Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona Profile:
Full Name: Diego Armando Maradona Franco

Birth Date: October 30, 1960

Birth Place: Villa Fiorito, Argentina

Nationality: Argentinian

Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)

Position: Attacking Midfielder/Forward [L,C]

Number: 10

Previous Clubs: Argentinos, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, Newell’s, Boca JuniorsInternational Debut: February 1977, vs Hungary

Caps: 91

Goals: 34

World Cups: Spain 1982, Mexico 1986 (1st), Italy 1990 (2nd), USA 1994

Diego Maradona Honors & Awards
FIFA U-20 World Cup (1979)FIFA World Cup (1986)
UEFA Cup (1989)
Spanish Copa del Rey (1983)

Italian Serie A (1987, 1990)

Italian Cup (87)
Argentine League Top Scorer (1979, 1980, 1981)

Argentine Player of the Year (1979, 1980, 1981, 1986)

FIFA U-20 World Cup MVP (1979)

South American Footballer of the Year (1979)

FIFA World Cup MVP (1986)

Italian Serie A Top Scorer (1987

Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal
Personal information
Date of birth:March 17, 1990 (1990-03-17) (age 18)
Place of birth:Hisar, Haryana, India
Women's singles
Country:India

Handedness:Right
Coach:Pullela Gopichand
Highest Ranking:10 (December 5, 2008)
Current Ranking:10 (December 5, 2008)
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, She won the 2006 Phillipines Open to become first Indian woman to win a four-star badminton event. Entering the tournament as the 86th seed, Saina went on to stun several top seeded players including number seed Huaiwen XU before defeating Julia Xian Pei Wong of Malaysia for the title. She was also the runner up at the 2006 BWF World Junior Championships.In the month of June, she qualified to the quarter final of Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold and the semi-final of the Singapore Super Series 2008.She was a silver medallist at the last edition in Incheon, South Korea in 2006. She became the first Indian woman to reach the quarter finals at the Olympic Games when she upset world number five and fourth seed Wang Chen of Hong Kong. She also won the Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix in September, her second GP.In the recently concluded Commonwealth Youth Games, Nehwal continued to shine as she clinched the gold.

Oscar Pistorius

Full namesMr Oscar Leonard Carl "Oz" PISTORIUS
Synopsis
Visa Paralympics World Cup 2006: 1st place - 100m; AGN meeting (2004): World Record - 100m (11.51s); Visa Paralympics World Cup 2006: 1st place - 200m; In 2007 Nedbank Championship he broke his won 200m world recod (21-66) and 400m world recod (49.16) He also became the first amputee to run the 100 m in under 11 seconds.;

Date of Birth:22/11/1986
Place of Birth:Sandton, Johannesburg
Country of Residence:Pretoria, South Africa
Nationality:South African
Father's Name:Henke Pistorius
Mother's Name:Sheila
School:Pretoria Boys' High School, Pretoria
Recreational Activities:painting

Brie Whitehead (USA)

Birth Date: 07/05/1989

Plays: Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)

Favourite Surface: Clay

Coach: Annette Whitehead

Age Started Tennis: 5

Current Singles: 756

Career High: 656 (11 Jun 2007)

Singles Year End: 817

Bethanie Mattek

Nationality: USA (United States of America)
Birthdate: March 23, 1985
Birthplace: Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Residence: Miami, Florida, USA
Turned Pro: Pro (1999)
Plays: Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
2007 Ranking: 114

Natalie Coughlin

Natalie Coughlin Biography
Name :Natalie Coughlin
Full name : Natalie Anne Coughlin
Birth date : 23 Aug, 1982
Hometown : Concord, CA
Nationality : United States
Height : 5-8
College : California-Berkeley
Sport : Swimming
Event : Women's 100-meter backstroke, 100 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay.
Coach : Teri McKeever
Club : California Aquatics

Becky Hammon Basketball player

Becky Hammon
Height: 5-6
Weight: 136
Position: Guard
College: Colorado State
Born: March 11, 1977

Becky has emerged on the Women's National Basketball Association scene as one of the top players in the league, and was named to the All-WNBA Second Team in 2005 and 2006 as a member of the New York Liberty. A native of Rapid City, South Dakota, she was the first woman from South Dakota to play pro basketball in the United States and began her rise to stardom for the Rapid City Stevens High School Raiders. She was named Gatorade South Dakota Player of the Year in 1995 and South Dakota Ms. Basketball in 1994. After graduating, she decided to take her skills to Colorado State University. Hammon led the Rams to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1997, beating Nebraska in the first round, and also to a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1999, her senior year. After completing a stellar career at CSU, she finished at the top of the Rams' career record books in a majority of offensive categories including points (2,740), points per game (21.9), field goals made (918), and assists (538). She began her career with the New York Liberty in 1999 and has seen playoff action in every season with the Liberty, including two WNBA championship series' in 1999 and 2002. Becky and her Colorado Chill teammates took home the National Women's Basketball League Championship this past spring.

More about Becky:
Parents: Martin and Bev Hammon
Siblings: Older brother Matt, and older sister Gina
Pets: Rabbits named Griffey and Grant
Favorite Foods: Mom's pasta, lobster and steak
Favorite Music Artists: Whitney Houston, Sara MacLaughlin and N'SYNC
Away from the Court: Likes to hunt and fish, participate in water sports, spending time with friends, playing softball and rec football, dancing and watching movies
Musical Talents: Sings and plays the drums

Gretchen Bleiler

Gretchen Bleiler

Professional Snowboarder
Age:27
Birthday:April 10, 1981
Hometown:Toledo, OH, United States

Lives In:Aspen, CO, Links:
http://http//www.ussnowboarding.com/public/team.php?sN=&&dId=7&aId=113

Biography
Gretchen Bleiler is an Aspen hometown hero, a member of the 2006 US Olympic Team, a covergirl and a two-time WX SuperPipe champion ('03, '05). But above all, Gretchen is talented and determined. After an amazing breakout year in '03, Gretchen suffered a huge blow when she tore her right ACL at the beginning of the '04 season. After a year of rehab she came back strong in '05 reclaiming WX gold and following that up with a solid string of podiums (including the U.S. Open). In 2002 she narrowly missed a spot on the Olympic team, but she will get there in 2006. She comes into the '06 season ready to unleash her new trick, the Michalchuk. local