Athelete Profiles
Asafa Powell
Born:
Country: Jamaica
Sport: 100 and 200 meters
Asafa Powell currently holds the world record for the 100 meters with a time of 9.74 seconds. Despite holding the world record, he has some misfortune in the big events being disqualified and having problems with injury. He is confident of winning gold at the Beijing Olympics.
Career […]
Alex Hua Tian
Born:
Country: China
Sport: Equestrian
Alex Hua Tian was born in London to a Chinese father and an English mother. He had dual UK-Chinese nationality but renounced his British nationality to compete for China. A Guangdong businessman Jiang Fengcai has offered to provide sponsorship for Alex to compete in the Beijing Olympics, to the tune […]
Roman ?†ebrle
Born: November 26, 1974
Sport: decathlon and heptathlon
Country: Czech Republic
Achievements:
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens Decathlon
Silver 2000 Sydney Decathlon
World Championships
Gold 2007 Osaka Decathlon
Silver 2003 Paris Decathlon
Silver 2005 Helsinki Decathlon
World Indoor Championships
Gold 2001 Lisbon Heptathlon
Gold 2004 Budapest Heptathlon
Bronze 1999 Maebashi Heptathlon
Bronze 2003 Birmingham Heptathlon
Bronze 2006 Moscow Heptathlon
Roman ?†ebrle is currently the world champion and record […]
Ryoko Tani (Tamura) - Women’s Judo
Born: September 6, 1975
Sport: Judo - Women’s - 48kg
Country: Japan
Ryoko Tani (mainden name Tamura) is a popular Judo champion in Japan who won her first Olympic medal (silver) at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 when she was just 16 years old.
She has won the International Women’s Judo Championships every year since 1990. She […]
Yao Ming
Born: September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China
Sport: Basketball
Country: China
Yao Ming plays in the NBA where he is considered to be one the best centers in the league. He is currently playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA.
He carried the Chinese flag in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and hopes to carry it […]