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SEAN MAITLAND PROFILE

Sean Maitland

Player Profile:
Sean Maitland joined a rare group when he scored a try with his first touch of the ball in Air New Zealand Cup play, having taken the field late in Canterbury's opening match of the 2007 campaign against Bay of Plenty. The Waikato-raised youngster had a week earlier made his first class debut during the pre-season fixture against North Harbour. A precocious talent, Maitland was a member of the victorious New Zealand Under-19 side at the IRB Junior World Cup. He is an exciting attacking three-quarter who has impressed many good judges since he linked up with Linwood at the start of 2007. Maitland had a very strong season with the Crusaders, scoring eight tries.

Player Stats:
Height:1.89m
Weight:97kg
Date Born:14/09/88
Provincial Caps:38
Provincial Debut:2007 v North Harbour
Super Caps:28
Super Points:55
Super Debut:2008 v Brumbies
Current Season Games:15

Sean Maitland

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JENNIE FINCH PROFILE

JENNIE FINCH BIOGRAPHY

Jennie Lynn Finch (born September 3, 1980), who occasionally uses her husband's surname Daigle, is a former American softball player who pitched for the USA national softball team and the Chicago Bandits. Finch helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Time magazine described her as the most famous softball player in history. In 2010, Finch retired from softball to focus on her family.

Finch had been playing softball since the age of five and pitching since she was eight. Growing up, Finch was a bat girl for the University of California, Los Angeles. At La Mirada High School, Finch lettered four times in softball and twice each in basketball and volleyball. As a senior, she was the captain of all three sports.As a sophomore, she was an All-California Interscholastic Federation Division II choice in softball and All-Suburban League selection. Her father, Doug Finch, was her first pitching coach.She attended La Mirada High School.

Finch married Major League Baseball pitcher Casey Daigle on January 15, 2005. Daigle proposed to Finch on the softball field at the University of Arizona, her Alma Mater. According to Finch, "He blindfolded me and took me to the mound and said, 'You have been the queen of the diamond for four years. Now I want you to be the queen of my heart.'" Their son, named Ace, was born on May 4, 2006 and a second son Diesel, was born on June 19, 2011. Finch is an avid fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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Jennie Finch

DAVID POCOCK PROFILE

David Pocock

Profile:
Date of birth: 23/04/1988

Place of birth: Gweru, Zimbabwe

Height: 184cm Weight:104kg

Position: Flanker

Debut: 2006 v Sharks

Teams: Wallabies
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David Pocock

MAO ASADA PROFILE

Mao Asada Biography

Birthdate: September 25, 1990
Weight: 110 lbs (50 kg)
Height: 5’4” (1.63 m)
Age: 21 years
Gender: Female

Mao Asada (浅田真央) (born September 25, 1990) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2008 World champion, Four Continents champion, the 2005-06 and 2008-09 season Grand Prix Final champion, the 2005 World Junior champion, and a three-time Japanese national champion (2006, 2007 2008). She is also the first and only woman to have landed two triple Axel jumps in the same program at an ISU competition. She accomplished it in the 2008-2009 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.[1] Asada is officially ranked third in the world.[2]

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Mao Asada

DANIELA DODEAN PROFILE

Daniela Dodean of Romania ... a woman who's in the ascendancy in the table tennis world rankings ... and attracting lots of attention.
Born on 13 January 1988, 22 year old Daniela is currently ranked at number 29 in the women's world ranking list.

JOHNY WILKINSON

JOHNY WILKINSON PROFILE

Position Fly-half
Date of Birth 25/05/1979
Place of Birth Frimley, Surrey, England
Height 5' 10''
Previous Teams Farnham Junior Rugby
Honours British Lions 2001 (5 caps), England (53 caps), U21

Johny Wilkinson Biography:

Jonny has had a love of rugby since the age of four. His father, Phil, played the game for 22 years, and both Jonny and his brother, Mark, were keen to follow in his footsteps.

Jonny grew up in the Hampshire county and was educated at Pierrepont, Frensham and Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire, and he enjoyed playing cricket and tennis, as well as rugby for his schools.

Jonny impressed England rugby selectors, when he took part in the English 18s Schools tour of Australia in 1997, clocking up a spectacluar 94 points in only 5 games.

After college, Jonny decided to sign for Newcastle on a two-year contract, after turning down a place at Durham University. Rob Andrew saw his potential and allowed Jonny to play for the England first team, after only just under an hour with the senior rugby team. In his first game for England against Ireland, he broke the records, as Englands’ youngest player this century. He stood in for Mike Catt in England’s 79th minute of their game against Ireland, despite some of the protests against the decision, as a few fans believed he wouldn’t be any good because they hadn’t heard of him.

Since then, Jonny has confirmed his position as England’s Premier fly half, as well being the hardest tackling number ten in the world.

All this has not come without some serious dedication on Jonny’s part. He has been conscientious and hard working, often refusing to leave the training ground (even from a young age) until he got his kicks right.

Recently, Jonny has become a big name in the world of sports. In the closing minutes of the 2003 rugby world cup final, Jonny Wilkinson clinched victory for England against Australia with a nifty drop goal. Jonny has moved further up the fame ladder in 2003, winning BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Jonny’s popularity continues unabated, despite recurring injuries during 2004, and he was bestowed with the ‘freedom of Newcastle’, an honour shared with Alan Shearer and late Newcastle United legend, Jackie Milburn.

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Johny Wilkinson

LINDSEY VONN PROFILE

Date of Birth
18 October 1984, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, Birth Name Lindsey C. Kildow, Nickname Don Don Linds Kildon, Height 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Lindsey has changed her name after the marriage to Lindsey Vonn and she is mostly referred by this name (her husband is the skier Thomas Vonn). She began to ski at the tender age of 2 in her natal area Twin City (Minnesota) and enrolled after to the famous development program at Buck Hill. In her Olympic debut at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Lindsey came sixth in both slalom and combined at Salt Lake City and the next year she won a silver medal in downhill in the Junior World Championsip at Puy St. Vincent, France. In December 2004 she earned her first World Cup medal podium for the first time in downhill victory in Lake Louise, Alberta. Canada.

Despite her injuries, Lindsey earned her first "big race" medals with silver in both downhill and super G at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 held in Sweden. After a recovering 2007 season through February 9, 2008, she had already won five World Cup races during the season and became World Cup discipline leader in both downhill and combined.

Lindsey Vonn

PATRICK MARLEAU

Patrick Marleau Biography

Patrick Denis Marleau or we know Patrick Marleau was born on September 15, 1979 in Swift Current, SK, Canada. He is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. Playing career, 1997–present. Patrick Marleau serves as an alternate captain for the Sharks during home games.

Patrick Marleau Profile

Birth Name: Patrick Denis Marleau
Popular Name: Patrick Marleau
Date of Birth: September 15, 1979
Place of Birth: Swift Current, SK, Canada
Height: 1.88 m
Weight 100 kg
Occupation: Hockey Players
Position: Centre / left wing

Patrick Marleau was born in Swift Current, SK, Canada. grew up on his family farm near Aneroid, Saskatchewan. There is no hospital in Aneroid so he was born in nearby Swift Current, Saskatchewan. According to some sources, Marleau’s birthplace is Aneroid,while others say Swift Current.

Patrick Marleau’s junior hockey career took him to the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League (WHL) where he played two seasons. In his rookie campaign in 1995–96, Marleau exploded onto the scene in Seattle tallying 32 goals and 74 points, leading his team to a playoff loss to the defending Memorial Cup champion Kamloops Blazers featuring future NHL star Jarome Iginla. The series ended 4-1, but Seattle took 3 of the losses to overtime before the Blazers won.

Patrick Marleau played his 1000th NHL game on 17 January 2011 against the Phoenix Coyotes. He has been named one of the Top 50 (#42 on the list) players headed into the 2010-2011 season by The Hockey News.|SOURCE|

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SIDNEY CROSBY

SIDNEY CROSBY BIOGRAPHY

Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Crosby was drafted by the Penguins out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) first overall after earning back-to-back CHL Player of the Year awards and leading his club to a berth in the 2005 Memorial Cup during his two-year major junior career with the Rimouski Océanic. Nicknamed "The Next One",^[2]^[3] he was one of the most highly regarded draft picks in hockey history, leading many to refer to the 2005 Draft Lottery as the "Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes".

In his first NHL season, Crosby finished sixth in scoring with 102 points (39 goals, 63 assists). By his second season, he led the NHL with 120 points (36 goals, 84 assists) to capture the Art Ross Trophy, becoming the youngest player and the only teenager to win a scoring title in any major North American sports league. That same season, Crosby won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player as determined by the Professional Hockey Writers Association, and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the most valuable player as determined by the NHL Players Association. He is the seventh player in NHL history to have earned all three awards. After losing to the Detroit Red Wings in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Crosby won his first Stanley Cup in 2009, becoming the youngest captain in NHL history to win the championship. In the 2009–2010 season, Crosby finished 2nd in NHL scoring with 109 points (51 goals, 58 assists). His 51 goals were a new career high and tied him with Steven Stamkos for the league lead in goals, thus earning him his first career Rocket Richard Trophy. At the Annual Awards show, Crosby took home his first Mark Messier Leadership Award.

Internationally, Crosby has represented Team Canada in two World Junior Championships, winning silver in 2004 and gold in 2005. He competed for Team Canada at the 2006 IIHF World Championship and led the tournament in scoring. In the 2010 Winter Olympics, Crosby scored the game-winning goal against the United States to win the gold medal for Canada, 3–2 in overtime.

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Sidney Crosby

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