Most relevant sports and famous athletes in our countries. Roles of popular sports idols in society 1 C R I.I.S. “CARLO ROSSELLI” GENOVA THE MOST FAMOUS AND WINNING ITALIAN ATHLETES Fencing Waterpolo Tennis Skiing Football Swimming 2 FENCING Fencing is an Olympic discipline. Sword: It is a fair fight between two athletes. There are three types of blades: sword, Foil: foil and saber. If you want to win, you have to hit some parts of the enemy's body. Saber: 3 FENCING Valentina Vezzali is the greatest fencer of all time. Elisa Di Francisca: she won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics in both the individual and the team competition and the silver at Rio 2016. 4 FENCING Bebe Vio: she is a young world champion and a paralympic champion. But she is also a presenter, an actress and a motivator for everyone. Italian fencing has a history full of medals and has a tradition envied around the world 5 TENNIS Fabio Fognini: he's currently the Italian player who occupies the highest position in the ATP ranking (22). In his career he has won 9 titles including single and double. Andrea Seppi is an Italian player who is in 59th position of the ATP ranking. 6 TENNIS Adriano Panatta: he has been the most beloved Italian champion in our history. With his successes and his personality he contributed to trasform this sport, during the 70s from sport for few to sport of mass, played by millions of apprentices. Nicola Pietrangeli: he didn’t just win several matches but he also led the Italian national team. He was very charismatic, the true definition of a champion. 7 TENNIS Flavia Pennetta winner of the US Open 2015, she was the second ever Italian (after Francesca Schiavone) to have won a Grand Slam tournament, beating her fellow countryman Roberta Vinci in a historic all-Italian final. He decided to permanently abandon tennis at the end of the 2015 season, at the age of 33. Roberta Vinci is the winner of 10 WTA tournaments. At the US Open 2015 Roberta Vinci arrived in the final. 8 Football Francesco Totti was born in Rome on 27th September 1976 he spent all his entire career in Rome and is one of the most beloved player in the world. His love for his team is legendary in fact he has played in Rome since he was 16. 9 FOOTBALL Gianluigi Buffon is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Juventus team. He also captained the national team until his international retirement in 2017. He is widely regarded by players, pundits and managers as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. Paolo Maldini was born in Milan on 26th June 1968; he is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back and central defender for A.C. Milan and for the national team. He spent all 25 seasons of his career in the Serie A with Milan team, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009. 10 SKIING Deborah Compagnoni (born on 4th June 1970) is an Italian former Alpine skier who won three gold medals at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. Deborah is considered the best Italian female skier of all time. Alberto Tomba (born on 19th December 1966) is . a former World Cupalpine skier racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier (slalom and giant slalom) in the late 1980s and 1990s. 11 SKIING Federica Brignone (born on 14th July 1990) is an Italian World Cup alpine skier racer. She won three medals in the last winter olimpics games in Pyeong Chang (South Corea) Kristian Ghedina (born on 20th November 1969) is a former World Cupalpine skier racer from Italy. His thirteen victories are the most by an Italian downhill specialist in World Cup history. He is currently an auto racerand made his World Cup debut in 1989. 12 SWIMMING Federica Pellegrini (born on 5th August 1988) is one of the best Italian swimmers. She holds the women's 200 m freestyle world record (long course), and won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Federica became the first woman ever to break the 4 minute barrier in the 400 m freestyle. Filippo Magnini is an Italian retired competitive swimmer who was twice 100 metres freestyle World champion and three times European champion at that distance. 13 WATERPOLO Carlo Pedersoli (Bud Spencer) was born in Naples on October 31st , 1929. He was the first Italian to go below the minute in the 100 metres freestyle. He also played rugby, boxing and waterpolo. Actually in Italy there are male and female watwerpolo teams called «settebello» and «setterosa» 14 Founded in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš One of the world oldest sport movement Basics of sport activities in Czech lands Most popular sports in Czech Republic: football and ice hockey Various sports: cycling, athletic, volleyball, basketball, swimming, skiing, winter sports 2,5 milions professional and recreational sport athletes Do you sports on summer break? YES In sport survey more than 22% 78% NO children said they did not do 78% sports on summer break (* 15. february 1972 Kladno) Czech ice hockey player He played for the teams - Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers a Calgary Flames etc. He won 2 Stanley Cups (* 8th march 1990 Bílovec) Professional since 2006 In 2011 she was 2nd in WTA WTA – best player of the year Wimbledon winner 2011, 2014 27th may 1987 Nové Město na Moravě) Czech speed skater Started on the frozen pond Holder of records Also successful cyclist (* 20th May 1982 Plzeň) Czech football goalkeeper Currently at English Arsenal. He played for Chelsea. Holder of the Premier League record – 200 nulls The most matches for the Czech football. 2006 Fracture (* 23. march 1995 Praha) Czech snowboardist and Alpine skier She won 2 gold medals on Winter Olympics Games First who win two disciplines with different equipment. She is the world champion of snowboarding in parallel and giant parallel slalom. Winter Olympics games – 2 gold World cup – 2 gold, 1 silver Junior world cup – 2 gold Czech championship – 1 gold (* 15. November 1990 Jihlava) Czech wrestler and judist In 2016 he won Czech Athlete of the year Runner (19. september 1922 Kopřivnice – 21.november 2000 Prague) First person that run 10km track under 29 minutes. First person that run 20km track under 1 hour. 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games won the gold medal at the same day as his wife Gymnastics (3. may 1942 Praha – 30. august 2016 Prag) 4 times world champion The most successful czech olympic athlete 7 gold javelin throw *16. june 1966 Mladá Boleslav 3 times world champion and olympic winner 98,48 m 1996 WR (* 30. june 1981 Jablonec nad Nisou) javelin throw Twice world champion and olympic winner 72,28 m 2008 WR The race is included in the world championship MotoGP. Since 1950 in Brno – Masaryk circuit 5 riders died here 2017 – watched nearly 200,000 viewers and visited 90,000 Karel Abraham – *Brno, since 2001. He won in Estoril Jakub Kornfeil – more than 100 races, 3 medals Athletic meeting in Ostrava In last years the organizators brings many athletic stars Several world records were overcome at the meeting. Horse racing in Pardubice Previously it was most difficult race in Europe Longest tradition in CZE 6900 m long, 30 jumps Josef Váňa won 8 times In 2018 it will be 128th year The Czechs are most proud of Winter Olympic games 1998 in Nagano, where our ice hockey team won 1st place. Svoboda Number of participants – 7 9 gold medals 11 silver medals 11 brozne medals Total - 31 flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target, and is played using rules similar to golf. Registered player – more than 100,000. The most sucessfull - Gabriela Koukalová We acquired : 29 medals It became very popular Nové Mĕsto na Moravĕ – World Championship 2012 The first WC was in Prague in 1933 25x World Championship World champion ship Many players in NHL Nagano Olympic winners 1998 Gold championship hattrick 1999, 2000, 2001 Jaromír Jágr, Patrik Eliáš, Jakub Voráček Goalkeeper Petr Čech, Tomáš Rosický, Pavel Nedvĕd Playing since 1892 Over 16 000 clubs Over 300 000 registered players Sports in Norway Our sports Active Our team is Rival 4 tranings per week We like many different sports 93 percent Popular sports in Norway Norway is one of the best nationalities at winter activities 39 medals in the olympics Ole gunnar solskjær Molde fk and manchester united 366 games for united Retirement Comeback to molde in 2011 Sander svendsen Born in molde Senior level at age 14 Debut 9. May 2013 Youngest player in norway to win top division Ragnhild Mowinckel Alpint skier from Molde Gold medal at world championships Debut in zagreb Silver in this years winter olympics Molde fk Currently plays in the norwegian top divison 3 times league champions Participated in the champions league Aker stadion ‘’tornekrattet’’ Johannes høsflot Klæbo 21 years old Cross country skier Debut in world cup 2015-2016 9 victories in world cup 3 gold medals Work made by: João Ruben Patrícia Mamona Nelson Évora Birth: 20 April 1984, Abidjan (Costa de Birth: November 21, 1988 in São Jorge de Arroios Marfim). He is 33 years old today. (Lisbon) Modality: triple jump Modality: triple-jump Most important event: 8/2/2018, he managed Most important event:14.65 meters in Rio de Janeiro to get 17.30m in athletics meeting in Madrid in 2016 Vanessa Fernandes Naíde Gomes Birth: November 20, 1979 in São Tomé Birth: September 14, 1985, in Vila Nova de Gaia Modality: long jump Modality: triathlon Most important event: Olympic Medal Nobre Most important event: Olympic Medal Nobre Guedes and Guedes in 2006.