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Notable Achievements at Age 27
Suffered non-contact Achilles tendon rupture (May 13, 2025)
In Game 4 of second-round series vs New York Knicks on May 13, 2025, dove for a loose ball, ruptured his Achilles; underwent surgery the next day and was ruled out for remainder of season.
2024 Paris Olympics — team, all-around & vault gold; floor silver
Competed at Paris 2024 as leader of the 'Golden Girls' team: won team gold, individual all-around gold, vault gold, and floor silver — bringing her Olympic medal total to 11 (7 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
Won 2024 Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff MVP) despite losing Final
Awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs, becoming only the sixth player to win it while on the losing team.
Profiled on major sports and stats sites
Maintained profiles and season-by-season statistics on ESPN, Pro-Football-Reference and NFL.com through 2024.
Won NBA Championship with Lakers (2020)
Won first NBA title as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA Finals MVP was LeBron James; Davis was key contributor).
Historic 50–15–15 triple‑double
On Dec 31, 2016 Harden recorded 53 points, 17 assists and 16 rebounds — the first 50–15–15 stat line in NBA history.
Birth of son Joyner Messiah Lucas
Joyner's son was born; child has cameo appearances in music videos later.
Invented Generative Adversarial Networks (landmark contribution)
The creation of GANs established a widely used technique for generative modeling; later led to high-impact research, tools, and concerns about deepfakes.
Death by suicide in Brooklyn apartment
Aaron Swartz was found dead on January 11, 2013; death ruled suicide by hanging.
First NBA championship (Heat) and Finals MVP (2012)
Won his first NBA title with the Miami Heat over the Oklahoma City Thunder and was unanimously chosen as the Finals MVP.
Co‑founded Grammarly
Co‑founded Grammarly, Inc. (originally developed in Ukraine) with Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn; company launch in 2009. Dmytro has been with Grammarly since inception (April 2009).
Married Cash Warren
Married producer Cash Warren in Los Angeles; met on the Fantastic Four set in 2004.
Nathan Blecharczyk joins as Airbnb co‑founder
Nathan Blecharczyk became the third cofounder, formalizing the founding team (Gebbia, Chesky, Blecharczyk).
Completed PhD (UIUC)
Received PhD in Computer Science; thesis 'Macroscopic Data Structure Analysis and Optimization'.
Started tutoring cousin Nadia (first tutoring)
Began tutoring his cousin Nadia via phone and Yahoo! Doodle notepad; the genesis of Khan Academy.
Primetime Emmy Award (Outstanding Voice-Over Performance)
Won an Emmy Award in 2000 for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance as baby Stewie on Family Guy.
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