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Hanni Wenzel
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.
Hanni Wenzel was born in Straubing, Germany on December 14, 1956. She is a former alpine skier from Liechtenstein who won the country's first Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
After she and her brother Andreas began to get successful in skiing, Hanni became the 1974 slalom World Champion, the family was granted Liechtenstein citizenship. In 1976, she won the country's first Olympic medals by taking two bronzes from Innsbruck, Austria.
After winning the 1978 overall World Cup, Wenzel's best year came in 1980. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York she won the Olympic titles on the slalom and giant slalom, and just missed out on a third gold by taking the silver in the downhill. She also won the combined event in Lake Placid, although it had World Championship status, not Olympic status. At the same Olympics, her brother also won a silver medal, placing Liechtenstein high in the medal ranking of the games.
Wenzel retired in 1985, with two Olympic titles, two World titles, two overall World Cups, three discipline World Cups and 33 World Cup victories on her victory list. With all her dedication and devotion in her play achieved many goals in her overall athletic career. She had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. She never lost hope in herself and always fought hard to achieve her goal. She is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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