Well, the first person that comes into my mind when I read this question was my former swimming coach, Salman Sultanee. She was my coach for more than six years from the age of 12 till 18. So basically she just she was there when I was growing up and she had a lot of influences on my personality in my life. I had this opportunity to learn a lot from her. She was one of the most resilient person that I’ve seen in my entire life and she always makes some challenges for herself and when she had a goal she always was so determined to achieve the goal and she truly set, used to set her mind on that aim. And she taught me a lot of great things both in my personal life and my job as a teacher. She taught us that always we should push our boundaries, never stop trying and never put limits for ourselves. We should always try to get better and better every day. And also she taught us the value of teamwork, how important it is to work as a team and take care about all of the people around you and in your team as she was so compassionate herself. And one of her greatest achievements besides being in the Iran’s National Kayak team was that in the last Olympic she participated as a member of a refugee team. She had to migrate to Austria because of some issues that she had in Iran but even that big problem never stopped her and she always tried harder than before.
Band 7+: Describe a sportsperson/athlete that you admire
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Well, the first person that comes to my mind when I read this question is my former swimming coach, Salman Sultanee. She was my coach for more than six years, from the age of 12 to 18. Basically, she was there when I was growing up, and she had a lot of influence on my personality and my life. I had the opportunity to learn a lot from her. She was one of the most resilient people I have seen in my entire life. She always set challenges for herself, and when she had a goal, she was so determined to achieve it. She truly set her mind on that aim. She taught me many great things, both in my personal life and in my job as a teacher. She taught us that we should always push our boundaries, never stop trying, and never put limits on ourselves. We should always strive to get better every day. She also taught us the value of teamwork, how important it is to work as a team and care for all the people around you, as she was so compassionate herself. One of her greatest achievements, besides being on Iran's National Kayak team, was that in the last Olympics, she participated as a member of a refugee team. She had to migrate to Austria because of some issues she faced in Iran, but even that big problem never stopped her, and she always tried harder than before.
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