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Monday 18 July 2016

Day 4~Be the Inspiration~Which athlete do you choose?

If I were to choose to meet up with one of these Olympians:
-Lauren Boyle
Lauren Boyle: Lauren is a swimmer from Auckland. She typically competes in the 400m and 800m freestyle races and, in the 2012, finished in 4th place at the London Olympics (just one spot away from winning a medal)! This will be Lauren’s third trip to an Olympic Games. She is the most successful swimmer in New Zealand sporting history. To learn more about Lauren you can read her biography at: http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/lauren-boyle/

-Stuart Farquhar
Stuart Farquhar: Stuart competes in the athletics (javelin throwing) competition at the Olympics. He currently lives in Hamilton but was born and raised in Te Aroha. He has competed for New Zealand at four previous Olympics games. His best ever throw was 86.31 m. That’s a long way! To learn more about Stuart, please read his short biography at: http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/stuart-farquhar/

-Andrea Kilday
Andrea Kilday: Andrea competes in the sport of Taekwondo. This will be her first ever trip to an Olympic games but she recently won a gold medal at a large international competition in Papua New Guinea. Andrea was born in Christchurch and moved to Auckland in 2005 to train at the Sejong Taekwondo Club with her coach Jin Keun Oh. To read more about Andrea, visit her webpage at: http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/andrea-kilday/

I would choose to meet with Stuart Farquhar. Firstly because I think he is a more successful athlete and has more experience from the others. Also I just love the sport he plays, Javelin. Believe it or not when I was younger I had won a bronze medal which is what boosted my sports confidence.

1 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Luisa,

Wow, I had no idea that you won a bronze medal in javelin when you were younger. That is so interesting! I am really glad to see that it boosted your confidence. That's a wonderful outcome!

I am sure that Stuart would love to meet you and to share some of his experiences with you. If you could ask him two questions, what would you most like to know?

Cheers, Rachel :)

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