SERENA WILLIAMS
#UNDERDOG
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight occasions, from 2002 to 2017. She became the world No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002.
BERTRAND MBI
TRAIN ANYWHERE: NO EXCUSES
Bertrand Mbi found his vocation in a young age – The healthy lifestyle. He started working out on a professional level since the age of 18. Sports became a constant part of his life and he went on to get a certificate for a personal trainer from the National Sports Academy. Before becoming a personal trainer, Bertrand Mbi was a professional close protection officer for high profile businesspersons for 5 years and volunteered for a children charity organization in South Africa. In 2015 and 2016 he was a competitor for the famous YouTube Channel BodyBuildingRev and was has done commercials, music videos and TV. His body, his ambition and his motivation are inspiration to people around the world.
SCOUT BASSETT
#CHALLENGED
When Scout was only an infant, she lost her right leg from a fire. Soon after, she was found as an abandoned infant on the streets of Nanjing, China. As an orphan, she grew up in extreme & harsh conditions and endured years of trauma and anguish. However, she discovered that sports could help her transcend the social & cultural barriers she faced.
“Nothing compares to the exhilarating feeling of being able to move. It wasn’t about being first, it was about seeing what was possible.”
Scout is a 3-time National Champion in the 100m and two-time runner up in the long jump, the World Record holder in the 400m and American Record holder in the 100m and 200m. On the USA Paratriathlon National Team, she won 3 silver medals and a bronze at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships.
EMMANUEL MUNDIAY
#THE GRIND
Mudiay is a Congolese professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played high school basketball for Grace Preparatory Academy and Prime Prep Academy in Texas, where he gained much of the media's attention. He committed to play for the SMU Mustangs men's basketball team on August 24, 2013 but later made the decision to forgo college and joined the Guangdong Southern Tigers in China. After an injury-riddled season in China, he was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets.
AMNA AL HADDAD
#BARRIERS / REJECTED
Al Haddad is a female weightlifting athlete from the United Arab Emirates. She started her weightlifting career in 2007. Her first competitive entrance was in October 2011. Since then she has competed in a number of international competitions. She then became the first Emirati female to compete in the Reebok Crossfit Games Open (February 22 – March 25, 2012) and was ranked 77th out of 170 women in Asia.
PAUL GEORGE
#INJURED & REHABBED
George suffered a broken leg in 2014 while competing for a roster spot on the United States national team for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. He missed most of the 2014–15 season, but recovered to become an All-Star again in 2016. An American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), George is a four-time NBA All-Star and has been named three times to the All-NBA Team and NBA All-Defensive Team.
George played high school basketball for Knight High School before playing two seasons of college basketball at Fresno State. He was selected by the Pacers with the 10th overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft, and earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors. He was named the NBA Most Improved Player in 2013, when he also earned his first All-Star selection.
김춘리(chunri kim)
#UNRESTRAINED
2014 NABBA/WFF Korea Grand Prix,
2014 WFF World-Aus SuperBody Champ,
2015 Musclemania Champion and
2016 Nabba Korea Figure Champion
VARIOUS ATHLETES
#DISABLED = ADAPTIVE ATHLETES
Athletes striving to mobilize the adaptive & veteran communities while also redefining the words 'handicapped & disabled'.
VICTOR CRUZ
#UNDRAFTED
Cruz is an American Football Wide Receiver who is currently a free agent. He played college football at UMass, and signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2010. With the Giants, he won Super Bowl XLVI and was invited to the Pro Bowl after the 2012 season. He was released from the Giants after the 2016 season.
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