War. Lee began gymnastics at the age of 6 and reached elite level by ...
“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting it is.” – Arnold Palmer 27-year-old Italo Ferreira was born in 1994 on the northeastern coast of Brazil. His father was a fisherman, and Ferriera used the lid of a coolbox to store seafood in to surf as they couldn’t afford a surfboard. At the age of 11, his family, ...
“The person that said winning isn’t everything, never won anything.” – Mia Hamm 22-year-old Linoy Ashram is an Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. Ashram’s mother decided to enroll her in sports to keep her engaged as she was a hyperactive child. She began training at the young age of 7 in an after-school program in her ...
“The extra energy required to make another effort is the secret of winning.” Born in 1982, in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Mijain Lopez Nunez is a Greco-Roman wrestler. Lopez was always a tall and big child, building his strength by carrying animals and fruit boxes in his town. According to Marca Magazine, he was spotted ...
“Winners dont wait for chances. They take them.” Born in 2002 in New Jersey, USA, Athing Mu is a professional middle-distance track runner. Mu is one of seven children. Her parents moved to the USA from Sudan a year before she was born. Growing up, the family didn’t have much money. “When you’re from an ...
