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Goran Prpic
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.
Goran Prpic was born on May 4, 1964, in Zagreb. He is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He turned professional in 1984 and during his career, he won one top-level singles title at Umag in 1990 along with one doubles title in San Remo in 1990. His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1991 Australian Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 16 in 1991. In 1990, he was a member of the team from Yugoslavia which won the World Team Cup.
In 1991, Prpic teamed-up with Monica Seles to help Yugoslavia win the Hopman Cup. A year later in 1992, Prpic teamed-up with Goran Ivanisevic to win the men's doubles Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona for the newly-independent nation of Croatia. He retired from the professional tour in 1996. Presently he coaches the Croatian women's national tennis team as of 2006.
Goran Prpic 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 considered as one of the best athletes in the Olympics.
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