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Sportspeople

Sportsperson is a person who is trained to compete in a sport involving tests of strength, speed or endurance.

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McKayla Maroney

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McKayla Rose Maroney was born December 9, 1995 and is an American artistic gymnast. She is best known for her execution of the Amanar vault followed by two and a half twists in the air during a ...

Gabrielle (Gabby) Christina Victoria Douglas was born December 31, 1995, and is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the U.S. team that won the gold medal in the team finals at the 2011 ...

Rebecca Bross

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Rebecca Bross was born Jully 11, 1993 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is an American artistic gymnast and a six-time world medalist.Bross returned to competition—after her knee surgery in late 2008—to ...

Giacomo Agostini

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Giacomo Agostini is an Italian multi-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. These results caught the eye of Count Domenico Agusta who signed Agostini to ride for his MV Agusta squad as ...

Frank Busemann

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Frank Busemann (born February 26, 1975 in Recklinghausen) is a former German decathlete. Busemann started his career as a 110 m hurdler and was junior world champion in this discipline in 1994. After ...

Michael Stich

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Michael Detlef Stich (born October 18, 1968 in Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at ...

Markus Wasmeier

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Markus Wasmeier (born September 9, 1963, in Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany) is a former alpine ski racer. At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he surprisingly won the Giant Slalom at age ...