Roger Federer Research Paper

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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Said by John Quincy Adams. The quote mentions everything Federer has done to Switzerland and to the world. He inspires young kids and everybody else to dream more and fight their way though, hoping that one day they will stand where Federer stands. From having Roger Federer as an idol, many people started to work hard in their own career. He lights up the words “ Everything is possible” on everybody’s mind giving them bravery and courage to fight for their dreams. In this APA paper, first, I will write about his biography then his tennis career. Including all his statistics and achievements he got. Second is going to be about Roger Federer’s foundation and actions they take upon the world. Third is what makes him a good leader. Lastly, what quality my leader has that I would like to obtain from him with reasons to support.

Roger Federer
Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981in a nice city of Basel, Switzerland. His parents are Robert Federer a Swiss-German and Lynette Federer from Southern African. Since his mother is from Southern Africa, he holds both Swiss and South African citizenship. During his childhood, he grew up nearby Birsfelden, Riehen and then moves to Munchestein, which is close to the French and German
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Mirka was born in Slovakia but she grew up in Switzerland, she was a former professional tennis player. They met while they were both competing for Switzerland at Sydney Olympics in 2000. Mirka retired from every tournament and stopped playing tennis in 2002 because of a foot injury, and she married Federer seven years after. They were married on 11 of April 2009 near Basel, only their close friends and family were invited to the ceremony. In 2009, Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls Myla and Charlene. Later on they had another pair of identical twin boys Leo and Lennart, in

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