1. Background information
Famous people
Background information
Jo Pavey won a gold medal at the age of 40 in 2014 in the 10,000 m. She is the
oldest female European champion in history.
Walt Disney is the creator of Mickey Mouse and the winner of 22 Academy Awards.
J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books and has sold more than 400 million books around the world. They have become the bestselling books in the world.
Bill Gates is the
co-founder of Microsoft. He is one of the best known entrepreneurs in
the world. He is
worth an estimated
US$81.8 billion.
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2. Additional information
In the 2002
Commonwealth
games Jo Pavey
came 5th and in
the 2012
European
Championships
she came 7th.
Walt Disney
was fired from a newspaper and told that ‘he lacked imagination and had no good ideas’.
J.K. Rowling sent her book to 12 publishers and it was rejected by them all. When it was finally accepted she was told not to give up her job as the book probably would not sell.
While studying
at university, he
failed his exams.
The first business
Bill Gates started
was a complete
failure.