American 'Kelly Slater' is best known for which sport?
"Kelly Slater Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer, author, actor, model, environmental activist, businessman, and innovator, most well known for his unprecedented 11 world surfing championships. Slater grew up in Cocoa Beach, Florida, where he still resides. He is the son of Judy Moriarity and Stephen Slater. He has two brothers, Sean and Stephen, and a daughter, Taylor. The son of a bait-store proprietor, Slater grew up near the water, and he began surfing at age five. By age 10 he was winning age-division events up and down the Atlantic coast, and in 1984"
"Surfing in the United States Surfing in the United States is one of the most popular pastimes in the country. California, Florida, and Hawaii are the most popular locations for surfing. There are professional surfing leagues such as the World Surf League in the United States. These leagues make it possible for surfers all over the world to become recognized in America for their talent. One of the most famous surfers is Kelly Slater. Kelly Slater has eleven different ASP surfing competitions, making him one of the best in the world. The earliest recorded instances of surfing took place in"
"Ken Slater (sportsman) Kenneth ""Ken"" Slater (22 March 1924 – 28 April 1963) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football and tennis at the highest level. He played his football with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and competed in two Australian Tennis Championships (now the Australian Open). Slater was educated at Camberwell Grammar School, which he represented in athletics, cricket, football and tennis. It was as a tennis player he most excelled, good enough to win the Under-16 singles titles at both the 1938 and 1939 Victorian Championships at Kooyong. He was described as an exceptionally"
"in the fifth. Slater was left a quadriplegic following a car accident in 1957 and became a patient at the spinal unit in Melbourne's Austin Hospital. He died in 1963, at the age of 39. Ken Slater (sportsman) Kenneth ""Ken"" Slater (22 March 1924 – 28 April 1963) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football and tennis at the highest level. He played his football with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and competed in two Australian Tennis Championships (now the Australian Open). Slater was educated at Camberwell Grammar School, which he represented in athletics, cricket, football"
"Kelly Slater, who placed fifth. He began his ASP World Tour campaign in 1993. In February 1998, Knox won the inaugural K2 Big-Wave Challenge, an event that offered $50,000 to the surfer who caught the biggest wave of the winter and had photographic evidence. The winning wave was a 52-foot ride at Todos Santos during the Reef Big-Wave World Championships. In 1999 Knox took a one-year hiatus from the World Tour. He returned in 2001 and achieved his highest ASP World Tour rating of 4th place. In August 2011, Knox was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame at Huntington"
"Summer Olympics. On August 3, 2016 the International Olympic Committee voted to include all five sports (counting baseball and softball as a single sport) for inclusion in the 2020 Games. Professional surfer Kelly Slater, widely considered to be the greatest surfer of all time, has stated that ""it'd be a huge honor"" for him to participate in the Olympics, even at the age of 48, which he will have reached in 2020. Additionally, it is likely that the dominant surfers of the World Surf League, such as Gabriel Medina and John John Florence, will be selected by their respective countries"
"Slater. He later came in second in the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast of 2007. His best season was 2008, where he finished the ASP world tour as the runner-up overall. He retired from the World Surf League in 2017, after 13 seasons, including three career victories and three years where he was ranked in the Top 5 (2007-2009). He plans to be the lead coach for Australia's elite surf team program in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Outside of the ASP World Tour: His wife, Tarryn, became a social media sensation from the gourmet lunches she"
"inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1992. He was voted in at Number 7 on Surfer Magazine's list of the ""Greatest Surfers of All Time"". A portrait of him by artist Jan Williamson was hung in the Archibald Prize in 2000. Personal Life: Tom has experienced stimulant addiction, most notably 'Ice'. He has since rehabilitated and warns others about the use of stimulants. in 2015 he participated in a documentary with ABC warning casual users to not be foolhardy and addiction runs in all classes/professions. Carroll is a playable character in the video game ""Kelly Slater's Pro"
"in McDonald, Kansas the rest of the year. She is the daughter of Major League Baseball outfielder (and former Cleveland Indians coach) Ted Uhlaender. In memory of her father, she wears his National League Championship ring from the 1972 Cincinnati Reds on a necklace. Katie Uhlaender Katie Uhlaender (born July 17, 1984) is an American skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. She has won six medals at the FIBT World Championships with two gold (women's skeleton: FIBT World Championships 2012, mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event: 2012), one silver (women's skeleton: 2008), and three bronze (women's skeleton: 2007, mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team"
"his wife Helen in 1965. They lived in Surrey and had four children and ten grandchildren. Slater's hobby was chess. Amongst other sponsorships he donated $125,000 to make possible the 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland, doubling the total prize fund. Slater died on 18 November 2015 at the age of 86. Jim Slater (accountant) James Derrick Slater (13 March 1929 – 18 November 2015) was a British accountant, investor and business writer. Slater rose to prominence in the 1970s as a businessman and financier, who was the founding Chairman of Slater Walker,"
"of the salary cap. Slater lives in Melbourne with his wife, Nicole Slater (née Rose). They were married in Cairns in November 2009 and have two children, a daughter, Tyla Rose and a son, Jake. Billy Slater participated in the television show Australia's Greatest Athlete and was the winner for both Season 1 (broadcast on Channel 9) and Season 2 (on Channel 7) against a diverse range of athletes such as Olympic gold medalist Steve Hooker, ironman Ky Hurst and V8 Supercar champions Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes. A regular contributor to Canterbury Junior Football Club in Melbourne, Slater also"
"may only be added to the sled, not the rider. Current Olympic champion: Yun Sung-bin Nikita Tregubov Dominic Parsons Current Olympic champion: Lizzy Yarnold Jacqueline Lölling Laura Deas Skeleton (sport) Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or -sleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. The sport and the sled may have been named from the bony appearance of the sled. Unlike other sliding sports of bobsleigh and luge, the race always involves single riders. Like bobsleigh, but unlike luge, the race begins with"
"a bond. They announced a separation over Christmas 2004 while Slater was performing in a stage version of the film ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" in London's West End. They officially separated in 2005 and divorced in 2007. Slater was once quoted as saying ""Work is my hobby, staying sober is my job."" Slater is a practitioner in Kempo Karate. On December 2, 2013, Slater married his girlfriend Brittany Lopez in Florida after three years of dating. In 1989, Slater was arrested for drunk driving and assault. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail. In 1994, he was"
"Britain, the United States, and Canada. Athletes from German-speaking countries had traditionally been dominant in the sliding sports, luge and bobsleigh, but following the re-introduction of skeleton, they had not been as strongly competitive in the new sport. Mellisa Hollingsworth of Canada, the defending Olympic bronze medalist, won the 2009-10 Skeleton World Cup, and was considered a strong contender if not the favorite to win. British athlete Shelley Rudman won the only British medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics with her silver in skeleton, and her bronze medal at the European Championships just prior to the Games kept her name"
"also won two grand finals, the Clive Churchill Medal and the Dally M Medal with the Storm. With the Kangaroos he was the 2008 World Cup's top try-scorer and player of the tournament and won the 2008 Golden Boot Award as the World player of the year. Slater was also the winner of the television game show ""Australia's Greatest Athlete"" in 2009, 2010 and 2018. Slater was born in Nambour, Queensland, Australia on 18 June 1983. He began playing rugby league football for the Brothers club in Innisfail, Queensland. A North Queensland Cowboys fan growing up, he continued to make"
"the Pro Bowl makes the Slater family the third most nominated family in the NFL (only the Manning family (Archie, Peyton and Eli) and the Matthews family (Bruce, Clay Jr and Clay III)) have more Pro-Bowl nominations as a family). Another son, David, is in his final year in college. Slater and his family live in Orange County, California. Slater is active with the NFL Play 60 program, which sends NFL players to schools to discuss spending 60 minutes a day to participate in sports activities. Jackie Slater Jackie Ray Slater (born May 27, 1954) is a retired National Football"
"1960, and won three Football League titles with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Her uncle, J J Warr, played for the England cricket team. Slater gained two degrees, at the universities of Birmingham and Oxford, before qualifying to be a PE teacher at Loughborough. Slater appeared in the gymnastics competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, carrying the British flag at the opening ceremony, and eventually earned 20 caps as an international gymnast. As a gymnast, she finished runner-up in the British Championships in the same year as her appearance at the Olympics. In other sporting achievements, she reached national standard at diving and"
"Jackie Slater Jackie Ray Slater (born May 27, 1954) is a retired National Football League offensive tackle who played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Rams organization, 19 seasons in Los Angeles from 1976–1994, and one in St. Louis in 1995. A graduate of Jackson State University, he was a teammate of Walter Payton. Drafted in the third round of the 1976 NFL Draft, Slater seldom played his first few years before starting in 1979. Known as the most consistent member of one of the most potent offensive lines in NFL history, Slater was selected to seven Pro"
"time of his retirement in 1931, Slater had achieved All-Pro status a total of six times. During his NFL career Slater never missed a game because of injury, starting in a total of 96 of the 99 games he played between the AFL and NFL. In 1934, the NFL again tightened its color ban prohibiting the participation of black players. Although by this time retired as a player, Slater was instrumental in the movement to assemble all-star teams of African-American players. Slater served as head coach of the Chicago Negro All-Stars in 1933, losing both of the known contests played"
"eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater to win the 2001 Billabong Pipeline Masters event. On October 3, 2004 after qualifying for the World championship tour, he again defeated the seven-time champion in the semifinals at the Association of Surfing Professionals Quiksilver Pro France event, but lost to his older brother Andy Irons in the final. Later, on December 15, 2004, he won the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau event in waves that exceeded 40 feet (12m) at O'ahu's Waimea Bay. Soon after, he dazzled crowds by making the final and placing fourth in the Pipe Masters, barely re-qualifying for the"
"people lost their lives there. The Ocean Beach surfing community is served by four surf shops and several popular beach-themed cafes. Seal Rock is a prominent local feature of the area. Third Eye Blind's Motorcycle Drive By was written about this beach. On November 6, 2011, Ocean Beach hosted the Rip Curl Pro surfing competition, in which Kelly Slater won his 11th ASP world championship at the age of 39. This was the only one of his championships won in the continental United States. Due in part to its sometimes inhospitable weather (high winds, cold weather and fog), the area"
"Nicky Slater Nicholas Mark Slater (born 6 April 1958) is a former ice dancer and TV and theatrical performer who is now a singer-songwriter, writer and entertainer. With Karen Barber, he became the 1983 European bronze medalist and a two-time NHK Trophy champion. They competed together at two Winter Olympics. Slater's parents, Joan Dewhirst Slater and John Slater, competed together in ice dancing, winning silver at the 1952 and 1953 World Championships. They were also World Professional champions. They retired to coach at Liverpool Rink then Manchester Ice Palace and finally Altrincham Ice Rink. Slater attended Parr Lane County Primary"
"Ojo"" Rowing ""Tom Aggar"", ""Ryan Chamberlain"", ""Mark Hunter"", ""Naomi Riches"" Skiing ""Chemmy Alcott"", ""Aaron Tipping"" Squash ""Paul Johnson"", ""Dominique Lloyd-Walter"", ""Alison Waters"" Swimming ""Elaine Barrett"", ""Ellen Gandy"", ""Dervis Konuralp"", ""Zara Long"", ""Amy Marren"", ""Craig Moate"" Table Tennis ""Darius Knight"" Tennis ""Anne Keothavong"" Triathlon ""Tim Don"", ""Stuart Hayes"", ""Jodie Swallow"" Volleyball ""Dami Bakare"", ""Peter Bakare"", ""Lucy Boulton"", ""Natasha Brewer"", ""Lizzie Reid"", ""Darius Setsoafia"", ""Yasser Slitti"", ""Nikki Strachan"" Weightlifting ""Joanne Calvino"", ""Darren Holloway"", ""Jack Oliver"", ""Zoe Smith"", Emily Godley, Mercy Brown Other ""Brendano Lee (international male super model and actor)"", ""Warren Russell (member of boy dance band Diversity), ""Charlene White (ITV newsreader"
"Walt Slater Walter Edward ""Walt"" Slater (January 31, 1920 – May 11, 2012) was an American football player. He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers football. In 1941, he led all NCAA major college players with an average of 20.4 yards per punt return. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, he later played professional football in the National Football League, appearing in 11 games for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1947 NFL season. During his time with the Steelers, he totaled 167 rushing yards and 215 passing yards. He also led the NFL"
"Terry Slater (ice hockey) Terry Slater (December 5, 1937 – December 5, 1991) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach. In the World Hockey Association, he coached the teams Los Angeles Sharks and Cincinnati Stingers. Born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Slater began his career in 1958 at St. Lawrence University, where he was a two time All American, and played hockey in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In his first season, he scored 50 points in 22 games. After two more seasons at St. Lawrence University, Slater was in 1961 in the former professional hockey league Western Hockey League"
"game, Slater prevented Reggie White, who was considered the premium pass rusher in the NFL, from sacking the quarterback, a game that Slater later became best known for. Slater was considered by critics the most consistent lineman on one of the best offensive lines in the NFL, which also included Pro Bowlers Kent Hill and Dennis Harrah and was recognized for his ""work ethic and leadership skills"" when he was inducted to the Hall of Fame. He retired after the 1995 season when injuries reduced him to playing one game the entire year. He is the only player in league"
"United Kingdom, including association football, golf, tennis, boxing, rugby league, rugby union, cricket, field hockey, snooker, darts, billiards, squash, curling and badminton, all of which are popular in Britain. Another sport invented in the UK was baseball, and its early form rounders is popular among children in Britain. Snooker and darts are popular indoor games: Stephen Hendry is the seven time world snooker champion, Phil Taylor is the 16 time world darts champion. Snooker player Alex Higgins (nicknamed ""The Hurricane"") and darts player Eric Bristow (nicknamed ""The Crafty Cockney"") are credited with popularising each sport. Bodybuilder Reg Park was Mr"
"Kalajos School of Gymnastics at 16 months of age, at the suggestion of a family doctor, who thought it would help treat her sleep apnea and increase her strength. When she was 5 years old, she was spotted by talent scouts from the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) and invited her to join their elite development program. She began training in the WAIS program just after her 6th birthday. Slater made her national competition debut at the age of 9 and her international debut at 11. 1998 stands out as a breakthrough year for Slater. At a dual meet"
"national teams are competitive internationally. A twenty-team professional league, Major League Soccer, plays from March to October, but its television audience and overall popularity lag behind other American professional sports. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual sports, but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing, particularly NASCAR. Other popular sports are tennis, softball, rodeo, swimming, water polo, fencing, shooting sports, hunting, volleyball, skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, Ultimate, Disc golf, cycling, MMA, roller derby, wrestling, weightlifting and rugby. Relative to other parts of the world, the United States is unusually competitive in women's sports, a fact"
"Bowls and broke a record for most seasons with one team. His jersey number was retired, and he was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001. Slater is currently the offensive line coach at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. His son, Matthew Slater, is a special teams player for the New England Patriots. Slater was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He was the first member of his family to attend a desegregated school while growing up at Wingfield High School. He attended Jackson State University, where he played alongside Walter Payton, who personally recruited him to the"
"Allana Slater Allana Amy Slater (born 3 April 1984 in Perth, Western Australia) is a retired Australian artistic gymnast. The Australian senior all-around National Champion in 2000, 2003 and 2004 and a multiple medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Slater is considered to be one of Australia's most internationally successful gymnasts. Allana Slater was born in Western Australia on 3 April 1984. She has a half-brother and -sister named Mark and Claire. Her father died in 1997 in a plane crash in Indonesia while she was competing in the Junior Pacific Alliance Championships. Slater began gymnastics in a toddler program at"
"Division I NCAA Finals. Featured in the documentary were players Karl Clauss, Joel Gardner, Steve Spott, Grant Slater, as well as assistant coach Brian Durocher and Student Assistant Eric Opin, retired SID Bob Cornell, and numerous Village of Hamilton, New York residents. † Slater died during the season Terry Slater (ice hockey) Terry Slater (December 5, 1937 – December 5, 1991) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach. In the World Hockey Association, he coached the teams Los Angeles Sharks and Cincinnati Stingers. Born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Slater began his career in 1958 at St. Lawrence University, where"
"skater, she competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics, where she finished 7th in the 1500m. She was fourteen years old at the time, making her the youngest American female Winter Olympian. In 1976, she won the U.S. national overall outdoor title, but an injury prevented her from competing in the Olympics that year. Carpenter had trained on a bicycle during the off-season, and after the ankle injury in 1976, she began racing on the bike. In 1976, 1977, and 1979, she won the U.S. national road and track pursuit championships. She added a pair of national criterium championships to her"