Sorana Gurian (1913-1956) was a Jewish-Romanian intellectual who was part of the underground opposition in fascist Romania during the Second World War. She contacted tuberculosis in her twenties and spent
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Born in 1990 in South Waziristan, Pakistan, Maria Toorpakai is a professional Pakistani squash player. Using the name Genghis Khan, she disguised herself as a boy for the first 12
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Bianca Smith (1991-) started her 2nd season as a minor league coach with the FCL Red Sox in 2022. Prior to the Red Sox she was an Assistant Athletic Director
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Barbara Slater OBE (1959-) is the Director of BBC Sport. She is a former gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. Slater’s father, Bill, was
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Kate Shortman is a talented young British artistic swimmer who made her senior and junior European Championship debuts in 2016, and her first World Championship final in 2017. She is
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Aries Susanti Rahayu (1995-) is a professional sport climber from Indonesia. A Muslim who wears hijab when she climbs, she has been nicknamed ‘Spiderwoman’ for the incredible way she can
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Celia Quansah and Megan Jones are both professional rugby players who were selected to be part of Great Britain’s Rugby Olympic team at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The couple has
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