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Examples of Sports - Boris Becker

If I hadn't won Wimbledon at 17, none of this would have happened. Then I wouldn't have had this trust in older men to handle my business, nor the habit of letting others manage my finances - Boris Becker -

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Boris Becker's background

What makes Boris Becker such a great example?

Boris Becker's background

Boris Becker was a champion at Wimbledon at the very young age of 18, but after rising so high fell so low as to be imprisoned in the UK for tax evasion.

What makes Boris Becker such a great example?

Boris Becker is a good example of a chart of extreme, early success followed by an equally dramatic fall: winning the world's most prestigious tennis title as a 17-year-old amateur, unseeded and unknown, is about as sudden as fame gets, and the 2022 prison sentence for hiding assets during bankruptcy proceedings is about as sharp a reversal.

The chart shown is the birth of Boris Becker, set at midday, with the time his career ended as transits, set at 6:31am.