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Patrick Mbomba Dem is a Cameroon soccer player. In 2000 Patrick le the Cameroon lions in the Olympics. The lions beat Kuwait 3-2 and tied the united states and the Czech Rep. In the quarterfinals Cameroon played had to play brazil. Patrick led his team with a goal and they won in a shootout. In the next game Cameroon was trailing to chile by one. Again Patrick scored to tie. One of his teammates scored on a pently kick to send Cameroon to the finals. In the finals cameroon defeated spain 5-3 to win the Olympics. Also Patrick was the African Futball player of the year in 2000 and led his team to the African cup in 2002. Cristiano 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.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Bibliography http://www.flickr.com/photos/72715243@N00/2317287278/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/72715243@N00/2317286204/ www.olympic.org China- Dong Fangzhuo is a futbol player.(soccer) He is the leading goal scorer for the Chinese soccer team. With 17 goals in the 2006 season. He is the first Chinese player to be signed by the Manchester United which is a Eurpean team. Yao Ming has been a profesional basketball player since 1997. At age seventeen, Yao played in his first Chinese season. He won the 2000 MVP award in The Sydney Olympics. He also holds four records for the Chinese basketball team that have still not been broke

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.

Kwon-ho Sim Is a South Korean wrestler. In 1993 he won a bronze medel in the 1993 world championship. Then in 1995 he won a world championship. In 1996 in Atlanta He won his first gold medal. In the 2000 olympics Sim defeated lavaras rivas of cuba to win the gold medal for hiis division.

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 Kenesnisa 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.

Another Ethiopian Cross country and TRack runner is Haile Gebrelessie. He set a world record in the 1996 olympics in the 10000m, Haile then went on to defeat the raining champ in the 8000m race. In the 2000 olympics he beat Paul Terget of Kenya by a foot in the 8000m race. In 2004 however he finished 5th in the 10000m race.

Thomas Bimis was born on June 11 1975. He is a Greece diver. In 2003 he got a bronze medal in the grand prix in Madrid Spain. In 2004 he got 5th place in a world cup event in Athens. In 2004 when the Olympics returned to his home town of Athens. He had to win a gold medal. He perfomed a 3 and a half tuck perfectly to win the gold medal by 3.33 points.

Roland Mark Schoemen is a South African swimmer. In his debue in the 2000 olympics Roland didn’t do so well. In the 2001 championships however he received a bronze medal. In the 2004 olympics Rland led his team to a gld medal in the 4 by 100 meters race. In the 100 meter roland recieved a bronze medal. He lost by only 6 tenths of a second. He also got a bronze medal in the 50 meter relay. He only lost by 9 tenths of a second. In his carear he has got 1 gold medal and 2 bronze medals.

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.

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