In 1923, Aristotle Onassis left In 1923, Aristotle Onassis left for Buenos Aires, Argentina, and got for Buenos Aires, Argentina, and got his first job with the British United his first job with the British United River Plate Telephone Company. River Plate Telephone Company.

 Onassis married  Athina Lavanos, on 28th December 1946 .They had to children. A son Alexander and daughter Christina. She divorced him in 1960.

Despite the fact they were both married, Onassis and Despite the fact they were both married, Onassis and opera diva Maria Callas had an affair. They met in opera diva Maria Callas had an affair. They met in 1957 during a party in Venice promoted by Elsa 1957 during a party in Venice promoted by Elsa Maxwell. Onassis ended his relationship with Callas Maxwell. Onassis ended his relationship with Callas to marry Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of U.S. to marry Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy , on 20President John F. Kennedy , on 20thth October 1968. October 1968. They married on Onassis's privately owned island They married on Onassis's privately owned island of Skorpios.of Skorpios.

Onassis died at age 69, on 15 March 1975 at Onassis died at age 69, on 15 March 1975 at the American Hospital of Paris in France, of the American Hospital of Paris in France, of respiratory failure, a complication of respiratory failure, a complication of

the myasthenia gravis the myasthenia gravis that he had been that he had been

suffering from during the last years ofsuffering from during the last years of his his

lifelife..

MARIETTA KOVERIMARIETTA KOVERI

AYRTON SENNA

Senna began his motorsport career in karting, he moved up to open-wheel racing in 1981, and won the British Formula 3 championship in 1983.He moved up to Formula 1 in 1984 and the next year he joined Lotus-Renault and won 6 Grand Prix over the next 3 seasons. In 1988, he joined Frenchman Alain Prost at McLaren-Honda. Between them, they won all but one of the 16 Grand Prix that year and Senna claimed his first World Championship. Prost claimed the championship in 1989, and Senna his second and third championships in 1990 and 1991.In 1992, the Williams-Renault began to dominate. Although Senna managed to finish the 1993 season as a runner-up, he won 5 races and negotiated a move to Williams. He was recognised for his qualifying speed over one lap and from 1989 until 2006 held the record for most pole positions. His third race of the 1994 season was also his last one. It took place in Imola, Italy.

His third race of the 1994 season was also his last one. It took place in Imola, Italy. At the K4 turn the car was not responding to Senna’s actions, so he lost control of the car and crashed the wall with 280 kilometers an hour. Ayrton Senna died that day and the racing world lost a legend. Ayrton Senna died reaching for the top !!!

Swimmer Michael Phelps has won 18 Olympic gold medals and 22 Olympic medals , more than anyone in history!!! Phelps’s specialty is the shorter races, 100 to 400 meters in length. His records , world records and awards are almost too numerous to mention: he set his first world record at age of 15!!!

Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter. At London’s Olympic games 2012, he won 3 gold medals in 3 races! Totally he has 23 gold medals and 8 silver medals!!!

The bad thing with some athletes is that they are taking steroids, cause they don’t feel that they can rely only on their bodies in order to win.

In London 2012 one Chinese woman was blood tested, because she was to fast in swimming, and she was clear!

Some athletes may be taking steroids but they harm themselves by taking them.

Derrick Martell Rose born October 4, 1988 is a professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA .He’s 23 years old and has already broken a world record for the youngest MVP of the year(2010-2011)

Derrick Rose has played for the University of Memphis Tigers and reached the NCAA national championship game in 2008.He is also the best point guard playing for the U.S.A. national team.

Marie Curie was born in 1867 in Poland. She started studying in the University of Paris in

the age of 24and many years after she became the first female professor of it. In

1894 Marie got married with Pier Curie.In 1903 she, her husband and Henri Becquerel

shared the Nobel Prize in Physics . She was the first woman that won a Nobel Prize. In

1911 she won another Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Marie discovered the radioactivity and two elements polonium and radium.

In 1934 she died aplastic anemia contracted from her long term exposure to radiation.

Pyrros Dimas is one of the best Greek weightlifter in all over the world! He was born in Himara in the Northern Epirus in Albania by Greek parents. He came to Greece in 1991.He was called ‘The lion of the Himara’ because he had won a lot of olympic medals.

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games won the golden medal, raising a total of 370 kilos . He took two titles in 1993 and 1995.At the 1996 he won three gold medals in the 83kg.At the 2000 Olympic in Sidney he won the third Olympic gold medal and at the 2004 Olympic in Athens he won his bronze medal.

KobeBryant

Kobe Bryant was born in 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and now in the age of 34 he is one of the most successful basketball players.

Bryant was raised from his childhood to be a professional basketball player, because his father was a coach in a basketball team. When his father retired his family moved to Italy, but after 5 years they moved back to America.

He was picked by Hornets in the NBA draft of 1996 who traded him for another player with Lakers. He was in the bench for the first year. However, he became the youngest NBA starter ever and now he is the best in his area of expertise.

Yelena Isinbayeva is a pole vaulter from Russia. The current world record belongs to Isinbayeva, the single woman who passed the five-metre barrier. Her personal best is 5.06 m. , an achievement made in Zurich at 2009. Yelena owns the 28 first world records at pole vault. At the Olympics 2012 Isinbayeva won the bronze medal. She is also a two-time World Champion and twice an Olympic Gold Medalist.

Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He stayed 302 weeks at the first place as the best tennis player. He has won 17 Grand Slam titles, 1 Olympic Gold Medal and 1 Olympic Silver Medal. He is considered to be the greatest tennis player of all time by many tennis critics.

DIMITRIS KOUTSOUKOS

Pyrros Dimas is a Greek weightlifter who

considered as one of the greatest of all time.

He has been three times Olympic

champion and three times World champion.

He has won :

7 gold

1 silver

3 bronze

Usain St. Leo Bolt was born in 21 August 1986 in

Jamaica. He takes part every

year in the Olympic Games as a

sprinter . He is the fastest person in the world.

He is the first man who hold both the

100 meters and 200 meters world record.

He also set with his teammates the

world record in the 4 x 100 meters.

He has won totally 38 medals.