managed to / succeeded in

In 2019 Egan Bernal _____________ becoming the first Latin American to win the Tour de France

In 2014, Egan Bernal __________ ___ win a silver medal in the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship

(a)  

In 1994 Nelson Mandela ____________ ___ becoming South Africa's first black President.

(a)  

After he was released from prison, Nelson Mandela ____________ ending apartheid (the political system in South Africa based on 'white supremacy').

In 1947 Mahatma Gandhi _________________ gaining Indian independence from Britain.

During the 1920's Mahatma Gandhi ____________ ___ unite the people of India against British rule.

(a)  

In 1821 Simon Bolivar ______________ defeat the Spanish at the Battle of Carabobo

In 1819 Simon Bolivar __________ ___ crossing mountains in winter to retake New Grenada from the Spanish

(a)  

Stephen Hawking _______________ become a world famous scientist despite having motor neuron disease.

Stephen Hawking _______________ __ become a successful author after his book 'A Brief History of Time' was published in 1988

(a)