Childhood: We start off when she was little. Gracie was born on August 17, 1995, in Newton Massachusetts. Her parents started her career when she was only 2. According to Gracie Gold Biography, they moved to Springfield, Missouri when she was only 5. After they moved, she refused to skate for the next several years. But in second grade, she was invited to a friend’s birthday party, at a local skating rink. "While I circled around and around in my brown rental skates, I studied a group of skaters spinning in the center," Gracie told the interviewer. She was fascinated! When her mom picked her up, she began to campaign for skating lessons. Her parents finally gave in and enrolled her skating lessons. They also helped her to become an all around athlete by enrolling her in other sports such as, swimming, gymnastics, and tennis. Her twin sister, Carly is also a competitive figure skater. Their parents soon moved to Chicago so that both Gracie and Carly could take lessons from a famous trainer, Alexander Ouriashev. Before Gracie could go into the Olympics, she needed to win a few competitions. According to Team USA Website, in the year 2010, Gracie had entered in the U.S. Championships. …show more content…
According to Gracie Gold’s website, she competed in the Winter Olympics. She took bronze for the U.S. team, and fourth in the ladies competition. Gracie is mostly known for her incredible freestyle performance during the Olympics. She hopes to take part in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. Everyday she goes to the gym to work out, then that is followed by hours of skating practice. Over 20 hours a week Gracie spends on the ice, practicing, and perfecting spins, and leaps. In her spare time, she goes to the gym, or even her hot yoga lessons. She always has to stay active. When she’s not on the ice, or in the gym, you can find her at the mall or with her family. She’s like a typical teenager when she’s not on the
Jack Roosevelt Johnson was born in the very segregated south in Cairo, Georgia around 1919. Jackie grew up loving baseball and knew that is what he wanted to do. About two decades before Jackie was born the MLB was split between white and Negro leagues. Jackie being an African-American, of course played for the Negro Leagues. He strived in this sport. He lead the Negro League with most stolen bases and had a great batting average. Both his statistics and love for the game brought the name Jackie Robinson to the attention of the Brooklyn Dodger's manager Branch Rickey.
Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, into a family of sharecroppers in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children born to Mallie (McGriff) and Jerry Robinson, after siblings Edgar, Frank, Matthew (nicknamed "Mack"), and Willa Mae.[8][9][10] His middle name was in honor of former President Theodore Roosevelt, who died 25 days before Robinson was born.[11][12] After Robinson's father left the family in 1920, they moved to Pasadena, California.[13][14][15]
Florence Griffith Joyner was born December 21, 1959, in Los Angeles, CA. Known as the World's Fastest Woman for her standing World Record times in the 100 and 200 meter events, Florence Griffith Joyner, elevated women's track to a new level with her three gold and one silver medal-winning performances in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Growing up in Los Angeles, Joyner's career was launched in 1964, at age five, when Joyner's father challenged her to catch a jack rabbit, the fastest creature on the sand of the Mojave Desert. She was determined to meet the goal and she did.
Kerri Strug is remembered today for her performance at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but very few people know the rest of her story. Kerri was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. The Strugs were a family of five, and Kerri was the youngest. She had both an older brother and an older sister. Although Kerri had many outstanding accomplishments as a gymnast, her vault on July 23, 1996, earned her a place in gymnastics’ history. Kerri was limping because on her first attempt she fell and sprained her left ankle. After she finished somersaulting through the air, Kerri stuck the landing on one foot and then collapsed in tears. Kerri’s story is one of great courage (“Heart” 12).
Felix was born on November 18, 1985 in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Paul Felix, was an ordained minister. Allyson Felix’s mother, Marlean Felix, was an elementary school teacher. Her older brother, Wes Felix, was a sprinter. Wes, who is three years older than Felix, inspired her to start running (thefamouspeople.com). Interestingly, when Felix was a child, she was already noted as athletically gifted. She started playing basketball, but also had an
Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Georgia. On this day, a legend arrived. Jackie was raised by his mother, and his mother alone. His father left before Jackie was born, and he didn’t remember one thing about him. Jackie had many siblings, brothers and sisters. Jackie had an older brother named Matthew, who was also very athletic. Jackie’s mother tried the best she could to raise these boys right, and teach them that no matter what the whites called them...they were special.
Missy Franklin is known in the world for her talent as a swimmer. But what awards did she receive? Where did she grow up? And how did her life change after the Olympics? Most people care about who she is as an athlete, and as an Olympic medalist. But the real question is... Who is she as a person, and as an ordinary (well almost ordinary) high school student? To get to the Olympics an athlete has to have grit, and Missy Franklin has it. Missy didn’t give up and has grown up to be one of the best female swimmers in the world.
Fanny “Bobbie” Rosenfeld is the most historically and culturally significant Canadian sport figure. Rosenfeld was a pioneer for women’s athletics, and was a role model to many young girls and working class women. When at a time when women in sport was not considered proper, Fanny broke down barriers, competing in high levels of softball, hockey, and basketball and track. She was a women of firsts, she helped define Canadian women in sport.
The contributions to figure skating demonstrated by the career of Ekaterina Gordeeva prove beyond a doubt that the Figure Skating Hall of Fame should induct this figure skater. Gordeeva’s worthiness of this award is shown in her achievements, inspiration, and charitable contributions.
Women in sports is relatively a new thing in the U.S. Until 1972, discrimination in sports on the basis of sex was very prevalent. Title IX established fairness in regards to sex discrimination for women in federally funded schools and programs. I had the ability to interview a woman who lived and went to school during this era.
Shirley Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Barbadian parents. When she was three years old, Shirley was sent to live with her grandmother on a farm in Barbados, a former British colony in the West Indies. She received much of her primary education in the Barbadian school
Gracie’s choice tells the the story of a young teen who had to fight for the custody of her four younger siblings. Gracie faces a legal system that ignores the obvious evidence that she is capable of raising her younger siblings but because of her age the system automatically tells her no. From the moment I watched this movie on Lifetime it inspired my life tremendously. This movie doesn’t relate to me but it relates to people who have an importance in my life. Gracie’s Choice displays struggle, independence, and determination. It is a prime example as to what it means to growing up before your time.
According to biography.com, in between 1994 and 2002 Harding guest starred on TV shows like Roseanne, Larry King Live, and The Weakest Link. Following that, in 2003, Harding made her professional boxing debut. Her career was short-lived, but she was trying to make something out of life and to center her anger/jealousy in an aggressive, but appropriate, way. biography.com also said that Tonya’s website makes it clear that she still skates. She can still land a triple axel; she wanted to be herself, and she does that through skating. In her own words, “I don't want to compete. I’d like to have my own skating show, though.” This shows that she has bounced back from her dark place. She has continued to do what she loves, even though she can't do it competitively. That doesn't matter to her. She stays true to herself and continues to
Kristi Yamaguchi had to overcome an abundance of challenges before she was made into an Olympic figure skater. First off, she was born with clubbed feet, a birth defect in which both of her feet were curved or slanted inward. Kristi started figure skating as a therapy to heal her feet, but she came to love the sport and stuck with it. When the famous Olympian shares her story to her fans everywhere, she inspires them to overcome their challenges and not to stop striving for success.
England, and her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 7. A family friend made a