Simone Biles By: Cece Hymes Simone Biles is an artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic Medals for the most Olympic medals. Having won 25 world championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast in the history of the Gymnastics World Championships and is considered by many sources to be the greatest gymnast of all time. Simone […]
Jordan Chiles By: Cece Hymes Jordan Chiles is an artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team event. She is definitely a sports icon. Jordan Chiles made her international debut at the city of Jesolo Trophy. She won a gold medal with the
Wilma Rudolph By: Cece Hymes Wilma Rudolph was a sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world record holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field. Her nicknames were “Skeeter” “The Flash” “The Track Star” and many more. Wilma was a sports icon of Track and Field who
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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Interview with Dawn Harper Nelson By: Where It Begins Q. Tell us who you are and where you’re from. A. I am Dawn Harper-Nelson, an Olympic gold and silver medalist. I am a wife and a mom and I am also from East St. Louis. Q. What made you want to compete in the Olympics? A. Well,
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