SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES

Yanina Martinez was born a quadriplegic but due to her excellent ________ she excelled in athletics in the Paraolympic games.

• ATTITUDE

• ATTENTION

• OPPOSITION

Braian Toledo overcame poverty and made a big___________ to become an elite javelin thrower.

• EFFORT

• POWER

• LAZYNESS

Juan Martín del Potro went through many painful elbow and knee surgeries but ____________a lot and was one of our country's best tennis players.

• TRAINED

• CLAPPED

• STAMPED

Paula Belén Pareto struggled with two careers: JUDO and MEDICINE. Because her ___________________ was so great, she was succesful in both.

• DISLIKE

• MOTIVATION

• UNMOTIVATED

Lionel Messi had an enormous challenge in his football career because he has a growth problem. He is a very __________football player.

• PATIENCE

• RESILIENT

• WEAK

Marcos Rojo had a very _______________ and long sports trajectory because he was born in a very poor neighbourhood near the City of La Plata.

• DIFFICULT

• SOFT

• EASY

Jose Meolans opened up interesting roads within Argentine _____________. Today this hard-working athlete enjoys a well-earned rest.

• SWIMMING

• ROWING

• SAILING

Martin Kremenchuzky is 46 years old and although he is blind and deaf, which are big ___________, he excelled as a champion runner and triathlonist.

• PATHS

• OBSTACLES

• BLOCKS

José David Effron is a champion paraolympic athlete who enjoyed the __________ of judo as a sport, obtaining many Paraolympic games victories.

• DRAWBACKS

• VICTORIES

• BENEFITS

Marcos Milinkovic was ____________ for sports from a very young age and won a gold medal in volleyball in the Mar del Plata Panamerican games in 1995.

• AGITATED

• PASSIONATE

• PLACID