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- Introduction: male chess player, born March 13, 1991, HCMC.

- Early life:
+ he won a gold medal at the 2003 Asian Youth Chess Championships,
held in India, in the Under 12 category.
+ he was awarded the title of FIDE Master.
- Significant achievements:
+ he won the Asian Chess Championship in 2019.
+ he now lives in St. Louis, Missouri and is the head coach for the Webster
University Chess Team.
Lê Quang Liêm
+ the top-ranked of his country.

- Introduction: female swimmer, born November 9, 1996, Can Tho.


- Early life:
+ her grandfather gave her private swimming lessons.
+ at grade 5, she competed for the first time at the district level.
- Significant achievements:
+ she won two silver medals at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia.

+ at the 2014 Asian Games, she won Vietnam's first-ever medal in


Nguyễn Thị swimming.
Ánh Viên
+ one of the most successful swimmers in Vietnam.

- Introduction: male badminton player, born February 12, 1983, HCMC.


- Early life:
+ his father introduced him to badminton at 10.
+ he became a professional badminton player at 18.
- Significant achievements:
+ he defeated the long-time national champion and won the gold medal for
the men's singles category at 19.
+ became the first Vietnamese to win a medal at the world championship
in 2013.
Nguyễn Tiến Minh
+ one of the best Vietnamese badminton players ever.
- Introduction: male footballer, born February 5, 1985, Portuguese.
- Early life:
+ as a child, he played for Andorinha from 1992 to 1995.
+ at 12, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who signed him for
a fee of £1,500.
- Significant achievement:
+ he has won five Ballon d'Or awards, a record three UEFA Best Player in
Europe, and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player.
Christiano + he has scored over 850 official senior career goals for club and country,
Ronaldo making him the top goal scorer of all time.
+ one of the greatest footballers/football players of all time.

- Introduction: female tennis player, born September 26, 1981, America


- Early life:
+ she started playing tennis at 4.
+ her father home-schooled her.
- Significant achievement:
+ she won her first major singles title at the 1999 US Open.
+ from the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open, she won all
four major singles titles to achieve a non-calendar year Grand Slam and the
career Grand Slam.
Serena Williams
+ one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

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