Kobe Bryant is the most famous American basketball player who became popular thanks to his performances for the Los Angeles Lakers. What is interesting about his biography and the personal life of an athlete?
Kobe's biography
The future athlete was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 23, 1978. The boy began his basketball lessons at the age of three. This love was instilled in him by his father Joe, who was also a professional basketball player.
At the age of six, the family moved to Italy, where Kobe's dad was supposed to pursue a career as an athlete. At this time, Bryant is also fond of football. He also studies several languages, including Spanish and Italian. Joe is trying to raise an excellent basketball player from a boy and devotes a huge amount of time to this.
Since childhood, nature has endowed Kobe with good growth and very good health. He moves well around the court and rarely gets injured.
At 13, the family returns to America, where Joe becomes a coach, and Kobe continues to diligently play basketball. He is noticed on the school team and taken into the composition. After Bryant appeared, the school team went from being a downright bad team to the best team in the state. This is largely due to Kobe, who becomes the highest scoring player among school teams in history. This allows him to receive the title of the best player of the year. From that moment on, Kobe's life was inextricably linked with basketball.
In 1996, Bryant joined the Los Angeles Lakers and immediately set many NBA records. He became the youngest player to make the first team, the youngest player to be invited to the NBA All-Star team, and so on. From the very first season in the team, Kobe won the love of the public and the trust of the coach. Every year, Bryant became the best sniper in the league, and speaking as a defender.
For the Lakers, Kobe spent twenty seasons and became a five-time NBA champion and a true team legend. He was voted the best player of the all-star game four times, and in total he participated in such games 18 times.
In April 2016, Bryant announced the end of his basketball career. Then he was 37 years old.
In addition to the club, Kobe successfully played for the US national team, with which he twice became the Olympic champion in Beijing and London.
Kobe Bryant is the greatest basketball player in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers. His number 24 is permanently withdrawn from circulation in the team. Kobe has also been recognized as the best athlete in his country more than once, and Sports Illustrated magazine has included him in the list of the ten most successful athletes.
Kobe's personal life
The great basketball player connected his whole life with one woman. She is the former dancer Vanessa Cornejo Ubrita. Kobe's parents were initially against this marriage, but then resigned. They got married in the Catholic Church in 2001. During this time, Vanessa gave birth to her husband three daughters, and the last child was born only in 2016.
After completing his sports career, Bryant created a brand clothing company called K. O. B. E.. In his free time, Kobe travels a lot with his wife and children. And recently he was promoted to the NBA Hall of Fame.
