English-Spanish translations for athlete

• deportista
  Los deportistas pueden y deben decidir por sí mismos. Athletes can and must decide that for themselves.
  Los gobiernos no deberían interferir en este momento en la participación de sus deportistas en los Juegos. Governments ought not to interfere at this time in their athletes' participation in the Games.
  Tal vez los deportistas pudieran llevar un lazo negro como signo de protesta. Perhaps all the athletes could wear a black ribbon as a sign of mourning.
• atleta
  Además de ser atleta, tengo hijos que han alcanzado o están a punto de alcanzar el nivel de atletas de elite. Besides being an athlete myself, I have children who have reached or are approaching the level of elite athletes.
  En segundo lugar, como sabemos, afecta a la salud de los atletas. Secondly, as we know, it damages the health of athletes.
  Quinientos de esos 7 000 atletas procederán de zonas afectadas por el SRAS. 500 of these 7 000 athletes will be coming from areas affected by SARS.
• atlética

Definition of athlete

• A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking
• A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson

Examples

• Shes the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.

Related words

• star-athlete
• biathlete
• triathlete
• decathlete
• heptathlete
• pentathlete
• duathlete
• para-athlete
• parathlete