Personal Information Kirsty Martin was born in Leeton, New South Wales 1976. Kirsty Martin has one brother (his name is private). Kirsty is now aged 38, with two children, Oscar and Matilda. Kirsty took her first ballet at the age of four, at the Di Salvatore Dance Academy. She also trained at the Australian ballet academy, under gailene stock who was the principal of the Australian ballet academy. She graduated in 1996. Kirsty ended up on a travel scholarship, as she continused he studies with Gelsey Kirkland in New York where in 1997 she also worked with Twyla Tharp on The Storyteller. She danced La Bayadère in 1998. After a few years with the AB, in 2000 she and her husband Damien Welch joined the Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague where …show more content…
Cathy Freeman also has three brothe Gavin, Garth and norman (Norman died in a motor-cycle accident on the 16th, september 2008), she also has a sister named Anne-Marie (she died from ceraebal palsy) Cathy Freeman is an Australian sprinter, she represents Australia in the olympics. Cathy Freeman has one daughter named Ruby Anne Susie Murch. Cathy Freeman specilised in the 400m sprint with her best time of 48.63 seconds, this was timed when she came second, whilst Marie-Jose Perec came first. Cathy Freeman was the first Australian Aboriginal person to become a Commonwealth Games gold medalist at age 16 in 1990. She has also gotteen a silver medal in the 1996 and came first at the 1997 world championships, both in the 400m events. In 1998 she took a brake due to an injury in running. She announced her retirement in …show more content…
‘Symphonie Fantastique’ is a ballet with a lot of freedom, Kirsty said, “It’s a very nice ballet to perform.” Cathy Freeman has numerous amounts of achievmants. At the age of 14 cathy tolf the high school vocational guidance officer that her only carrer asperation was to win an olympic gold medal. By the age of 14 she had already held national titles high jump, the 100m, 200m and the 400m sprints. When cathy Freeman moved to melbourne, her job was at a sandwhich bar until she was organized a job in a sports shop. In 1992 Cathy Freeman was employed as part of Australia Post’s Olympic Job Opportunities Program. Later that year cathy recieved several sonserships from different sponsers such as, Balarinji Design studio, then Oakley and Nike,and later Qantas, Schweppes, Telstra, Ford, Australia, News Ltd and Channel 7. After the 1994 Commenwealth Games Ctahy continued to work with the ‘Australian Post’. As her training became increasingly full, she intruduced more forms of employment. Cathy took a break from running after the Sydney Olympics.when she was having her breal she worked as the commentator for the BBC news. What did they do that made a
However, it is about dance not just a story about picking up a book and reading it on the first try. This girl was able to become a great dancer because of the lessons and dance terms she learned through dance classes while being an “apprentice” of dance (Gee 10). Brouillette states that “These words got me amazing job I am a student teacher and helping younger children understand dance words just like I learned when I was their age.” This shows proof that literacy sponsors are important. They are especially important here, because thanks to Brouillette’s sponsor of dance she mastered the dance Discourse itself and was able to become a sponsor for someone
Kierra was very involved in school media activities. She enjoyed participating in choir. Kierra attended Palomar and obtained her cosmetology license in 2012. She is currently working at Wells Fargo in Customer Service.
Silken's story is one of courage, perseverance and the triumph of the human spirit. Silken retired from rowing in 1999 with three Olympic medals, and since then has continued to inspire, encouraging people to dream, live in the moment and embrace failure as a stepping stone to success. In her book “Unsinkable”, laumann reveals not only new insights into her athletic success and triumph over physical adversity, but also the intense personal challenges of her past and the fierce determination
IAN THORPE Ian James Thorpe is a well-known famous former swimmer. He has won 5 Olympic gold medals the most by any Australian. He has many honours such as winning the young Australian of the year in 2000 and having his own Aquatic and fitness centre named in his honour and he also does charity work. Ian Thorpe is born on the 13th of October in 1982 born in Sydney.
Maria Tallchief founded the Chicago City Ballet and served as the artistic director (2). Soon Maria married George Balanchine but it didn’t last long (1). In 1957 Maria married Henry Paschen (1). They had a daughter named Elise in 1959 and she took time off of dance (1). She went back to dance after her daughter was old enough (1).
Stephanie Allmon of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said in one of her articles, “The perky pixie-size gymnast with the wide-tooth smile famously became the first female to grace the cover of a Wheaties cereal box; She remains one of the most popular athletes of all time. ”(news.msn.com) Mary Lou Retton is known for many achievements in her gymnastics career including her “Perfect 10” vault, youngest inductee in The Hall of Fame, and many medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Her life-changing career started when she was only 4 years old. Retton’s many accomplishments like her “Perfect 10” had a big impact on society.(biography.com)
Past, Present Future: Arizona Gymnastics organizational saga/isomorphism/politics Intro: STRUGGLING When establishing success of a athletic program it takes much more than meets the eye and many hours of hard work and dedication, Arizona Gymnastics is in a state of rebuilding who they are and can complete this task through organizational saga from learning how the program was established in the past, leading into current leadership politics of their organization, and finally using mimetic isomorphism for the future of Arizona GymCats. One name of many comes to mind when one thinks of the history and purpose of Arizona Gymnastics, and that name is Mary Roby.
Jennie Finch is one of my most inspiring people i have heard of. She is a softball legend and she inspires girls so much that they can do anything boys can. Also she is so good at softball and very kind athlete. And she has won a lot of medals and she has her own softball line of bats, bags, etc... Jennie Finch is super inspiring to girls.
He grew up seeing the two dancers in many films. Ailey maintained an interest in athletic activities and joined his high school’s gymnastics team, but he was first exposed to the dance world through performances by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham Dance Company (http://www.alvinailey.org/about/people). Alvin Ailey first began to take classes at one of the first integrated dance companies in the country, the Lester Horton Dance Theater (abt). After the owner’s death in 1953, Ailey ran the company for a few years, choreographing in Horton’s style, before moving on to dance on Broadway (notable biographies). Ailey began his own company in 1958.
Rudolph impacted humans because she was the woman that did the unthinkable, becoming the fastest woman in the world. “Wilma’s celebrity brought unprecedented attention to women in the Olympics, especially to women’s track and field events. She inspires generations of women athletes especially minority women athletes who faced so much more barriers to achieving their dreams.” (Engel,2014). One athlete tells Wilma’s impact on her, “It was a great thrill for me to see.
“[My dance instructor] Cindy believed that ballet was richer when it embraced diverse shapes and cultures. There would be times in my career when I would struggle to remember that, but I would eventually come back to that conviction, that the stage on which I performed was brighter for having me, even if some in the audience or dancing beside didn 't always agree” (“Misty Copeland
Despite her loss of an arm, she still continued to pursue her dream of becoming a professional surfer (“Bethany”). Bethany Hamilton did not see her loss of an arm as a disability or a burden, instead she thought of herself as unique from everyone else. This shows that Hamilton’s dream positively affected her because she truly wanted to become a professional, so she worked her hardest to make that dream a reality. She did not let other people’s opinions to deteriorate her; instead she thought positively and kept her mind towards becoming a professional surfer. Not only did she get past her disability, but she “strives to remain a symbol of hope and inspiration by touching lives through her platform of faith and sport” (Viti).
Simone Biles full name Simone Arianne Biles was born on March 14, 1997. She is an American artistic Gymnast. She got popular because of her great skills and profession. Simone Arianne Biles is the winner of 2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalists. She is also the holder of Balance Beam Bronze Medalists.
She grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia. She was born to Egyptian parents A. K. Kotb and Sameha Kotb. She lived in Egypt along with her family for several years. In the year 1982, she finished her former education from Fort Hunt
The Biography.com website states, “Simone Biles is the most decorated American gymnast, winning 19 Olympic and World Championship medals” (Mead). Because Simone was too young to attend the Olympics in 2012, the first Olympic Games Simone attended was in 2016 in Rio. Although Simone has only been to one of the Olympics, she has been awarded with five Olympic medals; four of them were gold, and one was bronze. She acquired gold in team, all-around, vault, and floor; she got bronze on the beam. Simone plans to continue to practice and will more than likely participate in the upcoming summer Olympic Games in