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Greg Rogers
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.
Gregory Rogers, Greg was born on August 14, 1948. He was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s to win a silver and bronze medal in the 4 by 200 meter and 4 by 100 meter freestyle relays repectively at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. His brother Neil Rogers also competed as an Olympic swimmer. Hailing from Sydney, Rogers was removed in the semifinals of the 100 meter freestyle and the heats of the 400 meter event. He then united with Michael Wenden, Bob Windle and Robert Cusack to win bronze in the 4 by 100m freestyle relay behind the United States and the Soviet Union. In the 4 by 200m freestyle relay, he combined with Wenden, Windle and Graham White to claim silver, half a bodylength behind the Americans.
At the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Rogers united with his brother, Neil to claim gold in both the 4 by 100m and 4 by 200m freestyle relays. Individually he claimed silver and bronze in the 100m and 200m events respectively. Continuing to the 1972 Munich Olympics, Rogers had a poor end to his career by being eliminated in the semifinals of the 100m freestyle. 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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