sportsperson

Example Sentences

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You have got to have that understanding as a professional sportsperson to do the right thing at the right time.

From BBC

Its sole sportsperson at the Winter Olympics, Arif Khan, is a skier from Indian-controlled Kashmir, and he is reportedly taking part in the opening ceremony.

From Seattle Times

Storey is in the Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability category after winning three golds at last year's Paralympic Games.

From BBC

He is too modest to try to decipher why he is so popular both with young lads who want to emulate him - "he was my idol growing up, and now he teases me as he does everybody in the team, he's great to have around," says 21-year-old fellow British sprinter and room-mate Ethan Vernon - and with an older generation of female fans who saw Beryl Burton ride in the fifties, all of whom gravitate to a sportsperson with the most admirable of qualities: spirit.

From BBC

"It was the first time that… as a sportsperson you're disassociated from a human point a lot of the time. It was the most connected I felt in my whole career, to the fans," Cavendish says.

From BBC