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Friday, 8 July 2011

Caroline Burckle American international swimmer

Caroline Burckle born June 24, 1986 in Louisville, Kentucky is an American international swimmer who is an Olympic bronze medalist.
Contents
* 1 Swimming career
o 1.1 Collegiate career
o 1.2 2005-2007
o 1.3 2008 Olympics
o 1.4 2009 National Championships
* 2 Personal bests
* 3 Personal
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Swimming career
Collegiate career
Burckle attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2005 to 2008. She was named the 2008 NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year by virtue of winning two individual NCAA swimming titles and breaking the oldest-standing women's NCAA swimming record by swimming a 4:33.60 in the 500-yard freestyle.
2005-2007
In 2005, Burckle was selected to compete at the World Championships in Montreal. She swam in the preliminaries of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay for the gold-medal-winning U.S. team.
At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Burckle won the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle.
2008 Olympics
See also: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Burckle placed fourth in the 200 -meter freestyle, earning a place on the Olympic swim team for the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Burckle also placed fourth in the 400-meter freestyle and fifth in the 800-meter freestyle in Omaha.
At the 2008 Olympic Games, Burckle earned a bronze medal swimming in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Burckle swam the lead-off leg in the preliminary heats in 1:57.86, and was selected to swim in the final. She swam the third leg of the final in 1:56.70.
2009 National Championships
At the 2009 National Championships, Burckle placed third in the 400-meter freestyle, barely missing the chance to compete a the 2009 World Championships Burckle was, however, named to the 2009–2010 U.S. National Team.
Personal bests
Long Course
Stroke Distance Time Date
Freestyle 200 m 1:57.86 Aug 2008
Freestyle 400 m 4:05.09 June 2008
Freestyle 800 m 8:32.26 June 2008

Caroline Burckle

cristiano ronaldo highest-paid football player in the world

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, Portuguese pronunciation: ; born 5 February 1985 commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a right winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is to be paid £11 million per year over the following six years, makes him the highest-paid football player in the world, and values him at €1 billion as per his buyout clause.
Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, then moved to Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and signed the 18-year-old for £12.24 million in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup and played at Euro 2004 with Portugal. Ronaldo scored his first international goal in the opening game of the tournament against Greece, although Greece won 2–1. Portugal reached the final, which they again lost to Greece.
Ronaldo was the first player to win all four main PFA and FWA awards, doing so in 2007. In 2008, Ronaldo won the Champions League with United, was named best forward and player of the tournament and was the competition's top goalscorer as well as winning the European Golden Shoe, becoming the first winger to do so, and topping the Premier League Golden Boot award. He won three of the four main PFA and FWA trophies, only missing the PFA Young Player of the Year, and was named the FIFPro, World Soccer and Onze d'Or Footballer of the Year and the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to becoming Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or winner in 40 years. Ronaldo holds the distinction of being the first player to win the FIFA Puskás Award, an honour handed by FIFA to the best goal of the year. He scored that goal from 40 yards out against FC Porto in a UEFA Champions League quarter-final match, while playing for Manchester United. Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff said in an interview on 2 April 2008, "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United."

On 15 May 2011, Ronaldo became the highest goalscorer in a season in the history of Real Madrid with 51 goals, surpassing the club's previous high of 49 by Ferenc Puskás. He would later finish the season with a total of 53 goals, making him the first Real Madrid player to ever reach and surpass 50 goals in a season. Six days later, Ronaldo broke the record of most goals ever scored in a season in La Liga with 40, surpassing Telmo Zarra's mark established in 1951 and Hugo Sanchez's mark matched in 1990. Ronaldo also broke Zarra's record of most goals per minute, with a goal scored every 70.7 minutes. The newspaper Marca, the official deliverer of the Pichichi Trophy (the top La Liga goalscorer award), claimed that Ronaldo scored 41 goals. By doing so, he won the European Golden Shoe award once again, becoming the first player to win the trophy in two different championships.

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Liudmila Postnova Russian team handball player

Lyudmila Grigoryevna Postnova Russian: Людмила Григорьевна Постнова born August 11, 1984 in Yaroslavl is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team. She won gold medal with the Russian winning team at the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship in Saint Petersburg, Russia, again at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in France, and once more at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, when she was also given the title of Most Valuable Player of the championship. She has been playing for Russian club Lada Togliatti since 2004 to 2009. Since 2010, she is playing for Zvezda Zvenigorod.

Liudmila Postnova

Thursday, 7 July 2011

kwan michelle American figure skater

Michelle Wingshan Kwan simplified Chines; traditional Chinese:sinyin: Guān Yǐngshān; Jyutping: gwaan1 wing6 saan1; born July 7, 1980 is an American figure skater. She is a two-time (1998 & 2002) Olympic medalist, a five-time (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 & 2003) World champion (a record bettered only by Sonja Henie among ladies skaters) and a nine-time (1996, 1998–2005) U.S. champion (the all-time record, as tied with Maribel Vinson-Owen).

She competed at a high level for over a decade and is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history. Known for her consistency and expressive artistry on ice, she is widely considered one of the greatest figure skaters of all time.
For well over a decade, Kwan maintained her status not only as America's most popular figure skater but as one of America's most popular female athletes, consistently making the top ten on many such polls and lists (often as the only figure skater) even years after she had stopped competing.During the decade of her reign Kwan enjoyed unprecedented popularity and amassed numerous multi-million dollar endorsement deals, starred in multiple TV specials and was the subject of extensive media coverage
Contents
* 1 Personal life
* 2 Public life
o 2.1 Ambassadorship endeavors
o 2.2 Filmography
o 2.3 Other activities
* 3 Competitive biography
o 3.1 Summary
o 3.2 Early competition
o 3.3 Artistic development and 1998 Olympics
o 3.4 From 1998 to 2002 Olympics
o 3.5 2002–2006
+ 3.5.1 2006 Olympics
o 3.6 2006–present
* 4 Awards and accolades
* 5 Programs
* 6 Competitive highlights
o 6.1 Post-1998
o 6.2 Pre-1998
* 7 References
* 8 External links

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Saturday, 2 July 2011

Agnes Szavay tennis player from Hungray

Ágnes Szávay Hungarian: Szávay Ágnes, pronounced ; born December 29, 1988 a professional tennis player from Hungary. She is the country's highest ranked tennis player. She was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2007. She achieved her career high ranking of World No. 13 on April 14, 2008.
Contents
* 1 Background
* 2 Tennis career
o 2.1 2006
o 2.2 2007
o 2.3 2008
o 2.4 2009
o 2.5 2010
o 2.6 2011
* 3 WTA Tour finals
o 3.1 WTA Tour singles finals (7)
o 3.2 WTA Tour doubles finals (8)
o 3.3 ITF Circuit wins
+ 3.3.1 Singles (3)
+ 3.3.2 Doubles (3)
* 4 Singles performance timeline
* 5 Doubles Performance Timeline
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Szávay was born in Kiskunhalas, Hungary and grew up in Soltvadkert, Hungary. She started to play tennis at the age of six, with her parents acting as her first coaches and managers. Her previous coaches were Zoltán Újhidy, Levente Barátosi, Miklós Hornok, József Bocskay, Zoltán Kuharszky, Karl-Heinz Wetter and Gábor Köves. She has a younger sister, Blanka, who is five years younger than her and currently plays on the junior circuit.
Tennis career
2006
In 2006 she made it to the final of the Ashland Challenger tournament, but lost there to Aleksandra Wozniak 6–1, 7–6 (2).
2007

Agnes Szavay