Tonya Harding’s Contributions and Achievements Tonya Harding was a tough, rugged, arduous, young girl with a lot of potential in the sport of figure skating. She had an aggressive, fiery spirit that made her stand out from the rest of the skaters. In addition, she had astonishing, breath-taking skills that made history. However, that isn't the only thing that made Tonya go down in history. Tonya had a very competitive nature like no other skater had. She used her ablaze spirit to her advantage winning her many titles. Including, her first national title in 1991, when she won a gold medal at the U.S championships and became the first woman to ever land a triple axel in competition. After this competition, she became a household name …show more content…
Tonya, with her phenomenal skating abilities, landed a spot right outside the podium taking fourth place in the 1992 Olympics right next to her fellow American teammate, Nancy Kerrigan. In the years to follow after the 1992 Olympics Tonya proceeded to thrive and was tied for The best figure skater in the world with her teammate Nancy Kerrigan. She was at an all-time high, and it seemed as though nothing could bring herself or her stupendous skating career down. However, on January 6, 1994, Tonya changed her prodigious skating career for good. Tonya Harding was behind one of the most atrocious attacks in sports history. She was behind a planned attack to take out one of her biggest competitors Nancy Kerrigan from competing in the 1994 Olympics. The hitman that was hired to commit the scandalous act, along with other people that agreed to sabatoshing the young Nancy Kerrigan's Olympic dreams portrayed an attack on the skater right before the United States championship competition. The hitman threw a black police baton at Nancy with a tremendous amount of strength hitting Nancy right in the kneecap, causing her to withdraw from the championships and miss a vast amount of
Hashtag MeToo. Does that sound familiar? The MeToo movement is one of the most influential movements of our time. According to cbsnews.com a movement that reached over 12 million posts on Facebook in just 24 hours. Most of you know the power of Me Too and some participants in it, such as Ashley Judd, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cara Delevingne, Lupita Nyong’o, Lindsay Lohan, and many more according to CNN. However, you probably do not know who began this powerful movement. Her name is Tarana Burke. Tarana Burke is a sexual assault survivor herself and began the Me Too Movement in 2006 when she was having trouble with comforting a young girl, who had confided in Burke about her sexual assault experience according to brown.edu.
Many RnB singers rank among the highest paid celebrities in the world. This isn’t a surprise, as RnB and its various sub-genres have been leading the popular music charts for decades. Big voices and slick dance moves often translate into successful careers and big paychecks. Here is a list of the 10 richest RnB singers in the world, who have earned extensive success through their music, tours and other various ventures.
Lori Greiner is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and television personality mainly known as a cast member of the reality TV show Shark Tank. She is an actress and appeared in Beyond the Tank (2015). Moreover, she is also a president of the company, For Your Ease Only, Inc.
playing when she was in middle school. Lisa Leslie started playing in high school, scored
To summarize, Tony Hawk is an incredible athlete and hero to many around the world. He has achieved many of his goals and encourages others to do the same. He has gone from skateboarding as a young child on a ramp in his driveway to some of the biggest skate parks all around. Though Hawk is retired, he will always be known as one of the greatest. Many look up to him not only for what he does but who he is.
Billie Jean King is known as not only one of the best female tennis players of all time, but also as one of the leading activist in the LGBT community. Billie Jean King was born on November 22, 1943 in Long Beach, California. As a child King decided that she wanted to be the best women’s tennis player in the world, and she accomplished her goal in 1967. She went on to win multiple grand slams and went down as one of the best to ever play the game. King was married for 22 years from 1965 to 1987 even though she came out as lesbian in 1981 amid a lawsuit from her former female lover. King was one of the first openly gay athletes and she did not shy away from the public scrutiny that came along with it at the time. She lost all her sponsorships
The FBI began investigating to determine who could have possibly wanted to harm the figure skater (Nye). They soon turned their attention to Kerrigan’s competition. Both Nancy Kerrigan and national figure skating champion Tonya Harding had been vying for their own spot on the upcoming United States Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team that was heading for the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics (Nye).
Tony Hawk is the best skate boarder in the world. He inspires kids all over the world to skate board and to be creative and make new tricks. Tony Hawk is my hero because he is one of the greatest skaters ever in the history of skateboarding. He also is my hero because he is a kind man who is not selfish with his money like other millionaires. He is also a great role model for skaters to look up to because he's so good at skating. He is one of my greatest role models on the planet.
...o break the world record in the Games, and Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba was able to win the same division three times. Additionally, Aleksandr Dityatin of Russia won a medal in all of the men’s gymnastics events, earning him the title of being the first athlete to win eight Olympic medals in one game. There was also a notable confrontation between British middle-runners, Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe.
Kyniska was born around 440 B.C.E in Sparta, an Ancient Greek city-state. She was the daughter and princess of a Eurpontid King, Archidamus II (“Genus Kyniska”, n.d., p.2). She was well known for one thing and one thing only, her Olympic victory. She won the 96th and 97th Olympic chariot race based off of official records (supportforstudents.msu.edu, n.d., p.1). She was also well known for a famous quote that was documented during one of her winning ceremonies.
It is evident that Jesse Owens proved to the world what no one at the time believed could be achieved. At a time when Blacks were not equal, there was no appreciation possible in the eyes of the Americans until the civil rights movement following after the cold war. Jesse Owens dealt with much more than any African American could ever imagine. Regardless of his immense achievements, Owens did not receive recognition for such important winnings until several years after the 1936 Olympics. Despite the hate that Owens received, he was able to surpass such negativity by being involved in other organizations and through this, Owens was victorious not only on the track but also as normal human being.
was brave to slap the dictator. She was stronger than him, and she was incredible.
Gabby Douglas was the first African-American female gymnast in Olympic history to become the individual All-Around champion. In the 2012 Olympic Games, she won gold in the team competition and the individual competition. She is a gymnastics phenom. From the beginning of her career to where she is today, she has been a true trooper through everything. Gabrielle Douglas is an inspiration to me and many others because she overcame being homeless,moved in with a new family, and won Olympic gold in gymnastics.
Overall, Isadora Duncan was an amazing and revolutionary person. She discovered intense emotions and a strong spirituality within herself, within her soul. She transformed her discoveries into a dance in order to share it with the world.
The 400 relay was my best event. We placed in every meet and even took home some medals as the season progressed. As the track year rounded for the home stretch, we had only three more meets to compete in: the Tiger Invitational, regionals, and state.