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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 Skiing Football Swimming

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Fencing is an Olympic discipline. Sword:

It is a fair fight between two athletes.

There are three types of blades: sword, : 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 Olympics in both the individual and the team competition and the silver at Rio 2016.

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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.

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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. : 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 ) to have won a 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 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 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 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 . He was the dominant technical skier (slalom and ) 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 (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 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.

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WATERPOLO

Carlo Pedersoli (Bud Spencer) was born in 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»

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 Founded in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš  One of the world oldest sport movement  Basics of sport activities in Czech lands  Most popular sports in : 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 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

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. () Modality: triple jump Modality: triple-jump Most important event: 8/2/2018, he managed Most important event:14.65 meters in to get 17.30m in athletics meeting in 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: Most important event: Nobre Most important event: Olympic Medal Nobre Guedes and Guedes in 2006. First place in the half Ironman in 2017 with 4: 33.12 hours on September 3, 2017.

Rosa Mota

Jéssica Augusto Birth: June 29, 1958 in Porto Modality: race Birth: November 8, 1981 in Paris Most important event: Olympic Medal Nobre Modality: middle-long and cross-country races Guedes in 1981 Most important event: She was European champion in 2010, participated in two editions of the Olympic Games, having the best performance the 7th place in the Olympic marathon of London.

Ana Cabecinha

Birth: April 29, 1984 in Santiago Maior (Beja) Modality: 5000 meters, 10000 meters and 20 km march Most important event: 2010 in San Fernando of 10 km that conquered the gold medal Birth: December 27, 1985 in Lisbon, Modality: Most important event: 2015 in (Azerbaijan)

Telma Monteiro

Emanuel Silva

Fernando pimenta

Birth: August 13, 1989 in Ponte de Lima Birth: December 4, 1985 in Braga Modality: canoeing Modality: sprinter in the of canoeing Most important event: On August 27, 2017, Sagra Most important event: His last gold medal was in became world champion in K1 5000 in the Czech Republic 2011 and on May 27, 2015 he became Grand Officer when finishing the race in 20: 46.907. In the same week, of the Infante D. Henrique he had already won the silver medal in K1 1000 meters the day before.

Ricardo Quaresma Nani

Birth: November 17, 1986 in Amadora Birth: September 26, 1983 in Lisbon Modality: footbal Modality: football Most important event: EURO 2016 Most important event: EURO 2016 Pepe Rui Patrício

Birth: February 26, 1983 in Maceió () Birth: February 15, 1988 in Leiria Modality: football Modality: football Most important event: EURO 2016 Most important event: EURO 2016 Luís Figo Deco

Birth: November 4, 1972 in Birth: August 27, 1977 in São Lisbon Bernardo do Campo (Brazil) Modality: ex footballer Modality: ex footballer

Birth: February 5, 1985 in Funchal Modality: football Most important event: EURO 2016 Carlos Resende

Gilberto Duarte

Birth: May 29, 1971 Modality: former of handball player. Birth: July 6, 1990 Modality: handball Sports in Most relevant sports events

● Football ● Tennis ● Basketball ● Cycling ● Swimming ● Motorcycling Football

Football is one of the most important sport in Spain. The most dominant football clubs: ● FC ● Real Madrid CF. The famous Tiki-taka

Our accomplishment

● 1964 UEFA European Champions ● 2008 UEFA European Champions ● 2012 UEFA European Champions ● 2010 FIFA World Cup winners.

Our best coach was Vicente del Bosque. He actually has a better track record as a coach. Now our couch is Julen Lopetegui.

Tennis

Is considered as an elite sport in Spain.

Rafael Nadal and Garbiñe Muguruza are the best tennis players in Spain.

● Spain has won the Roland Garros tournament. ● In addition, Spain has also won the five times and the Federation Cup five times too.

Basketball

Basketball is a popular sport in Spain. The ACB League.

The two best Spanish basketball teams: F.C. Barcelona and Real Madrid F.C.

The Spanish men's basketball team won in the 2006 Mundobasket of Japan. Spain has given great players to this sport as Pau Gasol who became the second Spaniard to play in the NBA. Cycling

Cycling has been a very important sport in Spain since the 1940s.

``LA VUELTA A ESPAÑA´´is one of the most important cycling events in the world.

The most successful Spanish cyclist in history is Miguel Indurain.

Alberto Contador is the only Spanish cyclist to win the three major laps.

The Spanish cycling team has won a total of 19 medals. Swimming

Varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and individual medley.

At present, Mireia Belmonte and Erika Villaécija have obtained the best results winners of several medals in different international championships.

MOTORCYCLING - 300km/h - 64º lean angle

mmm - High danger

SPEED

MOTORCYCLING MOTOCROSS/TRIAL

FREE STYLE MARC MÁRQUEZ ALENTÁ

- Winner of six worldwide motorcycle championship in three different categories. - He has accumulated 35 victories, 62 podiums and 89 races.

JORGE LORENZO - Second time champion in 250cc and third time world champion in Motogp.

- He has accumulated 44 victories and 107 podiums in MotoGP.

DANIEL PEDROSA - He got to be subchampion and got to get third, fourth and fifth in MotoGP.

- He has accumulated 31 victories and 112 podiums.

SPANISH SPORTSPEOPLE MORE FEATURED

MIREIA BELMONTE RAFA NADAL

FERNANDO ALONSO

ALBERTO CONTADOR PAU AND MARC GASOL RAFA NADAL

● Parera was born in Mallorca, Spain in 1986.

● He is a professional tennis player, currently, ranked world No. 2 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)

● His evolution into an all-court threat has established him as one of the greatest tennis players ever.

Life story

Since he was a little boy he was very interested in sports, practicing both soccer and tennis. Very soon, Rafael had to choose between these two sports disciplines to finally opt for tennis.

Already in 2004, Rafa got together with his teammates of the Spanish Selection the salad bowl of the Davis Cup, his first great title.

Accomplishments

Distinción nacional Medalla de Oro – Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo207​ 2006 Medalla de Oro al Mérito en el Trabajo208​209​ 2014 Medalla de Oro de Madrid210​ Hijo Adoptivo de Madrid211​212​ 2007 2014 Hijo Predilecto de Manacor213​ 2010 Medalla «Grand Vermeil» de París214​215​ 2015 Premio Nacional del Deporte «Mejor deportista español del año»216​ 2006, 2008 Doctor Honoris Causa por la UEM217​ 2015 Premio Resiliencia 2014 por el IER 2014 Premio Príncipe de Asturias de los Deportes218​ Rafa Nadal´s Qualities

● Talent/Maximum effort

● Competitive mind

● Self Confident

● Positive thinking

● Modesty

● Enjoy Rafa Nadal Academy

In 2016, Rafa Nadal launched his Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor, by Movistar, an academy with the aim of transmitting all the lessons learned by young tennis players throughout his career.

Mental training consists of developing the mental strength of the student, fundamental to overcome adversities. This is one of the aspects that are reinforced in the programs of the Academy because, as we have pointed out on other occasions, we understand that tennis of the present and the future is played first with the "eyes", then with the "mind". ", later with the" legs "and finally with the" hands ".

MIREIA BELMONTE

- November, 10th, 1990, Barcelona.

- She started competing due a doctor recommendation.

- She got a grant in the Catalan Swimming Federation.

- She competed on the Rio Olympic Games, winning gold and bronze.

FERNANDO ALONSO

LVS1376360003102400 • July 29th 1981, Asturias.

• He competes with the team of Mclaren .

• He has achieved worldwide records.

• He won twice the world championship of Formula one.

PAU AND MARC GASOL

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- June 6th 1980, Barcelona. - January 29th 1985, Barcelona. - He plays for San Antonio Spurs team. - He plays for the Memphis Grizzlies team. - He is the second Spanish player to play in the - In 2013 he was chosen as the NBA best NBA. defender.

ALBERTO CONTADOR

• December 6th 1982, Madrid.

• He has raced in teams like Discovery Channel.

• He is considered one of the greatest track cyclists in the history of cycling.

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