Full Text of HR0963 94th General Assembly
HR0963 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis, together | 3 |
| with the House of Representatives, is pleased to congratulate | 4 |
| Shani Davis on bringing great honor to his hometown of Chicago | 5 |
| and the State of Illinois by once again making history by | 6 |
| becoming the first African-American athlete in Winter Olympics | 7 |
| history to win an individual gold medal; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis captured the gold medal in the men's | 9 |
| 1,000 meter speed skate in Turin, Italy, on Saturday, February | 10 |
| 18, 2006; he finished the race in one minute and 8.89 seconds; | 11 |
| he already holds the world record for the 1,000 meter with a | 12 |
| time of one minute and 7.03 seconds; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on Friday, August 13, 1982, in | 14 |
| Chicago, where he was raised by his mother on the south side; | 15 |
| he started roller skating at local rinks at age two, and | 16 |
| because he was so fast, a coach referred him to the ice; at the | 17 |
| age of six, he began speed skating competitively; by age ten, | 18 |
| he and his mother moved to the north side of Chicago, so that | 19 |
| they would be closer to the ice rink; and
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| WHEREAS, He won five National Age Group Championships in | 21 |
| 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2003 and won a North American | 22 |
| Championship in 1999; before becoming the first African | 23 |
| American to make a U.S. Olympic speed skating team in 2002, he | 24 |
| began making history at age 17, when he became the first U.S. | 25 |
| skater to earn spots on both the short track and long track | 26 |
| Junior World Teams and accomplished that feat three years in a | 27 |
| row in 2000, 2001, and 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, At the 2002 Junior Country Match and 2002 Junior | 29 |
| World Championships in Italy, Mr. Davis earned his first | 30 |
| international medals, when he won the 1,500 meters at both | 31 |
| competitions; in the 2004-2005 season, he won his third |
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| straight U.S. Long Track Championship Title, broke the 1,500 | 2 |
| meter world record, and went on to win the 2005 World Allround | 3 |
| Championships; for the second season in a row, not only did he | 4 |
| make history earning spots on world teams in both disciplines, | 5 |
| he also made his first world sprint team earning two silver | 6 |
| medals; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we congratulate Shani Davis on bringing honor to our great | 10 |
| State with his outstanding performance at the Winter Olympics | 11 |
| that made him the first African American to win an individual | 12 |
| gold medal; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Mr. Davis as an expression of our esteem and with | 15 |
| best wishes for much success in his speed skating career.
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