Definition of Athletes. Meaning of Athletes. Synonyms of Athletes

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Definition of Athletes

Athlete
Athlete Ath"lete, n. [L. athleta, Gr. ? prizefighter, fr. ? to contend for a prize, ?, Hom. ?, contest, ? prize; fr. the same root as E. wed: cf. F. athl[`e]te.] 1. (Antiq.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome. 2. Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion. 3. One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.

Meaning of Athletes from wikipedia

- regardless of whether they compete in a sport. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques...
- effect upon athletes' health. However, some exemptions are made for athletes who take banned substances for therapeutic use, and athletes are not sanctioned...
- basketball and football players benefit the athletes' schools (through rent-s****ing) at the expense of the athletes. Economists have subsequently characterized...
- Jonathan Soros. Athletes Unlimited leagues employ formats in which individual players are crowned champions, with the exception of the Athletes Unlimited Softball...
- World's 10 Highest-Paid Athletes 2024". Forbes. Retrieved 8 June 2024. Knight, Brett. "The World's 10 Highest-Paid Athletes 2023". Forbes. Retrieved...
- its focus is on the athlete's time and not their money. Athletes for Hope has grown from its original Founders to over 10,000 athletes across many sports...
- for under-served charities. The three formed Uplifting Athletes later that year. Uplifting Athletes' founding chapter is at Penn State University. The football...
- Black athletes may refer to: 1968 Olympics Black Power salute Black athletic superiority Black parti****tion in college basketball Black players in professional...
- The naturalized athletes of China are naturalized citizens who are part, or have been part, of the People's Republic of China's national teams in international...
- majority of elite young adult athletes, such as NCAA Division I athletes and first-round NFL draft picks, were multi-sport athletes, even if they specialized...