Chris Froome

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Christopher Clive Froome, OBE (born 20 May 1985) is a British professional road racing
cyclist for UCI ProTeam Team Sky, who competed for Kenya until 2008. A three-time winner of
the Tour de France, and three-time runner-up in the Vuelta a Espaa, he is seen as one of the
most successful stage-racing riders of the recent era.[5] Froome, who was brought up in Kenya
and South Africa, has ridden under a British licence since 2008 on the basis that both his
parents are British.
In 2007, at the age of 22, Froome turned professional with Team Konica Minolta. He moved to
Europe to further his career, joining team Barloworld. In 2010 he moved to Team Sky and has
become one of the team's key cyclists. Froome made his breakthrough as a Grand
Tour contender during the 2011 Vuelta a Espaa where he finished second overall.
At the 2012 Tour de France, riding as a super-domestique for Bradley Wiggins, Froome
won stage seven and finished second overall, behind only Wiggins in the same race as the
best British performance in the race's history. In the same year, he also won the bronze medal
in the time trial event at the Olympic Games and finished fourth in the Vuelta a Espaa. His
first multi-stage race win came in 2013, in the Tour of Oman, followed by wins in the Critrium
International, the Tour de Romandie, the Critrium du Dauphin, and the Tour de France.
As a defending champion, he began 2014 by again winning the Tour of Oman, followed by a
repeat victory in the Tour de Romandie. After retiring from the 2014 Tour de France, he came
back to place second in the Vuelta a Espaa. In 2015, he won his second Critrium du
Dauphin and his second Tour de France. In 2016, he won a third Tour title, and became the
first man since Miguel Indurain in 1995 to defend his title.

Given Name JONATHAN

Masculine
English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Biblical
OTHER SCRIPTS:
( Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: JAHN--thn (English), YO-nah-tahn (German) [key]
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Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name
( Yehonatan),contracted to
( Yonatan), meaning
"YAHWEH has given". According to the Old Testament, Jonathan was the eldest
son of Saul. His relationship with his father was strained due to his close friendship
with his father's rival David. Along with Saul he was killed in battle with the
Philistines.
As an English name, Jonathan did not become common until after the Protestant
Reformation. A famous bearer was the Anglo-Irish satirist Jonathan Swift (16671745), who wrote 'Gulliver's Travels' and other works.
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Johnathan, Johnathon, Jonathon (English), Jonatan (German), Jonatan (S
wedish), Jonatan (Norwegian), Jonatan (Danish)
DIMINUTIVES: Jonty (English (British)), Jon, Jonny (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Ionathan (Biblical Greek), Yehonatan, Yonatan (Biblical
Hebrew), Ionathan (Biblical
Latin), Yehonatan, Yonatan, Yoni (Hebrew), Jnatan (Icelandic), Ionatn (Irish),
Gionata (Italian), Jnatas (Portuguese), Jonatan (Spanish)
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