sportsperson

Example Sentences

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The 37-year-old will be unusual among participants as she is still an active professional sportsperson, playing for AC Milan in the women's Serie A.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

The nerves, excitement and disappointments are all part of being a sportsperson.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

This would not usually allow her to play in the PWR under the 'international sportsperson route' as she would have needed to play for the USA XVs side in the last 24 months.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

England World Cup hero Alessia Russo took home the sportsperson award.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

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