sportsperson

Example Sentences

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But McCullum said the all-rounder is "the most ruthless" sportsperson he has ever met.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

Speak to an injured sportsperson and they will often tell you there are positives to their enforced absence – a chance to reset, to get in the gym and spend time with family.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

Ms Abad Ramon remembered Rocio not only as a keen sportsperson and committed student, but as "an extroverted" woman who would "always be laughing and the first one to make a joke".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

Throughout it all, the 23-year-old has been grappling with the very thing a sportsperson tries to protect: Bell has been going through a painstaking remodelling of her action.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

To capture recurrent patterns characteristic of high efficiency performance and to emulate or improve them, adapt them to the type of sportsperson prepared for a certain contest, becomes part of the broader experience.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai