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 * Aleksandr Karelin aka the gentle giant. He is a Russian wrestler, in 1988 Karelin easily defeated his first for oponents in the super heavy weight division. By the time of the 2000 olympics Karelin had wrestled for 13 years without being defeated. In his wrestling career he has won 4 gold medals in the olympics. Despite his intimidating presence Karelin was a soft spoken student for literature.In the 1996 olympics in Atlanta Karelin out wrestled 5 of his opponents 25 to nothing. He became the first wrestler to win the same weight division 3 times. In 2001 Karelin received an Olympic award from the president of the international Olympic committee. || [[image:2317286204_0b0f948b36.jpg]] ||
 * Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian Cross country and track Runner. He set his first world record in 2001 in a 3000m race. In 2002 in The world cross country championship in Dublin Kenenisa became the fist man to win both short and long races in the same championship. In 2003 championships of Athletics he won the 10000m and finished 3rd in the 5000m race. In the 2004 olympics Kenenisa recieved a silver medal in the 5000m race. || [[image:95252090_6feeaabc56_m.jpg caption="95252090_6feeaabc56_m.jpg"]] ||
 * Christiano Ronaldo is a portugese soccer player. He is the first portegese soccer player to be signed by an European team. In 2005 he sighned with the Manchester united team. In 2006 he won the player of the year in his European league. In 2007 he won the portugese player of the year. Ronaldo has had a short Olympic history. He has only been in the 2004 olympics. In the 2004 olympics however he scored 7 goals. That was the second most for a fifa world cup qualification round in the European round. || [[image:854082064_cb04e60629_m.jpg caption="Cristiano Ronaldo"]] ||
 * Ivano Balic is said to be the best handballer in the world. He was voted ^ times in a row the MVP of most international competitions. Balic is a member of the Croatian team and at the last Olympics his team won the Team Handball gold medal. Balic was declared the IHF player of the year in 2003 and 2006 as well as Croatias 2003 best player. In the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship he was the top scorer and had 44 goals. He led Croatia to a silver medal and was also voted to be in the All-Star Team. || [[image:2304884777_29f655f31e_m.jpg caption="2304884777_29f655f31e_m.jpg"]] ||