Fatima Diame By: Cece Hymes Fatima Diame is a Spanish athlete specializing in the long jump and triple jump. She is the Spanish national indoor champion in both the long and the 60 meters. Fatima won a bronze medal in long jump at the European Junior Championships. Diame won gold medals at the Spanish indoors […]
Coco Gauff By: Cece Hymes Coco Gauff is a professional tennis player. She is the youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women’s Tennis Association and has a career high ranking of No. 47 in the world in singles, and No. 42 in doubles. Coco is very talented and works very hard. She
Barry Sanders By: Cece Hymes Barry Sanders is a former professional football player. He established himself as one of the most elusive runners in the history of the NFL. He was quick. He was awarded the Heisman Trophy and was unanimously recognized as an All-American. Barry Sanders won plenty of awards in his career. He
Ozzie Smith By: Cece Hymes Ozzie Smith is a former professional baseball player, nicknamed “The Wizard of Oz”, Ozzie played shortstop for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball, winning the National League Gold Glove Award. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year. He
Michael Jordan By: Cece Hymes Michael Jordan is a businessman and a former basketball player. He is one of the greatest players as people call him the goat. He has inspired so many people all over the world. He has accomplished a lot in his career. Michael Jordan was a 5x MVP in his career.
Sugar Ray Leonard By: Cece Hymes Sugar Ray Leonard is a professional boxer, motivational speaker and actor. He is one of the greatest boxers of all time. He won a lot of medals. His speed was like no other, he was fast. He is definitely one of my favorite sports icons. He inspired a lot
Billie Jean King By: Cece Hymes Billie Jean King is a former world tennis player. She won 39 major titles. Did you know that Billie Jean King won the Battles of the Sexes tennis match against the 55 year old Bobby Riggs? Billie also is the founder of the Women’s Sports Foundation. Billie Jean King
Jackie Joyner Kersee By: Cece Hymes Jackie Joyner Kersee is a retired Olympic gold medalist considered one of the all-time greatest female heptathletes, she won three Olympics gold medals. Did you know she was a starting forward in basketball for UCLA’s women’s squad? Sports Illustrated voted her the greatest female athlete of the 20th century. Jackie
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce By: Cece Hymes Shelly- Ann- Fraser Pryce is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. She made history. She became the first Caribbean woman to win the 100-metre title, at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. She created more history at the 2013 World Championship in Moscow, Russia, winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m events, becoming
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February Challenge By: Cece Hymes Day 20 Q. How has your life gotten better as you’ve gotten older? A. It has gotten better because I have gotten wiser and more knowledgeable about life. I have learned a lot of patience over the years. Each year I complete another goal and task.
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