Sunday, December 10, 2023

Jon Rahm is a new legend from Spain...


Jon Rahm Rodríguez (Barrica, Vizcaya, November 10, 1994) is a Spanish professional golfer, current number 3 in the world. He was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for sixty weeks, holding the absolute record as number one in said classification. He started as professional in 2016, the year in which he participated in the United States Open, which he would win only five years later, on June 20, 2021, making him the first Spanish golfer to win this tournament.


In 2017 he was champion of the San Diego Open, the Irish Open and the Dubai World Championship. On July 19, 2020, he won the Memorial Tournament (Ohio) and reached the number one position in the PGA world golf rankings, ousting Rory McIlroy, thus becoming the twenty-fourth number one in history, the tenth European and the second Spaniard after Severiano Ballesteros.


In 2023 he became champion of the Augusta Masters (the fourth Spaniard after Severiano Ballesteros, Jose María Olazábal and Sergio García) and won his second Ryder Cup (2018, 2023) with the European team. 

Saturday, August 05, 2023

World champions in chess 2023

 

Ju Wenjun (Chinese: 居文君; pinyin: Jū Wénjūn, born January 31, 1991 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese chess player, current Women's World Chess Champion. In March 2017, Ju Wenjun became the fifth woman to surpass an elo ranking of 2600.3 She has won the last four women's world chess championships, in May 2018, November 2018, and 2020. Most recently, Ju Wenjun defended her world champion title in 2023.

Ding Liren (Chinese: 丁立人; born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China on October 24, 1992) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. He is the current world champion, having defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 World Chess Championship. In August 2015, he became the second Chinese player, after Wang Yue, to reach the top ten of the FIDE rankings. . Ding is the Chinese player to have achieved both the highest FIDE ranking and the third highest Elo rating.