 As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships, a gold medal at the 2004 European Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, all in the featherweight division.Tajbert and his family migrated from Kazakhstan as ethnic Germans to Stuttgart in 1992.Patricia McKissack

Patricia C. "Pat" McKissack ("née" Carwell, August 9, 1944 – April 7, 2017) was a prolific African American children's writer.