Jacqueline Freney

Clearly, Laurie’s biggest accomplishment is performing in the 2016 Rio Olympics, but nobody know what led up to that. Laurie met Maggie Haney when she was only six years old at her first gymnastic class. It was then Haney pushed Hernandez to attend the USA Gymnastics development camps at age nine, which, of course, she excelled at. (Laurie)

Just like Loung, Kerry’s determination helps her to carry on when the going gets tough. When asked where she finds the motivation for this determination, she said, “ The desire to do well in meets and improves is a big factor. And I don’t like giving up anyway!” Kerry’s determination to swim the best time possible allows her to be resilient during daily practices. Kerry’s resilience, much like Loung’s, comes from her persistence to never give in.

Florence Griffith Joyner had a tremendous impact in Track/Field. She set world records that are now, still not broken. At the 1988 Olympic trials, Florence

American professional tennis player Serena Williams has won over Grand Slam Single titles and several Olympic gold medals. “At age American Serena and her sister Venus started playing tennis. “(A&E) Since turning pro she’s countless awards and

She became the second Australian Aboriginal won the Olympic champion. She did the victory lap again with both Aboriginal and Australian flags. She said,“ I just wanted to show I am proud of who I am and where I come from.”

Imagine taking one step into a chlorine-filled arena. The humid air rushes onto your skin. An immense smile spreads across your face. This is because you know everything is about to change. In less than 24 hours you will be holding a glistening gold medal in your hand, standing up on the podium while the Star Spangled Banner blares for the whole world to hear and tears will stream down your face. Taking one look back at your coach, Teri McKeever, you realize if it wasn’t for her you would not be here. Graciously, you run up, swing your arms around her body, and embrace her in a powerful hug that says it all. Swimming is a very intense sport and consumes every second of a swimmer’s free time. However, putting in hundreds

They both took the chance to do what seemed to be impossible, and ended up being the first in something. Althea Gibson struggled getting through the hardships in her life, however she discovered the she loved doing sports. This made her excel in making her dream come true, and before she knew,

Johnny Weissmuller had many troubles in his early life which helped him swim and be the person he was. At age nine Weissmuller contracted the disease polio. His doctor recommended that he should learn how to swim to help keep him healthy and active. Soon after, he joined the YMCA swim team and started his career as a swimmer. He attended college only for a while, then dropped out to work numerous jobs. At one job he was working as a elevator operator at a hotel, he met one of his past swim coaches that coached him to two championship wins. At this time Weissmuller was not swimming, but his past swim coach, and friend, convinced him back into swimming. Soon after this, Weissmuller was winning again and again.

When she was young her parents noticed that she had a real talent and made sure that she always had the right training. Her talent was first noticed when she was in kindergarten and she had won all the races and her teacher decided to enter her in the state competition. From then on she just improved and travelled around Australia to get coaching from the best coaches possible. Her last coach was in Melbourne and he trained her for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Three years after the Olympics she retired from being a

As a young child Fanny started off learning to swim at the Coogee Baths. She only trained in breast-stroke at first as it was the one single event that women could compete in a championship for. Whilst she was still in school she competed and won her first state title during 1906. Soon after this she learnt and perfected the Trudgen crawl and then later switched to the Australian Crawl by 1911.

Katie Ledecky is more like a machine than a human. Most people would say after watching her swim. Katie Ledecky is a 19 year old girl who enjoys working hard and has never lost in the Olympics.

The famous gymnast Gabby Douglas was 16 when she made history as the first African-American Olympian to win the individual all-around event (biography.com). Gabby Douglas went through a lot to get to where she was. She once said “The hard days are the best because that is where champions are made, so if you can push through, you can push through anything!” With her hard working spirit, and determination Gabby Douglas pushed through the hard days and became a champion.

Some of her major accomplishments are, she was name the female athlete of the year.

The journey of competitive swimming started at the age of eight for my local `neighborhood team. I exhibited great potential for the future, for I won nearly all my races. This seemed like the sport

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28th, 1929 in East Hampton, Long Island. Jacqueline’s mother was Janet Lee Bouvier, a highly ambitious horseback rider. Jacqueline was nicknamed "Jackie" after her father, Jack Bouvier. Young Jackie’s parents were a very well off coupled. Her father had an estimated fortune of 7 million dollars and Janet came from a wealthy family also, her father had been chairman of the board of Chase National Bank.