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Jere Lehtinen
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.
Jere Lehtinen was born on June 24, 1973 in Espoo, Finland. He is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He plays as a left winger, but was a right winger before moving to NHL, the National Hockey League. Jere Lehtinen was drafted 88th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota North Stars. After the franchise moved to Dallas, he won the Frank J. Selke Trophy three times as the league's best defensive forward, and the Stanley Cup in 1999.
He has also represented Finland in international tournaments, winning one silver and two bronze Olympic medals, a silver medal at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and was part of the renowned first line of Team Finland dubbed by Finnish fans the Ankkalinna line in the 1995 world championships with Saku Koivu and Ville Peltonen, winning Finland's only IIHF, the International Ice Hockey Federation, World Championship gold medal to date. The three also made up the tournament's all-star line.
To date, Lehtinen is the only Finnish player to have won both a World Championships gold medal and a Stanley Cup. He has won awarded such as played in SM-liiga All-Star Game in 1995, Raimo Kilpio Trophy in 1995, played in NHL All-Star Game in 1998, Frank J. Selke Trophy in 1998, 1999 and 2003 and Stanley Cup in 1999.
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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