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Jens Filbrich
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.
Jens Filbrich was born on March 13, 1979 and is a German cross-country skier who has been competing since 1998. He won 2 medals in the 4 by 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2002. Filbrich's best individual Olympic finish was 17th in the 50 km event in 2006.
Filbrich also has four medals at the International Ski Federation Nordic World Ski Championships, earning three silvers in Team sprint in 4 by 10 km and one bronze in 4 by 10 km. His best individual finish at the World Championships was a 6th in the 30 km event in 2003. Filbrich has two skiing victories in the World and Continential Cups as of the 2005-6 season.
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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