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

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Sportspeople

Yani Tseng

People; Sportspeople

Professional golfer Yani Tseng was born on January 23, 1989 in Taiwan. She holds the record for being the youngest player to have won five major championships (including 2002 Callaway Junior World ...

Chris Paul

People; Sportspeople

Born in 1985, Paul is a perennial NBA All-Star point guard with the New Orleans Hornets. He's just 6'0 and about 175 lbs but for the most part is a very durable player, playing in at least 78 ...

Omar "El Gato" Ortiz

People; Sportspeople

Omar Ortiz Uribe, nicknamed El Gato, is a former Mexican football goalkeeper. He made his debut in 1997 with Club de Fútbol Monterrey among others. In May 2010, he was banned from football for two ...

Sarah Burke

People; Ski jumping

Sarah Burke (September 3, 1982 – January 19, 2012) was a pioneering Canadian freestyle skier, who helped get superpipe accepted into the Olympics. She was a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist, ...

Tim Howard

People; Sportspeople

Timothy Matthew "Tim" Howard (born March 6, 1979) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Everton and the United States national team. Howard was diagnosed of Tourette ...

Jeremy Lin

People; Sportspeople

Jeremy Lin (born August 23, 1988) is an American professional NBA basketball player with the New York Knicks. His unprecedented rise during the 2012 season from a bench player to a global basketball ...

Valentino Rossi

People; Sportspeople

Valentino Rossi, (born February 16, 1979 in Urbino), is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, ...

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