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Duncan Goodhew
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is 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.
Duncan Goodhew MBE, Member of the Order of the British Empire, one of the most respected and instantly recognizable UK swimming athlete was born on May 27, 1957. He won an Olympic gold and bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Goodhew attended Millfield school and was in the Walton House. He was the England swimming team captain, and multi-Olympics champion. He was recognized very easily because of his bald head. He in fact had alopecia universalis which means total lack of hair, not just on head, which also proved him an advantage while swimming.
Apart from being a swimmer he was also an author and motivational speaker. He was appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to sport. Duncan's 100m breaststroke gold medal achievement was ranked 99th in the British network Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sporting Moments in 2002.
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