Sports
Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. – Muhammad Ali Born in the year 2002 in Gafsa, Tunisia, Ahmed Hafnaoui is a professional swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. Hafnaoui was only 12-year-old when he joined the country’s national ...
Born in 1993, Quebec, Canada, Maude Charron is a Canadian weightlifter who competes in the 63/64 kg category. Her journey of reaching the Olympics is very unique. As a child, Charron was never quite interested in weightlifting but instead was a gifted young gymnast. As a teenager, she began attending the École de Cirque de ...
“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer Born in the year 1999 in Leeds, UK, Thomas Pidcock is a British cyclist, who currently competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. With both parents keen cyclists, Tom ...
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter 25-year-old Distria Krasniqi is a professional judo player from the small Balkan country of Kosovo. She began judo classes at the young of seven with her older brother. She made her ...
“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, and some point, you will.” —Venus Williams Born in 1993, Jolanda Neff is a multi-discipline professional cyclist from Switzerland who specializes in mountain biking but also competes at a world-class level in road racing and cyclo-cross for Trek Factory Racing. Coming from ...
“You must not only have competitiveness but ability, regardless of the circumstance you face, to never quit.” -—Abby Wambach 28-year-old Clarisse Agbegnenou is a French judoka and one of the most decorated judo athletes in the world. She was born 2 months premature alongside her twin brother and declared ‘medically dead’ for several minutes before ...
It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters. -Paul “Bear” Bryant Born in the year 2000 in Tasmania, Australia, Ariarne Titmus is a professional swimmer who specializes in freestyle stroke. She began swimming in school at the age of 7 and has pursued it ...
Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. -Ross Perot Born in 1987, Flora Duffy is a Bermudian Triathlete. She began the sport at age 7 in Bermuda and ...
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. -Bo Jackson Sergeant Hilidyn Diaz is a Filipino weightlifter and member of the country’s air force. She grew up wanting to be a banker and practicing various different sports like basketball, volleyball and weightlifting which she learned from her cousin from the age of ...
Japan’s Momiji Nishiya and Brazil’s Rayssa Leal are two 13 years olds who have made history, not just once, but twice: by winning gold and silver, respectively, at their debut Olympic games, becoming two of the youngest to do so and by achieving the in the first-ever skateboarding competition at the Olympics. We salute talent ...
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” – Vince Lombardi Described as “one of Team GB’s brightest prospects for success in the pool”, Adam Peaty is a professional swimmer from England and two-times Olympic gold medalist. Born in 1994, Staffordshire, England, he feared water as a child saying that he “hated going ...
Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss -Doug Williams C.A Bhavani Devi was born on 27 August 1993 to a middle-class family in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She was first introduced to fencing ...
