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      <title>What qualities make your favorite athlete a role model both in their sport and in life? 
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-	Choose an athlete
-	Main facts: age, family and siblings, nationality, education
-	Introduce and describe their sport, how long have they been active
-	Name their main achievements
-	Talk about their goals for their future career
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Cristiano Ronaldo</p><p><br/></p><p>Ronaldo is 40 years old, he has a wife, 5 kids, a mother, his dad unfortunately died due to alchoholism.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ronaldo has an older brother and 2 older sisters.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ronaldo is Portugese.</p><p><br/></p><p>He went to Escola e Secundaria Gonçalves Zarco school.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ronaldo has played football for 31 years.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ronaldo main achivement is winning the European soccer cup.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ronaldo's main goal for the future is to stay in shape, ready for Portugal duty.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Lesson 27 athletes </p><p>Hello my name is Kristofer.</p><p>I chose Lionel Messi for my athlete .</p><p>He’s 37 years old.</p><p>He has 3 children Mateo,Thiago ,Ciro and a wife who’s name is Antonela Roccuzzo.</p><p>Lionel Messi is from Argentina .</p><p>He went to Las Heras elementary school .</p><p><br/></p><p>Lionel Messi’s sport is playing football.</p><p>He has played football for 21 years.</p><p>His main achievements:</p><p>•8 Ballon d’Or awards</p><p>•6 European Golden Shoes</p><p>•FIFA the best men’s player</p><p>•Most assists in football history</p><p>Messis future goals is to retire from football and become a football coach</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-05-05 13:19:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sunisa Lee has worked hard so now she is a key member of the American gymnastics team, she is very pretty and Sunisa Lee is organised that she has plans for the future already.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Kobe Bryant </p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Hi! I chose Kobe Bryant </p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Kobe was 41 years old when he died on a helicopter crash with his daughter Gianna </p><p>He had 4 kids and a wife only him and his daughter died in that helicopter crash </p><p>He has 2 sisters and a mom and a dad , unfortunately his dad died due to a massive stroke .</p><p><br/></p><p>Kobe was  an American professional <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball">basketball</a> player. A <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_guard">shooting guard</a>, he <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_players_who_have_spent_their_entire_career_with_one_franchise">spent his entire 20-year career</a> with the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA).</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Kobe Bryant <strong>wanted to be the best basketball player of all time</strong>. This was his “think big”. Throughout this, I'm sure he had many SMART goals. From championships, to MVPs to scoring titles. </p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Simone Biles is a great role model because she always tries her best in life and in gymnastics. She also stands up for what is right like caring for your mental health and fairness</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-05-05 16:00:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>I chose Kelly Sildaru</strong></p><p>She is 23 years old, Estonian and her parents are Tõnis Sildaru, Lilian Sildaru and a brother Henry Sildaru.</p><p>Kelly Sildaru is an Estonian Olympic freestyle skier, named the female Estonian Athlete of the Year twice (2019, 2022). Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprimising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. She has been active since she was 13 (2016), still in the present too.</p><p>She became the youngest gold medalist to date at Winter X Games event and the first person to win a Winter C Games medal for Estonia. Sildaru is the first woman ever to land a switch 1260° Mute and a 1440° during a competition. Despite being the gold medal favourite for the women’s slopestyle event in 2018 Winter Olympics, she missed competing in the Games because of a knee injury.</p><p>Her main goal hasn’t been mentioned anywhere, the only thing that’s mentioned are her achievements.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-05-05 16:05:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Kelly Sildaru is a great role model because she works hard and never gives up. She’s also very kind and humble and breaks stereotypes.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>I chose Jesper Tjäder</p><p><br/></p><p>Age: 30 years old</p><p><br/></p><p>Nationality: Sweden</p><p><br/></p><p>He’s a Swedish freestyle skier. He started skiing when he was around 4 years old and has won many events like : Swatch Nines-Big Air, Fis Freestyle Skiing World Cup and Red Bull PlayStreets. </p><p><br/></p><p>His home mountain and its people created the love Tjäder feels towards the sport. He explains: “ I think the ski culture up here in Jämtland made me good at skiing.”</p><p><br/></p><p>His goals for the future is to push the sport and come up with tricks that no one has ever done before, or maybe only a few.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>I chose Lionel Messi because I don't know alot of athletes so he is by default my favourite, his qualities that make him my favourite is that he plays football and I used to play it too.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-05-05 16:35:38 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>David Beckham</p><p><br/></p><p>David Beckham is 49 years old, he has four kids and a sister and a brother.David Beckham nationality is <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://English.Ge">English.He</a> went to two schools. David Beckham played football .He ended his football career when he had played football for 21 years.His main achievement is when he won the Premier title six times.His qualitie is that his brave.</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Hello! I am Oskar Robin Pahk and I chose Erki Nool.</p><p><br/></p><p>Erki Nool was born on June 25, 1970, so he is currently 54 years old. He comes from a large family. His father is Lembit Nool. Erki is married to Kadri Kivine. They have three children. Erki Nool is Estonian. He is an alumnus of Tallinn University. He was a professional decathlete. The decathlon is a demanding track and field event. He was active from 1992 until his retirement in 2005.</p><p>His main achievements are the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon (Sydney 2000) and the European champion (1998). He later got active in politics and education.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>I choose <strong><em>Edoardo Mangiarotti</em></strong></p><p>Age: 93 (died in 2012)</p><p>Nationality: <strong><em>Italian</em></strong></p><p>Family/siblings: <strong><em>Edoardo Mangiarotti was born in famous fencing family on 7th April  1919 Giuseppe Mangiarotti, a Milanese  fencing master and 17 times national epee champion, planned his sons championship career and molded him into an awkward opponent by converting a natural right-hander to a left-hander. He had two brothers "Dario Mangiarotti" won world title in Cario 1949 and 1 gold and 2 silver medals in the Olympics and second brother mario Mangiarotti was also a fencer. </em></strong></p><p>Sport:<strong><em> </em>Fencing is a combat sport by using sword fighting they  have diffrent types of swords: foil, epee andd sabre. Fencing was introduced about in between 17th and 19th centuries  in Europe.</strong> <strong><em>Eduardo was active almost half of his life and retired in 1961.</em></strong></p><p>Achivments: <strong>Won 6 Olympic Games, Won 13 World Championships and 2 Mediterranean Games.</strong></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>As my favorite athlete i chose Kimmy Repond. Her full name is Kimmy Vivienne Repond and she was born in 2006 on the 18th of October in Switzerland.</p><p>She is a Swiss figure skater and first started skating when she was 4 years old. She has two older sisters (Sidonie and Jérômie) and one younger sister (Caline). Her father René is a management consultant, and her mother Claudia is a lawyer. Her coach is her sister Jérômie Repond.</p><p>She is the 2023 European bronze medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a 7x National champion. Her current biggest goal is to compete in the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan.</p><p>She loves music not only on the ice but also at the piano. She loves finding new pieces and playing them on the piano. She loves animals and she has three cats. She often looks after her older sister's dog.</p><p>Kimmy loves to cook and tries to eat as little meat as possible.</p><p>After her figure skating career she plans to pursue a career in medicine to help people.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>I choose Kelly Simm because i don't really have a favourite athlete. </p><p>Kelly Simm is 30 years old. She was born on 23rd April 1995.  Kelly Simm is from England and she has one brother (Alex Simm). She goes to Dynamo School of Gymnastics. She does gymnastics and she has been active since 2013. In 2015, Kelly  competed at the English Gymnastics Championships in Loughborough, England and got third place.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Hi, I chose Babe Ruth. </p><p><br/></p><p>He was 53 years old when he passed away in August 16,  1948.</p><p>Babe's parents separated him and his siblings from a early age so most of them are unknown but Mary is a sister that is known. </p><p>Babe's mother, Kate was a homemaker and his father, George was a tavern owner.</p><p><br/></p><p>Babe Ruth was an american. Half German on his father's side and half irish on his mother's side but if asked his nationality then he was american.</p><p><br/></p><p>Despite Babe Ruth's limited education, he had natural talent in baseball and won a lot of places.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ruth began playing baseball at a young age while he was at a school made for boys. </p><p>He played baseball and other sports. </p><p>Professional play started in 1914 for him, when he was 19 years old. </p><p>Ruth played 22 seasons. He played with the Boston Braves till he retired in 1935. Ruth retired baseball at 40 years old.</p><p><br/></p><p>He was the first one to hit 60 home runs. Ruth won 7 world series titles during his career with the Boston red sox. </p><p><br/></p><p>Ruth wanted the game of baseball to be more known and played.</p><p>He also wanted to keep his legacy in a good place. After retirement Ruth wanted to spent a lot more time with his family. He wanted to be more with his children and wife. </p><p><br/></p><p>Ruth died due a illness, he died in 1948 at the age of 53 and many of his goals went unfulfilled. However, he now inspires a lot of baseball players and kept the game more popular with his legacy.</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Novak Djokovic</p><p>I chose Novak Djokovic because he has been my role model for 5 years</p><p>He plays tennis and he has a brother Marko Djokovic and sister(i think) Djordje Djokovic</p><p>He is Serbian and 37 years old</p><p>He has won a lot grand slams(24 alone)</p><p>He has been ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a record 428 weeks across a record 13 different years, and finished as the year-end No.1 a record 8 times</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><sup>hello i am Georg and i chose Magnus Kirt.</sup></p><p><sup>I chose Magnus because he is my friend and trainer.</sup></p><p><sup>Magnus is 35 years old born on 10th April 1990, he has one child Lukas- Enzo Kirt with his life partner Laura Ikauniece (she was my trainer too). His father was the mai coach of Estonian luge team Peeter Kirt. Magnus went to Tõrva Gymnasium (he was born in Tõrva and lived there his whole childhood). He graduated in 2009 and after that he studied business in Tallinn University of technology. Career: At the 2014 European Championships in Zurich, she placed 22nd in the javelin with a score of 74.33.</sup></p><p><sup>In July 2015, at the Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, she placed 8th with a score of 76.65.</sup></p><p><sup>At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, she placed 22nd with a score of 78.84.</sup></p><p><sup>At the 2017 World Championships in London, she placed 11th with a score of 80.48.</sup></p><p><sup>At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, she placed 2nd with a score of 86.21.</sup></p><p><sup>2018</sup></p><p><sup>change</sup></p><p><sup>In 2018, she set three Estonian records in the javelin. The latest of these was on 13 July 2018 at the IAAF Diamond League stage in Rabat, Morocco, with a score of 89.75.[2] The previous Estonian record was set on 5 June 2018 at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland with a time of 88.73.[3] The previous Estonian record was 88.45, set two days earlier at the Gustav Sule Memorial Games in Tartu. Kirt also holds the world record for left-handed javelin throwers.[4]</sup></p><p><sup>At the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, he won the bronze medal with a time of 85.96.[5]</sup></p><p><sup>2019</sup></p><p><sup>change</sup></p><p><sup>In 2019, Kirt has improved the Estonian record twice – on 20 June in Ostrava, Czech Republic, he threw over 90 metres for the first time, winning the IAAF World Challenge series with a time of 90.34. Two days later, at the traditional javelin throw competition in Kuortane, Finland, he improved the Estonian record to 90.61.[6] With this result, Kirt became the leader of the world season rankings. On 29 August, Kirt won the Diamond League final in Zurich, throwing 89.13 on her final attempt.[7]</sup></p><p><sup>At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Kirt qualified second behind Vetter with a score of 88.36. Kirt's best throw of the final, a second attempt of 86.21, earned Kirt the silver medal, won by Grenada's javelin thrower Peters with a score of 86.89. Kirt suffered a shoulder injury on her fifth attempt, which required surgery.</sup></p>]]></description>
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