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Ireland’s National Emblem is a harp

On New Years Day of 1863 in Paris, a great French educator was born by the name of PierreCoubertin. His aristocratic parents planned out promising careers in various fields, but herefused to follow any of them. Instead he wanted to pursue a liberal arts education at theFree School of Political Science in Paris. Pierre wanted to bring back Frances dignified spirit byameliorating its passé and mundane education system because he thought that the key to thefuture of society was education. Today, Baron Pierre de Coubertin is considered to be theFather of the Modern Olympics because he revived the Olympics in the late 1890s.

In the name of all competitors, I promise thatwe shall take part in these

Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by therules that govern them, in the

true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory ofsport and the honour of our teams."

This is Katie the boxing championand she is from Ireland and I choseher because she is good at boxing

Born on July 2, 1986 in Bray Co. Wicklow, world amateur boxing champion Katie Taylor hasquickly become an Irish sports icon. Here is a quick rundown of some interesting factsabout Ireland’s future Olympic medallist, who got her first pair of boxing gloves aged 10.

1. Boxing is in her blood. Her Leeds born father, Peter, who is her coach at St. Fergal'sBoxing Club in Bray, was a 1986 Irish senior light heavyweight champion boxer. Her motherBridget is a former boxing referee. She has two older brothers, Lee and Peter, and an oldersister Sarah.

2. As an a adult she began taking Gaelic classes. In an RTE interview on 'Miriam Meets' sheexplained: "I would love to be able to speak my own language and maybe have aninterview in Irish maybe after my fights".

3. Taylor first made Irish boxing history aged 15 - on October 31 2001 in the first officiallysanctioned women's bout ever held in Ireland. She fought 16-year-old Alanna Audley ofBelfast at the National Stadium in Dublin, Taylor won over three 90-second rounds by 23-12.

4. Taylor made Irish boxing history again at age 17 in May 2005 when she became the firstIrish woman to win a gold Medal at the Senior European Boxing Championships. She wonthe gold medal, defeating Eva Wahlström of Finland in the final of the 60 kg lightweightclass.

5. Katie has won four consecutive AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.