The inspiring life of the great sportsmen

The biographies of great sportsmen can be really interesting to discover because they constitute a source of inspiration for us by ascending how an ordinary men have become someone extraordinary by fighing, thanks to the sport which constitutes their source of power, all their weaknesses. I will present below two exciting examples of great sportsmen's lives who decided to use the sport to overcome the physical limits of the body but also social obstacles.

Jerzy Górski

The first person is Jerzy Górski, a Polish thriathlete who in 1990 won the gold medal in the Double Iron Thrialton, which by its nature is twice as hard to accomplish as the traditional thriatlon. However, the victory of Jerzy Górski is so fascinating because before practicing the sport professionally he was addicted to drugs and because of it his health was in the terrible condition that nobody gave him a chance to survive. Nevertheless, as he mentioned in one interview, thanks to the sport he began to become more and more vigorous and that gave him the power to fight against addiction and hope to win another chance for a better life.

Jack Johnson
The second person is Jack Johnson, an American boxer and the first black boxer who in 1910 became world champion in heavyweight. But his victory is all the more exceptional as at the time when rasism triumphed, the Black could face white opponents in all categories, except that of heavyweight, considered o be the most pre-eminent. However, Jonson broke this taboo when he won the fight with American boxer in 1910 - James Jeffries, the representative of the White. Unfortunately the result of the fight was not recognized by the referee but this event, named 'The fight of the century' is significant in the history because it constituted the symbolic victory of the Black on the White in their fight against rasism.