amateur

Example Sentences

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In other words, they want to separate the intensely nationalist and heavily commercialized Olympic movement from the crucial mission of preventing abuse in amateur sports.

From Salon

Unlike in 1980, when a group of ragtag American amateurs took down the Soviet Union’s red machine, this iteration of Team USA was built to win by relying on merit, not divine intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fawaz flourished as an amateur, becoming an English champion and captaining the national team.

From BBC

The amateur rapper was alerted to screams coming from his property in Hillman Avenue and demanded "someone that's strong, really strong" went immediately.

From BBC

Shields would go on to win gold at the Games in London and earn a further two victories over Crews-Dezurn in the amateur ranks.

From BBC