Tennis player Novak Djokovic won the gold medal at Paris 2024 and joins the ranks of great professional athletes who have won medals at the Olympic Games
On the clay of Roland Garros, Novak Djokovic is on his knees, in tears, after defeating the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and joining Olympus, with the gold medal in Paris 2024 which puts him in the universe of professional athletes such as Michael Jordan y Lionel Messi.
“Nole! Nole! Nole!” was heard in Parisafter the Serbian finally won a gold medal, at the age of 37, and after several attempts. The gold medal allows him to put himself on a par with tennis players such as Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams, who have four Grand Slam crowns and one gold medal in Olympic Games.
Away from tennis, Djokovic adds one more argument to be in the universe of athletes of the American category Michael Jordanfootball player Lionel Messirunner Usain Bolt and boxer Muhammad Ali.
The tennis player won the gold medal at Paris 2024 and joins the ranks of great professional athletes who have won medals at the Olympic Games. GettyImages
Michael Jordan and the Dream Team, double medalists
Michael Jordan won the gold medal in Barcelona 1992, with what many call the true Dream Team, made up of Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson. In 1984, as an amateur, the former Chicago Bulls player won another gold medal, in the Los Angeles edition.
Leo Messi, the rebellion for an Olympic gold
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In Beijing 2008, Barcelona tried to prevent Lionel Messi will participate in the Olympic Gameswith a dispute that reached the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), however, despite the fact that the Catalan team won in the offices, the Albiceleste star attended the competition.
In Olympic Games, Messi He was the figure of Argentina, which won the gold medal, led by the footballer who 14 years later would be world champion.
Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world
Usain Bolt He said before the final of the 100-meter event in Paris 2024: “For now my record is safe,” the Jamaican athlete is one of the best athletes in history, with eight gold medals Olympic Games.
To date, he holds the world record as the fastest man in the 100 meters.
Muhammad Ali, the legend that began in Rome 60
Muhammed Ali He once described himself as the boxer who floats “like a butterfly and stings like a bee. You can’t hit what your eyes can’t see.” Cassius Clay won a gold medal at the Olympic Games Rome 1960. The gold medal became Clay’s definitive boost to stardom and his entry into the world of professional boxing.
Serena and Venus Williams, the gold medal they added to their collection
The first Olympic appearance of the Williams arrived in 2000. At that time, Venus dominated women’s tennis and Serena took off, coming after winning her first Grand Slam in 1999 at the US Open. The sisters completed an impeccable tournament in Sydney and won the first of their three doubles gold medals. In fact, Venus also won singles gold at Sydney 2000.
Steffi Graf, a young Olympic champion
In Los Angeles 1984, Steffi Graf, aged just 15, won the Olympic demonstration tennis tournament despite being the youngest participant. By 1987 she was ranked number one in the world. In 1988, Graf won the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and, less than a week before the Olympics, the 1989 World Tour. Seoul Olympicsthe US Open. This made her only the fifth player in history to win the tennis Grand Slam.
