gifted athlete

collocation in English

meaningsofgiftedandathlete

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gifted
adjective
uk
/ˈɡɪf.tɪd/us
/ˈɡɪf.tɪd/
having special ability in a particular subject ...
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athlete
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæθ.liːt/us
/ˈæθ.liːt/
a person who is very good at sports or physical exercise, especially one who competes in ...
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(Definition ofgiftedandathletefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That confusion caused her grades to slip and to withdraw from her talents as agiftedathlete.
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As a former figure skater, she is agiftedathleteand quickly learns volleyball skills even with no prior experience.
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I don't have to teach him much, he's agiftedathlete.
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Enthralled with baseball as a young man but not agiftedathlete, he used his ability with numbers to keep track of team sports.
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Mahon was agiftedathleteas a young child.
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She was raised primarily by her grandparents, and was agiftedathletefrom a young age.
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Agiftedathletefrom childhood, she excelled in swimming (specifically, in the breast stroke), basketball, soccer, and track.
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Dickey was considered agiftedathletewith his strongest positions being quarterback and punter.
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Takako is a verygiftedathlete, her 200m track record is the second best in the history of the prefecture.
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Edwin was agiftedathleteplaying baseball, football, basketball, and he ran track in both high school and college.
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Frank was also agiftedathleteand his dream was to play sports professionally.
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Parker was asthmatic in his youth, a seeming irony that such agiftedathletewould be afflicted with such a condition.
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Rogowski was agiftedathlete, playing little league baseball in his youth.
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Crimebuster had no superhuman powers, but was agiftedathleteand a master of various weaponry.
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How much will be spent in total on assisting gifted athletes and sportsmen to success?
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It was—is—to be a network of super training clubs for gifted athletes.
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Kota is the rare distinction between riders of leisure and truly gifted athletes.
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