Sentence examples for competed professionally from inspiring English sources

He had a sponsor and competed professionally until he tore his Achilles' tendon.

He competed professionally in high school until a near-fatal reef collision.

He studied photography and acting, competed professionally as a freestyle skier and worked in television as a film editor.

Though he makes his living in jazz, Mr. Berger has competed professionally for decades in ping-pong and was once ranked among the top 20 American players.

He competed professionally from 1976 until 1990; won two singles titles and seven doubles titles; and ended his career with a 181-226 record.

The event's dance captain, Helen Wilson, has competed professionally for more than 10 years and trains five days a week at Sydney Ballroom in Annandale.

Sponsors will notice if you've got the talent to compete professionally, and you need sponsors to move up to the professional level, unless you can front the money for professional races (which can run into the 100,000s with equipment and entry fees).

Competing professionally with an obsolete or even ordinary system is as ill-advised as playing professional basketball in the canvas shoes that were popular in the 1950s and 1960s, or competing in the PGA golf championship with wooden drivers.

Legal wars waged by boxers in the 1960's and 70's won women the right to compete professionally nationwide.

Some die-hard fans complained that Loko was not up to the task of competing professionally, and others said they feared the team would be overrun by imports.

Bloomberg Businessweek ranked White, 25, who also competes professionally as a skateboarder, the second most powerful athlete of 2011, with quarterback Peyton Manning in the top spot.