Sentence examples for athlete identity from inspiring English sources

Using the power of former sponsor Nike (and knowing that it has a lot of "sweat equity" in Livestrong), the foundation should consider forming a high profile celebrity board of athletes (BOA) to give Livestrong a post-Lance elite athlete identity it needs.

The purpose of this study was to extend this understanding by examining how news media constructed elite athlete identities of prominent athlete mothers during the 2012 Olympic year.

An explorative perspective was assumed in order to: (a) develop a new measurement (Change-Event Inventory; CEI) to assess athletes' experiences of certain change-events, and (b) examine athletes' perceptions of and reactions to their change-event experiences, and the related effect of athletic identity.

The propensity to measure one's value by achievement in athletic pursuits is sometimes referred to as the athlete's identity.

"An athlete's identity for a man overlaps with and reaffirms his manhood," said Coakley, the author of "Sports in Society".

Woods was the rare athlete whose identity seemed to fit not just with golf clubs or sports drinks but with consulting firms.

Other participants who were former athletes reported they felt that CrossFit had helped them to restore their athletic identities.

The purpose of this study was to extend this understanding in a socio-cultural context by examining how recreational athlete mother identities were constructed within one form of new media - blogging.

To the contrary, the testing procedures being put in place are intended to provide definitive and prompt evaluation of any female athlete if gender identity is called into question and thus prevent precisely the news-media circus that followed disqualification of the Indian middle-distance runner Santhi Soundarajan at the 2006 Asian Games.

Mateo is still unaware of the athlete's true identity.

Skilled journalists should be able to distinguish between oversimplifying someone's race and tactfully exploring the importance of an athlete's ethnic identity and their family's cultural heritage.