Baron Pierre de Coubertin report: Nicky

                                      

Who wants to know who Baron Pierre De Coubertin is? Well I happened to learn all about him. Baron Pierre De Coubertin is famous for reviving / bringing back the Olympic games.

When Baron Pierre De Coubertin was growing up, he was brought up in a rich French family. Baron was born on new years day ( January first ) in 1863, plus he was the fourth child. His dad was an artist and sold his paintings on a display in Parisian salons. Also his mum was a musician. His relationships between his parents was unfortunately strained.

He went to law school for awhile then left after a year. Soon Baron went to another department and learnt more about science and politics. He  had an interest in Sports and education. Once he went to England and met a person called William Penny Brooks, and together they studied the history of the Olympics Games ( which we call ‘ancient Olympic Games’ )   and started a good series of sporting festivals .  

Once Baron was the Nd president of the international Olympic committee.

Sadly Baron died in 1937, in September 2nd when he was just 74 in Geneva, Genève, Switzerland.

Great Britain medal graph: Nicky

Hi, this is my graph on Great Britain. The amount of medals they've won over the past 2 weeks in the Olympics is TA DAA. Here's my graph. Check it out

My results on Great Britain for the Olympics: Nicky

Hi, I've been working on finding out how many medals Great Britain has won during the 2012 Olympics. I think it's aright, I hope you learn something from these results.

2012 Olympic Medal tally chart: Nicola

Hi, as you should know by now the OLYMPICS have been happening over  the past 2 weeks! I have had so much fun watching all of the events and competitions. At school, our teacher has placed kids in groups for each country, ( Great Britain, U.S.A, New Zealand,  Australia, and China. ) My  country is Great Britain.  Each group has a tally chart of how many medals each country has won. Nearly everyone in my class has made a graph of those 5 countries including all of the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, I think that all of the countries tried their best in the events they were in. Did you know that China has 104 medals?, They really put their effort in the Olympics because they train everyday and they also never give up, America has 84 medals, they came second with the highest  number of medals, I think China and America has the most medals because they are hard workers and the U.S.A has a humongous population ( 314,154,000 ). England / Great Britain comes third with the highest number of medals which is 65, I reckon they were lucky to have that amount of medals plus they probably train regally. Australia has 35 medals, wow that's more than New Zealand and they have a nice warm climate so they can train more. Canada has 18 medals, and New Zealand has 13 medals.  New Zealand sure made us proud. I think that New Zealand did well in the rowing and canoeing because in New Zealand we have a lot of water, rivers and lakes plus the athletes can practice their sport in the water.  Here's my graph on those six countries. 

Do you know who Valerie Kasanita Adams is? Nicky

Do you know who Valerie Kasanita Adams is?  Valerie Adams is a famous New Zealand Shot putter. She has broken many records and has won many, many awards. I hope you enjoy this report and you learn something.

Valerie Adams grew up in Rotorua in New Zealand. She was born in 1984, her dad was English and her mum was Tongan. Valerie Kasanita Adams is 6 ft 5 inches or 1.96 metres tall. When Valerie played in her school basketball team her height and her sports skills made her really handy with the ball.Valerie Adams belongs to the church of Jesus Christ, of Latter - Day Saints.In 2010, Valerie Adams had separated her husband Bertrand Vili.  

As Valerie Adams got older she started to enjoy Shot Put, so to become an expert she had been coached. Valerie had three coaches, her first coach was Kirsten Hellier, they met in 1998, her second coach was Didier Poppe in 2010, and Jean Pierre Egger was her third Coach.

One of Valerie Adams achievements was winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2006. She won another gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In Beijing Valerie won another gold medal in the 2008 Games. At the Melbourne Games she was shot putting at 19.66 m! In the Beijing Games, she threw a shot put at 20.56 m! Also in Jamaica she threw a shot put, the distance was 17.73 m, and won a silver at the Commonwealth Games! Valerie sure has won a lot of medals.

Sadly, Valerie's mum died when she was just 15. Whenever Valerie competes in challenges, she oftens look up to the Heavens.