Athlete
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An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sporting activities that involve physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes the word "athlete" is used to refer specifica
Jim Thorpe at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Runners, ceramics, S. IV a.C.
Athletes taking part in a race on a snowy park in the U.S.
Asafa Powell holds the record for the most 100-metre races clocked at less than 10 seconds
Athletics (physical culture)
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Athletics is a term encompassing the human competitive sports and games requiring physical skill, and the systems of training that prepare athletes for competitive performance. Athletic sports or cont
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…but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However, in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or the gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition…
A few athletes
2011 Okemos High School Girls' Water Polo State Championship Team
TWU Gymnastics Amy Winczura