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Gustavo Borges
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprise 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 at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Gustavo Borges was born on December 2, 1972 in Ribeirao Preto. He is a former international top swimmer from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the 100 metres freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He participated in four Summer Olympics for his country, starting in 1992. He also won the Bronze medal in 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, for 100 meters freestyle and 4 into 100 meters Freestyle relay.
Borges lives in Jacksonville and was a student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Under the guidance of swimming coach Jon Urbanchek, who also coached American, Eric Namesnik and Dutchman Marcel Wouda in the mid 1990s. Borges carried the flag for the Brazilian squad during the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
With all his dedication and devotion in his play he 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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