In late January 1937, the Pasadena Star-News newspaper reported that Robinson " for two years has been the outstanding athlete at Muir, starring in football, basketball, track, baseball and tennis.

Not only did he take inspiration from Roddenberry's suggestion of Hornblower, but Shatner also based Kirk on Alexander the Great – " the athlete and the intellectual of his time ", whom Shatner played for an unsold television pilot two years earlier – and himself because " the fatigue factor weeks of daily filming is such that you try to be as honest about yourself as possible ".

Although she displayed her form two months before the Games by beating her own 80 m hurdles world record — one of the six world records that she held at that time — some journalists questioned her, suggesting 30 years was too old for a woman to be an athlete.

His 6 ' 6 " high jump remained the Olympic record for 12 years, while his decathlon score of 7, 710. 775 points also set a new world record, and resulted in worldwide press coverage calling him the “ world ’ s greatest athlete ”.

The title, Goodbye, Columbus refers to a record Brenda's brother listens to about his years as an athlete at Ohio State University, further proof of the Patimkins ' success at assimilation.

** Skateboarder Nyjah Huston became the youngest athlete to compete in X Games at 11 years old.

After three years of various courses, in the autumn of 1879 he successfully finished the tests and entered Columbia College in 1879, where he became known as an exceptional athlete and scholar.

* Regina " Reggie " Rocket ( Shayna Fox ): Otto's older sister by two years, Reggie is an aspiring publisher who, while no less competitive and skillful as an athlete, is of calmer disposition and greater maturity.

Gould, like his brother Wyatt, was a keen athlete and made money during his years as a rugby player by entering track and field meets.

At the age of fourteen, Adu became the youngest American athlete in over 100 years to sign a major league professional contract in any team sport when he was chosen by D. C. United as the number one overall pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.

" The islands ' annual endurance challenge race, involving running, mountain biking and windsurfing from Cap Em to the German immigrant village of Ems in the Caissa Inferiore ( popularly known as the Two Em Dash ), now attracts international participants, and it has been some years since it was won by a Serriffean athlete.

Jackson Volney Scholz ( March 15, 1897 – October 26, 1986, 89 years old ) was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprint.

Three years older than most members of the sophomore class, he was already a party member ; a position of prestige, and a popular college athlete.

Initial sanctions imposed by the school included two years ' probation and no postseason play for the 2003-04 season, including the Big 12 Conference tournament ( see the 2004 Tournament page ) An immediate release was tendered to every athlete in the men's basketball program.

The S. Rae Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year award, known as the Hickok Belt, was a trophy awarded for 27 years to the top professional athlete of the year in the United States.

His ten years of sub 1: 44 800 meter times is unmatched by any other athlete.

His 6 ' 6 " high jump remained the Olympic record for 12 years, while his decathlon score of 7, 710. 775 points also set a new world record, and resulted in worldwide press coverage calling him the “ world ’ s greatest athlete .” The decathlon competition was especially grueling, conducted just four days after the high jump competition, and consisting of ten events run in extremely hot and humid weather conditions over two days at the end of the games.

Born in Vienna, Georgia, an athlete of note Kingdom excelled at the high jump and discus in his formative years as well as being a noteworthy American football player.

A gifted all-around athlete, Allison attended the University of Kansas for two years and was a star outfielder on the baseball team and fullback on the football team.

Nearly ten years after his death, he was placed third in the Walloon athlete of the 20th century election.

Born in Samcheok, South Korea, Hwang was a promising track athlete in his junior years, but after his first marathon in 1991, which he won, decided to specialize to marathon.

and his Challenge Dumbbell, known as the Inch Dumbbell, that " has defied thousands of strong men over the last hundred years ... Many a strength athlete tried but failed to break it off the ground .".

His first successes as an athlete occurred before he was ten years old, when he competed in the open category of the Mexican National Table Tennis Championships.

For several years he trained in the group around Knut Holman, the number one dominating athlete in the men ’ s K1-1000 meter throughout the 1990s ( three olympic gold medals, five times world champion ).

She has the small, highly developed body of a prime athlete, and holds in contempt the `` girls who just move sex ''.

She also was a great-grandniece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer who believed he had discovered the supposed canals of Mars, and a great-grandniece of art expert Bernard Berenson ( 1865 – 1959 ) and his sister Senda Berenson ( 1868 – 1954 ), an athlete and educator who was one of the first two women elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

In 2002, DC Comics introduced a villain named Onomatopoeia, an athlete, martial artist and weapons expert who often speaks sounds.

Moreover, in the first century A. D., the Greco-Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria — who was himself probably a practitioner of pankration — makes a statement that could be an allusion to preliminary contests in which an athlete would participate and then collect his strength before coming forward fresh in the major competition.

The athlete has put himself behind his opponent, who is either in the standing, prone, or prostrate position.

Former U. S. Senator George Mitchell, who prepared the report, stated that he relayed the allegations to each athlete implicated in the report and gave them a chance to respond before his findings were published.

Brian does so, but instead of writing about the assigned topic, he writes a letter to the teacher objecting to his request to describe to him who they are, and stating to him that he already has judged who they are ( an athlete, basket-case, princess, brain, and criminal ), and that he will not accept any different accounts from them about who they are.

If two athletes lift the same total weight and have the same bodyweight, the winner is the athlete who lifted the total weight first.

Rudolph had a special, personal reason to hope for victory — to pay tribute to Jesse Owens, the celebrated American athlete who had been her inspiration, also the star of the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, Germany.

The Woman's Sports Foundation Wilma Rudolph Courage Award is presented to a female athlete who exhibits extraordinary courage in her athletic performance, demonstrates the ability to overcome adversity, makes significant contributions to sports and serves as an inspiration and role model to those who face challenges, overcomes them and strives for success at all levels.

** Sri Chinmoy, Bengali spiritual teacher, poet, artist and athlete who immigrated to the U. S. in 1964 ( d. 2007 )

Kumaritashvili was the fourth athlete to die while in preparation for a Winter Olympics competition, following speed skier Nicolas Bochatay, 27, who died while preparing for the Albertville 1992 games, British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski and skier Ross Milne, 19, who both died in the run up to the Innsbruck 1964 games.

Janne Lahtela ( born February 28, 1974 in Kemijärvi ) is a Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history of moguls skiing.

* Leni Junker ( 1905-1997 ), athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

Over time, an athlete who has been playing for a long time will have gained so much experience ( much like the doctor in the example above ) that his human capital has increased a great deal.

* Garry Cook ( born 10 January 1958 ) is a former British athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres with a best time of 1: 44. 55.

The most notable of these to date is the Bulgarian Kotooshu, who is the highest ranking foreign wrestler who was formerly an amateur sumo athlete.

In 1979, believing that he was the player who could bring them over the top, the Phillies temporarily made Rose the highest-paid athlete in team sports when they signed him to a four-year, $ 3. 2-million contract as a free agent.