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Udo Beyer
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Udo Beyers was born on August 9, 1955 in Stalinstadt, Eisenhuttenstadt. He is a former German track and field athlete and represented East Germany in the shot put. His height is 1.94 meters with weight 130 kilograms. In 1973 Beyer changed clubs as well as coaches moving to Vorwarts Potsdam under Lothar Hillebrand. In Potsdam he concentrated solely on the shot put and began also studying at the University to become a physical education teacher. As a member of the Army sports club Beyer was also a sports officer of the NVA, National Vision Administrators, and had also become Hauptmann Captain in the Bundeswehr.
Udo Beyers sport career was essential over after the 1988 Summer Olympic games. He won the Bronze medal in 1980. He is also very active and with all his dedication and devotion in his play achieved many goals in his overall athletic career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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