Sentence examples for begins competitive from inspiring English sources

And so begins competitive travel.

Freeman began competitive running on the advice of her stepfather.

Something of a troubled youth, he began competitive skiing on the volcanic Mount Hood in northern Oregon.

"The income wasn't always constant," said Jose, who began competitive boxing when he was 5 years old.

At age 18 Mutlu began competitive weight lifting, and he placed fifth in the 54-kg weight division at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

In 1952 she took part in the Round Britain Rally, as a navigator and co-driver with Sheila Van Damm, who had begun competitive driving just two years before and who went on to set a speed record at Monte Carlo the following year.

A 4-0 hammering in the Nou Camp by Köln in the final of their own Joan Gamper Trophy did not augur well, but once the domestic season began, competitive form was much more encouraging: Alexanco was in towering form at sweeper; Simonsen was irresistible on the right wing; Quini was putting away goals in his easy, unfussy manner; and Schuster was pulling the strings at the centre of everything.

The Welshman broke his back in 2009 in a paragliding accident and began competitive cycling a year later.

He grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee and began competitive swimming at age seven.

At the age of 10, he began competitive swimming under local coach Bert Eslick, and raced in regional country swimming carnivals at Dubbo, Bathurst and Orange.

She began competitive swimming in 2003 and first competed internationally at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships, where she won a silver medal.