Showing posts with label American History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American History. Show all posts

Friday, June 3, 2011

Chris Evert - Tennis player

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/
Chris Evert is a former world number one professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record 7 championships at the French Open and a record 6 championships at the U.S. Open. According to the Women's Tennis Association, she was the year-ending World Number one singles player in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, and 1981 and, according to several sources, in 1974 and 1978, also.

Evert's career win loss record in singles matches of 1,309–146 is the best of any professional player in tennis history. In tennis writer Steve Flink's book the best Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, he named Evert as the third top female player of the 20th century, after Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. Evert never lost in the primary or second rounds of a Grand Slam singles tournament. She won 157 singles championships. In women's doubles, Evert won three Grand Slam titles and 29 usual tour championships.

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/

Residence

Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.

Date of birth

December 21, 1954

Place of birth

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.

Height

1.68 m

Turned pro

1972

Retired

1989

Plays

Right-handed

Career prize money

$8,895,195

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Mike Tyson - American boxer, heavyweight champion

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/
Mike Tyson is one of the retired American boxer. He was the undisputed heavyweight champion and hold the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight title. He won the WBC title when he was 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old, after beat Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the second round. Throughout his career, Tyson became well-recognized for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial performance both inside and outside the ring. He was the first heavyweight boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles concurrently.

Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, with 12 of them happening in the first round. He combined the belts in the splintered heavyweight division in the late 1980s to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. He became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in the first 91 seconds of the clash. Tyson lost his titles to 42-to-1 underdog James "Buster" Douglas on February 11, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan, by a hit in round 10. In 1992, Tyson was convicted of raping Desiree Washington, for which he was judgment to six years in prison but was released after serving three years. After being released from prison in 1995, he busy in a series of comeback fights.

He recover a portion of the heavyweight title, before losing it to Evander Holyfield in a 1996 fight by an 11th round TKO. Their 1997 rematch ended when Tyson was prohibited for biting off part of Holyfield's ear. He fights for a championship again at 35, losing by knockout to Lennox Lewis in 2002. He retired from professional boxing in 2006 after he was knocked out in successive matches against Danny Williams and Kevin McBride. He declared bankruptcy in 2003, despite getting over US$30 million for several of his fights and $300 million during his career. He is position #16 on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/

Real name

Michael Gerard Tyson

Nicknames

Iron Mike, The Baddest Man on the Planet

Date Of Birth

June 30, 1966

Birth place

Brooklyn, New York

Rated at

Heavyweight, Boxing

Reach

180 cm

Boxing record


Total fights

58

Wins

50

Wins by KO

44

Friday, May 6, 2011

Carl Lewis - American track, field athlete, relay, long jumper and actor

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/
Carl Lewis is a American track and field athlete who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His profession spanned from 1979 when he first reached a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired. Lewis became an actor and has show in a number of films. In 2011 Lewis publicized a run as a Democratic candidate for a seat in the New Jersey Senate, but was disqualified by state officials who said he failed to meet the state's rights requirement. A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Thursday, May 5th, 2011, that Lewis can be on the ballot for the future New Jersey primary.

Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper who top the world rankings in the 100 m, 200 m and long jump events repeatedly from 1981 to the early 1990s, was named Athlete of the Year by Track and Field information in 1982, 1983 and 1984, and set world records in the 100 m, 4 x 100 m and 4 x 200 m relay. His world record in the indoor long jump has stood since 1984 and his 65 repeated victories in the long jump achieved over a span of 10 years is one of the sport’s longest unbeatable streaks. His lifetime accomplishments have lead to numerous accolades, including being voted "Sportsman of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee and being named "Olympian of the Century" by the American sports journal Sports Illustrated.

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/

Full name

Frederick Carlton Lewis

Date of birth

July 1, 1961

Place of birth

Birmingham, Alabama, U.S

Height

1.91 m

Weight

81 kg

Sport

Running

Event(s)

100 meters, 200 meters

Retired

1997