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3 unusual facts about sportsperson


Donald Bradman's batting technique

At 170cm (5' 7"), Bradman was not a big man, but he was athletic and very fast on his feet.

P visa

A P visa is a type of temporary employment visa of the United States, granted to alien athletes, artists, and entertainers, and their spouses and children.

Stretching

One review suggests that there are many beneficial stretches that can improve range of motion (ROM) in athletes, especially runners.


Anilton César Varela Silva

Anilton César Varela Silva (born 25 February 1989 in Tarrafal, Cape Verde), commonly known as Anilton, is a Portuguese futsal player who plays for Fundão as a Winger.

Baljinder Singh

Baljinder Singh (born September 18, 1986) is an Indian athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk event.

Best Jockey ESPY Award

Between 1994 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

Best NBA Player ESPY Award

Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and retired sportspersons, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

Christine Stückelberger

She is the fifth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, and javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg.

Damir Džombić

Damir Džombić (born 3 January 1985 in Srebrenik, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian football player playing as defender for FC Vaduz in the Swiss Super League.

Dawn-Marie Layne

She enrolled at the University of the West Indies in 2006 where she continued to play cricket leisurely but represented the University as a Track & Field Athlete specializing in the High Jump; she also represented the Combermere School as a 100 metre Hurdler for the time she was there.

Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi

John Donnellan, former Irish politician and sportsperson, born 1937.

Felix Ho

Felix Ho (born Fei Yin Felix Ho 何斐然 June 2, 1977 in British Hong Kong) is a canine behaviorist, animal trainer, writer, athlete, and international Schutzhund/IPO competitor.

Gabriele Bühlmann

She is, jointly with equestrian Markus Fuchs, the seventh Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul Accola.

Georges Berthet

Georges Berthet (18 September 1903 – 14 August 1979) was a French sportsman who took part in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

Goldman's dilemma

Goldman's dilemma, or the Goldman dilemma, is a question that was posed to elite athletes by physician, osteopath and publicist Robert Goldman, asking whether they would take a drug that would guarantee them overwhelming success in sport, but cause them to die after five years.

Gregorio Di Leo

Gregorio Di Leo has been the one of European athlete capable of winning a team competition in the United States, together with Roberto Bellotti (Amerikick International, Atlantic City, 2005) and he is the only European athlete that has been able to win a race in Central America(Guatemala City, Great Maya Challenge, 2006).

Hip replacement

Once an uncommon operation reserved for frail patients with a limited life expectancy, hip replacement is now common, even among active athletes including race car drivers Bobby Labonte and Dale Jarrett, and British Open runner-up, golfer Tom Watson.

Javier Rodríguez Nebreda

Javier Rodríguez Nebreda (born 26 March 1974), commonly known as Javi Rodríguez, is a Spanish futsal player who plays for Kuwait Club as a Midfielder.

Jeroom

He won the Belgium Press Cartoon 2002 and is engaged to Belgian athlete Élodie Ouédraogo.

John Ayton

Ayton and wife Ducas were ambassadors for Team 2012, the campaign to support British athletes in their quest for medal success in the London Olympics.

John Sheehy

John Joe Sheehy (1897–1980), Irish political/military activist and sportsperson

Juan Ramón Calvo Rodríguez

Juan Ramón Calvo Rodríguez (born 1 September 1982), commonly known as Juanra, is a Spanish futsal player who plays for Rába ETO as a Midfielder.

LaToya Thomas

In addition to her numerous all-America honors, Thomas was named the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner, 2003 Mississippi Amateur Athlete of the Year and 2003 SEC Female Athlete of the Year.

Martina Pretelli

Martina Pretelli (born 28 December 1988, Borgo Maggiore) is an athlete from San Marino who competes in the 100 metres.

Milton Lewis

He attended Gainesville High School, where he was a stand-out athlete, leading the swimming and football teams.

Mockler

Bob Mockler (born in Horse and Jockey, County Tipperary), Irish sportsperson

Paul Mardle

Paul Stuart Mardle (born 10 November 1962 in Norwich, England) is a former athlete who represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Prosper Masatu Makonya

Prosper Masatu Makonya is a Tanzanian sportsperson who was elected as president of the East and Central African Tae Kwon Do Confederation on 30 October 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rookies

Rookie, sportsperson in his/her first year at senior level

Rudimar Venâncio

Rudimar Venâncio (born 25 January 1984), commonly known as Xapa, is a Brazilian futsal player who plays for Chonburi Blue Wave as a Winger.

Rune Johansson

Rune Arnold Georg Johansson (August 23, 1920 – December 30, 1998) was a Swedish sportsperson who played bandy, football, handball, ice hockey, and competed in track and field.

Tom Lingenfelter

An active athlete, Lingenfelter won a bronze medal in indoor sprinting at the National Masters, was Pennsylvania's champion indoor sprinter, was a Keystone Games medalist in field hockey and shooting, and won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games as a member of the United States' Olympic field hockey team.

Urs von Wartburg

He is the fourth sportsperson to compete for Switzerland at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin and equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer.


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