Sports Madness
Here
some
famous
Welsh
sports
men
and
women.
Find
out
what
sports
they
are
good
at
and
why.
Name: Jade Jones
Age: 23
Sport: Taekwondo
Place of Birth: Bodelwyddan, North Wales
Career: Jade represents Great Britain in the sport taekwondo.
Taekwondo is a martial art that involves fast kicking, jumping
and spinning. Jade was introduced to taekwondo by her
grandfather for self defence when she was 8 years old.
She won the gold medal for Taekwondo at the 2016 Rio Olympic
Games. This is her second gold medal because in the London
2012 Olympics Games she won Britain’s first taekwondo gold
medal when she was just 19 years old. Jade is nicknamed ‘The
Headhunter’ because she likes to win big points by kicking
opponents in the head with amazing accuracy.
Name: Aaron James Ramsey
Age: 25
Sport: Football
Place of Birth: Caerphilly, South Wales
Salary: £2,860,000 (2012)
Career: Aaron Ramsey loves football and started playing
football in school at the age of 11. He was also good at
rugby and athletics. Ramsey is a midfielder and his
professional career started when he joined Cardiff City Football
Club in 2006. At the age of just 16, he was the youngest player in
club history. In 2008 he joined the Wales in the National team and
Arsenal where he signed a £5 million deal.
Unfortunately, in 2010, Ramsey broke his leg in
two places in a match against Stoke City. It took
him years to fully recover from this injury. At the
moment Ramsey plays for Arsenal and represents
Wales and Great Britain.