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Early life
Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, one of James and Deloris Jordan's five children. The family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when Michael was very young.

His father worked as a General Electric plant supervisor, and his mother worked at a bank. His father taught him to work hard and not to be tempted by street life.
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His mother taught him to sew, clean, and do laundry. Jordan loved sports but failed to make his high school basketball team as a sophomore. He continued to practice and made the team the next year
He continued to practice and made the team the next year. After high school he accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina, where he played under head coach Dean Smith

In Jordan's first season at North Carolina he was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year for 1982. The team won the ACC championship, and Jordan made the clutch jump shot that beat Georgetown University for the championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Early pro years
When Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls they were a losing team, drawing only around six thousand fans to home games. Jordan quickly turned that arounz

His style of play and fierce spirit of competition reminded sportswriters and fans of Julius Erving (1950–), who had been a superstar player during the 1970s.

Jordan's incredible leaping ability and hang time thrilled fans in arenas around the league. In his first season he was named to the All-Star team and was later honored as the league's Rookie of the Year
He left North Carolina after his junior year and was selected by the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) as the third pick of the 1984 draft. Before joining the Bulls, Jordan was a member of the Summer 1984 United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold medal in Los Angeles, California.

Jordan's incredible leaping ability and hang time thrilled fans in arenas around the league. In his first season he was named to the All-Star team and was later honored as the league's Rookie of the Year.

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Name : Kimi Raikkonen
Date of birth : 17 October 1979
Place of birth : Espoo, Finland
Birth name : Kimi Matias R䩫k?
Nickname : Iceman
Height : 5' 9

Drives for McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 team (2004).
He won his first F1 GP in Kuola Lumpur trac in Maleyesia in 2003
He brought seven of his cousins, four aunts and his 75-years old granny, Sirkka, to watch the Hungarian GP 2001

. He was outstanding in his year-plus in the series, winning thirteen of the seventeen events he appeared in. Peter Sauber was so impressed that he gave the Finn a test, and after a successful test was signed to the Sauber team for the 2001 season.

It started a solid debut year where he proved he was ready for the big time, finishing with four points scoring finishes and eight finishes in the top eight.

More importantly he was far from the hazard that people expected him to be. While he was outscored by teammate and fellow prospect Nick Heidfeld, McLaren was sufficiently impressed by Kimi that the young Finn earned a spot on Ron Dennis' team for 2002, replacing departing Finn Mika H䫫inen, over his teammate.

The McLaren car suffered many engine problems that season, but the times Kimi did finish he was often on the podium, proving that they made the right choice of drivers.

He nearly won his first race at the French Grand Prix that year but spun out with a handful of laps to go and settled for second place. All told, he finished the season a very solid sixth in points.

Through seven races in 2003, Kimi's McLaren vehicle had been exceptional, netting his first win in the Malaysian Grand Prix.

In six of his seven races he reached the podium, only missing the podium after a crash on the first lap of a race that he was forced to start from the back of the field after a spin in his only shot of qualifying. Despite all this, Kimi failed to claim the 2003 championship and had to settle for second to Michael Schumacher.

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Jankovic was born to Veselin and Snezana Jankovic, and has two brothers, Marko and Stefan.

She is a current student of Megatrend University in Belgrade, studying economics.

"Jelenin svet" is a documentary about her life, which features Jankovic and notable players such as Justine Henin, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Ana Ivanovic

Since the 2008 Summer Olympics, Jankovic has been dating Montenegrin waterpolo player Mladjan Janovic

On December 5, 2007, Jankovic became the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Ana Ivanovic, Aleksandar Djordjevic and Emir Kusturica.

She is currently wearing the clothes of Chinese sports brand "ANTA", after being promoted by Reebok

She admires Monica Seles the most of all tennis players.
Speaks Serbian, English and French.
Jankovic considers herself competitive, friendly and well-organized.

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Name : Amanda Beard
Birth Date : 29 October, 1981
Birth Place : Newport Beach, CA, United States
Height : 1.72 m / 5'8
Weight : 58 kg / 128 lbs
Education : Retail and Consumer Sciences - University of Arizona: Tuscon, Arizona, USA
Olympic event : Swimming
Club : Irvine Novas/Tuscan Ford, Irvine, California, USA (USA Swimming 19/05/04, amandabeard.net 19/05/04)
Coach : David Salo, USA

With her placement on the 2004 Olympic team in Athens at age 22, Amanda Beard is already a three-time Olympian. She became the second youngest Olympic medalist in American swimming history when at the age of 14 she won two silver medals and one gold medal at the 1996 Games

In 2000, she added a bronze medal in the 200-meter breaststroke to her Olympic credits. At the Olympic Trials in Long Beach, she broke the world record in that same event.

Olympic Games
1996: gold medal, 400-meter medley relay; silver medal, 100-meter breaststroke; silver medal, 200-meter breaststroke
2000: bronze medal, 200-meter breaststroke

World Championships
2003: gold medal, 200-meter breaststroke; silver medal, 100-meter breaststroke; silver medal, 400-meter medley relay

Pan Pacific Championships
2002: gold medal, 100-meter breaststroke; gold medal, 200-meter breaststroke; silver medal, 400-meter medley relay
1995: silver medal, 400-meter medley relay; bronze medal, 100-meter breaststroke; bronze medal, 200-meter breaststroke

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Short Course World Championships
2002: silver medal, 400-meter medley relay
2000: silver medal, 400-meter medley relay
1997: gold medal, 400-meter medley relay

Alona bondarenko tennis player

Nationality: UKR (Ukraine)
Birthdate: August 13, 1984
Birthplace: Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine
Residence: Kharkov, Ukraine
Turned Pro: Pro (1999)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
2009 Ranking: 32 beautifull and telented tennis player

Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko popularly known as Alona Bondarenko is a leading tennis player from Ukraine born on 13th August 1984 in Kryvyi Rih, Soviet Union. Her younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko is her doubles partner and so was her elder sister Valeria previously.

On 14th April 2008, Bondarenko ranked no.19 which is the highest singles ranking in her career. Bondarenko claimed the Australian Open doubles title in association with sister Kateryna, beating the opponent pair of Shahar Pe'er and Victoria Azarenka in the finals in 2008.
Alona Bondarenko made her first grand slam appearance on the Australian soil by participating in Australian Open in 2005; she faced a first round defeat to 6th seed and former country mate Russian Elena Dementieva. Later, Alona achieved her first Women’s Tennis Association tour quarterfinal in the Thai city Pattaya, however her winning sequence came to an holt when she got defeated in straight sets to Anna-Lena Grönefeld of Germany.

Alona Bondarenko reached her debut tour final against at Hyderabad Open in 2005, which made her listed among the top 100 women tennis player’s as per ATP, but was defeated in three close sets. Alona Bondarenko has managed to break into the 3rd round of Wimbledon through her victory over Tatiana Golovin of France. In 2006, Alona Bondarenko climbed the ranking order and found a place among the top 50 players.

Alona’s game spirit made her reach three quarter-finals at, Bangalore, Prague and Hobart, and a semifinal entry at Rabat. Bondarenko claimed victory in an International Tennis Federation title at Orange city in California and her partnership with Anastasiya Yakimova achieved success in doubles at WTA tour women’s doubles title in Istanbul.

On 7th May, 2007 Bondarenko bagged the 2nd position to star player Justine Henin at the prestigious J&S Cup held at Warsaw, Poland. In the semi-finals match, Alona Bondarenko got the first ever top ten achievement of her career by defeating then number five player Svetlana Kuznetsova .

This performance landed her among the top 30 at the 29th position.In the same year Alona Bondarenko reached the semifinals of the prestigious Istanbul Cup where she was defeated by Elena Dementieva. She also reached the quarterfinals at Linz, Zurich, Hertogenbosch, New Haven and Birmingham.

On 17th October, 2007 Bondarenko defeated Amélie Mauresmo at the Zürich Open in 2007, the victory gave her, her first ever Tier I quarter-final spot, however Alona could not break into the semifinal and got defeated at the hands of Nicole Vaidišová of Czech republic. On 22nd October 2007, Bondarenko passed $1000000 in prize money milestone, the first player from Ukraine to achieve this milestone.

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She has recently won gold medals for long jump at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, raising the national record to 6.89 m at the latter

Naide Gomes started competing under the flag of her birth country São Tomé and Príncipe and represented it at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, though she has lived in Portugal since she was 11 eleven years old. At the Sydney Olympics, Gomes was the São-Tomé flag carrier in the opening ceremony

In Madrid, she became the first Portuguese athlete ever to reach the seven metres distance in the long jump, by jumping 7.01m. In Valencia she won gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2008, by jumping 7.00m.

On August 19, at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, a top-favorite for the gold medal, in peak physical condition and having dominated the season, she unexpectedely fouled on her first two attempts and then stutter-stepped on her final try jumping a mere 6.29m., thus failing to qualify to the final.

On July 29, at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Herculis, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, she jumps 7.12m., a new national record and 2008 world´s best mark.

On July 22, she is the winner of the IAAF Super Grand Prix DN Galan, Stockholm, Sweden with a new national record of 7.04m

Before changing nationality she set the current São Tomé and Príncipe records in 100 metres hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot put, javelin throw and heptathlon

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ISINBAYEVA, Yelena Gadzhievna
Russian pole vaulter, Honored Master of Sport of Russia
Two-time Olympic Champion - Women's Pole Vault, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008
Holder of 24 world records in Women's Pole Vault
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From the age of 5 to 15, Isinbayeva trained as a gymnast in her hometown of Volgograd. She ultimately left the sport because as she grew she was considered too tall to be competitive in gymnastics, eventually reaching a height of 1.74 m (5' 8½")

In her first major competition, the 1998 World Junior Championships in Annecy, France, Yelena jumped 4.00 m but this left her 10 cm away from securing a medal.

At the 2000 World Junior Championships, Isinbayeva again took first place clearing 4.20 m. The same year the women's pole vault made its debut as an Olympic event in Sydney, Australia where Stacy Dragila of United States took gold.

She continued to improve in this relatively new event (world records for women's pole vault began in 1992) and 2002 saw her clear 4.55 m at the European Championships finishing 5 cm short of compatriot Svetlana Feofanova's gold medal winning jump.

She would complete her studies in 2005 and would graduate with a specialization in physical education.

2003 was another year of progression and saw Yelena win the European Under 23 Championships gold with 4.65 m (in Bydgoszcz). She went onto break the world record clearing 4.82 m on July 13 at a meeting in Gateshead, England.

The following month at the World's Indoor in March Yelena broke this with a gold medal winning jump of 4.86 m beating reigning indoor & outdoor champion Feofanova into bronze with reigning Olympic champion Dragila taking silver.