sportsperson

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Mary is not the first sportsperson to release an autobiography that criticises others or has a perspective on how they feel they've been treated.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 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

The annual ceremony recognises the UK-based sportsperson who has had the year's most notable achievements - chosen by a public vote.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

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