Michael Phelps was born on June 30th, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the 3rd child of Debbie and Fred Phelps. Michael has grown up to be a world renown Olympic swimmer with 28 Olympic medals; 18 of those being gold. He has set world records at as young as age 15 and instantly America fell in love with him. Michael’s parents got divorced when he was only 9 years old and he lived with his mom and sisters in the Baltimore area. Michael was inspired to learn swimming after his 2 sisters joined the swim team, but swimming wasn’t the only sport he participated in. He also was on the soccer, baseball, and lacrosse teams throughout his childhood. Believe it or not, when Michael first started swimming he was too scared to swim with his head underwater so he would only swim on his back, already differentiating him from the other kids. After watching his first Olympics, 1996, Phelps knew that was what he wanted too do. With hard and rigorous training, Phelps made the the U.S. National team and became the youngest male, American swimmer to ever compete in the Olympics. Michael’s career just boosted from there. In the next couple years he became the youngest swimmer to set records in the Phelps struggled during 2014; getting a DWI and contemplating suicide. Phelps “thought the world would just be better off without me[him] ... I[he] figured that was the best thing to do — just end my[his] life”(Metaxes). Even with all the good he has done he struggled with knowing he he really was. He believed he disappointed his family and that he was of no good use. Thankfully his good friend, Ray Lewis, gave Phelps the book“The Purpose-Driven Life” by Rick Warren(Metaxas). This book saved Phelps life and drove him away from suicide by showing him that he had a purpose. Phelps showed many people that even if you have everything, you can still be unhappy. And that you can beat suicide and find your reason to
He began swimming at the age of nine for safety reasons. In light of, a swim coach saw the capacity he exhibited and asked if he wanted to join the swim team for competitive swimmers. In a matter of time, Jarrod was moving up in the levels of the competitive swim club. It was only a matter of 3 years that he moved up to the final level which is exceptionally well since he was a fifth grader in a high school level. To the present he only swims for high school and has made state every year so far. During his sophomore year Jarrod won second in the 200 IM in the state of Oklahoma for 5a
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana to parents Katherine and Joseph Jackson. He was the eighth child born out of ten living in a two-bedroom home. Jackson 's father, Joseph Jackson, a former boxer, worked as a crane operator in the steel mill. His father also played the guitar in a rhythm and blues with a band called The Falcons to support the family.
Michael Jordan was born on February 17th, 1963 to father James and mother Delores Jordan (King, Jason). Although the Jordans put real emphasis on academics over athletics, they encouraged Michael to practice hard, set high but realistic goals, and keep his grades up after learning that he had athletic skills. Michael preferred baseball and football to basketball, but one he hit high school he decided to play professional basketball (Michael Jordan).
From the words of Magic Johnson, "There's Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us". Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York on the 17th of February in 1963. On this significant day, a
...n Olympics. He will forever be on of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen even with all the racism that stood in his way.
Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. Jordan's family moved to moved to Wilmington, North Carolina while he was young along with his three siblings. He attended Ogden Elementary School, and later Trask Junior High School. Jordan attended Emsley A. Laney High School, where he anchored his athletic career by playing baseball, football, and basketball ("Michael Jordan" Wikipedia). When jordan was twelve, he played with his local baseball team called the Babe Ruth All-stars. Jordan helped his team win there championship (Mattern 79). As A freshman at Laney, Jordan was cut from the varsity team and was reduced to playin junior varsity. His sophmore year he was cut from the varsity team once again, but this time, his best friend Leroy Smith, made the team. When Michael found out he did not make the team, he said:
Michael was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. He lived with his 5 siblings, and his Parents. The Jackson family was poor, but managed to get by in their little house on, coincidentally-named, Jackson St. The Jackson brothers were born into a musical life. Their father, Joseph had previous musical experience with his blues group, The Falcons. Unfortunately their career did not take off, and they eventually broke up. Joseph saw something in his children. He saw what they were capable of, musically, and in the early 1960’s formed a group with Michael’s three older brothers, Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine known as, “The Jackson Brothers”. Michael at a very young age was influenced by artists such as Sammy Davis Jr., Smokey Robinson, and James Brown. At the age of only five years old, his mother would watch him singing and dancing along to old James Brown 45s, and she knew there was something special in him. (Jackson, “Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon). Michael was presented to his brothers and father, and was a quick addition to the Jackson’s musical group, taking over his brother, Jermaine’s position as lead singer. Joinin...
Jesse Owens, who was born in the southern state of Alabama, was a frail African American boy. Owens parents made the courageous decision when he was nine years old to move north in hopes to find a positive atmosphere for their family. Owens was never involved in sports because of his size, until his middle school coach recruited and trained him to be a member of the track team. Owens practiced until he got it right and made his way through multiple track events during his high school career.
Born on August 29, 1958 to a strict working class family in Gary, Indiana. Michael Jackson has gone through personal scandal, family squabbles and numerous career quakes but Michael Joseph Jackson remains one of the planet's best known figures. Jackson has spent almost his entire life as a public performer. He was the founder member of the Jackson Five at the age of four, soon becoming their lead vocalist and frontman. This implies Jackson has started his career at a very early age to gradually become one good public personality and famous. For this and for other reasons, he deserves praise and to be praised.
On August 11, 2014, Robin Williams was pronounced dead in his home in Tiburon, California (Itzkoff). The official cause of death was suicide by asphyxia due to hanging. There was a pocket knife found near his body and he had several fresh cuts on his left wrist. The toxicology reports revealed that there was no evidence of illegal drugs in his system and only normal levels of prescription medication (Robin Williams Biography.com). After his death it was revealed that he had suffered from Lewy Body Dementia. Lewy Body Dementia is a degenerative condition in which nerve cells in the brain are blocked by protein clumps. People who suffer from this condition develop memory and language issues and experience vivid hallucinations. Some medication that is used to treat Parkinson’s disease can make the symptoms worse. Robin Williams family believes that Lewy Body Dementia was a key factor in his suicide even though there is no research provided that proves this (Robin Williams Had Lewy Body Dementia). Even though Robin Williams death was a very unfortunate event, the legacy he left behind is still present today. Just one week after his death, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline had a fifty percent increase in calls. Also after he died, there seemed to be much more conversation about suicide. This
Most people don’t really know where Michael Jordan was born. They think he was born some where other than where he was actually born. He was really born in Brooklyn, New York (Michael Jordan’s, 1999). Later in his childhood his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina (Michael Jordan’s, 1999). He attended and graduated from Laney High School in Wilmington. Now Michael can be found living in Highland Park with his family and dog. He has a wife, Juanita, and has three children; Jeffrey; Marcus; and Jasmine (Michael Jordan’s, 1999).
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics. It is said that there are two categories of divers they 're those who perform with magnificent skill, grace, beauty, and courage then there is Greg Louganis. He was born in San Diego, California in 1960 was adopted by Peter and Frances Louganis as a young boy Greg faced a lot of obstacles. He had a very difficult relationship with his father who was abusive towards him in a physical way. Greg was also suffering in the eyes of his peers who would make fun of him because of his dyslexia. Soon he began to head into the direction of sports he figured out that he excelled amazingly in any sport he took dance and gymnastics classes
Phelps was born to his parents, Fred and Debbie, on June 30, 1985 (JockBio: Michael Phelps Biography). He has two sisters, Whitney and Hilary (JackBio: Michael Phelps Biography). Both of them took up swimming when they were young and Michael followed in their footsteps (JackBio: Michael Phelps Biography). Phelps started competing and being involved with the U.S. swimming teams in 1999 (JackBio: Michael Phelps Biography). He competed in the Olympics representing the United States when he was just 15 years old (JackBio: Michael Phelps Biography). He started breaking world records and becoming known in the “swimming world” (JackBio: Michael Phelps Biography). Phelps was being compared to swimming greats and companies began wanting his endorsements (JackBio: Michael Phelps Biography). Then came the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Michael qualified for eight events and won gold in all eight events (JackBio: Michael Phelps Biography). President George W. Bush got to watch from the stands as Michael Phelps won his first race, the 400-meter individual medley, beating the world record. When Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly he was also “secur...
Lance Armstrong began winning races and some of several stages of the Tour De France, and many more. At age 25, Armstrong looked like one of thebest professional cyclist in world, but in 1996 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. While undergoing his treatment, Armstrong had to go through two surgeries. One was to remove the cancerous testicle, and the other was to take out the two cancerous lesions from his brain. During his treatment, Armstrong created the Lance Armstrong Foundation which helps people with their struggle to beat cancer and to find a cure. Lance Armstrong would continue to race after his cancer, and only 3 years later he won the Tour De Fran...
Finish, Finish, Go, and Go you just set the new world record. Every four years lots of people gather around a pool cheering for Olympians. It is a very noisy place. A lot of Olympians that are part of the summer Olympics are very athletic, they swim all year around. The swimming Olympic history and background is very interesting. They have done so many new things over that past couple of years. They come out with new rules every year to make things more fair and challenging. There are a lot of events and tons of records that have been broke. A lot of Olympians have set future goals to stride for. I was swimming the 200 meter fly I was at a really good time when I had 50 meter sprint left at the end all I could think about was I’m going to set the new world record. Olympic swimming is a very fun sport it is very athletic. Every year in the summer time every one always sits around a TV watching this it is very famous in America. Swimmers from all around the world come and here and compete. There is a lot of competition there I have found out a lot about the history of swimming. There are a lot of events and tons of records that have been broke. A lot of Olympians have set future goals to stride for.