Achievement Medal

Anna Meares Anna Meares was born in Blackwater, in the small coal mining town of Middlemount on September 21, 1983 to Marilyn and Anothony who worked in the coal mining industry. She grew up in the same town and went to Middlemount State School. She was the youngest of four children who all liked sport. She and her siblings tried many different sports, including; karate, BMX, swimming, triathlon and tennis but Anna and her sister were inspired by the cycling events in the 1994 Commonwealth…

seemed to live exemplary lives, they withheld secrets that make some question if they ever were heroes to the public eye. Entertainers like Bill Cosby and Lance Armstrong are considered “Fallen Heroes” and should be stripped of their honors and achievements because they misrepresented…

time.” Neil also gained the recognition of being the first to land the Eagle module on the moon and walk on its surface. “Apollo was the greatest of human achievements [and] for once, we reached beyond our grasp” said professor Brian Cox. Armstrong was given many awards for his acts including the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom…

A wide international coverage that spans Asia, North America Africa, Oceania, and Europe. Hup Seng’s products have won the hearts of thousands of consumers around the world. Therefore, Hup Seng shall continue to upgrade, improve and reach new achievement of excellence. The company mainly manufactures and distributes biscuits, coffee mix and other related food products in Malaysia such as cream crackers, cookies, Marie biscuits, sandwich, and assorted biscuits under the brand name Kerk, Ping Pong…

The works of both Stuart Hall and Franz Fanon share the similar argument that, even when black people achieve or attempt to combat the stereotypes that are placed upon them, they can never seem to find themselves without some form of alternative criticism, much less on par with their white counterparts. While Fanon and Hall were writing in 1952 and 1997 respectively, their theories and conclusions are still relevant today as humanity continues to navigate ideas of “race” and concepts of the…

Robert Graves was a soldier in World War I; after the war, he became a full time author, critic, and poet. He was born into an upper middle class family near London, United Kingdom in 1895. His father, Alfred Graves, a scholar and poet, and his mother, Amalie von Ranke Graves, a strongly religious woman, were great influences to him. He was a superior student, and received a scholarship to attend a charter school at the age of 12. When he graduated high school in 1913, he was awarded a…

born and raised in China, I started my swim career in an elementary school. Since then, I swam through elementary school, middle school, high school, and college. It could not be denied that my hard work paid off since I managed to obtain lots of medals and broke multiple local records. What’s more valuable was that I became the team captain in my high school swim team. I immigrated to America along with my family in 2012 and never ceased to continue my swim career. In the beginning, I had…

Event, Women’s Figure skating). One person that had a big impact on figure skating was Sonja Henie. She competed in the first winter Olympics. She was only around fifteen years old at that time. (Hasday 31). In 1928 she won the gold medal, and also won the gold medals two years after that as well. She was one of the reasons why figure skating is so popular in the Olympics today. Sonja loved to skate so much that she went to the movie companied and told them that she wanted to play parts in…

The 1936 Olympic Games was a monumental event. The XI Olympiad was at its peak for competing nations. These games were the last major international sporting competition before the deadliest war of the twentieth century. As a battleground to test Aryan Supremacy, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler built the most state of-the-art facilities ever seen at the time. Thousands of people gathered to see some of the best athletes from all around the world compete in Berlin, and taking center stage was the…

are actually making changes. In the United States a woman is running for president, which 10 years ago was an impossible dream. Women have changed history by setting and achieving their goals, training hard before the Olympic Games and winning gold medals, and putting their ideas out there and building big empires by their own. A perfect example of a woman changing young women’s point of view and becoming a role model is Ellen DeGeneres. She is a strong woman and a public figure who has even…