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Juliet Cuthbert
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.
Juliet Cuthbert was born on April 6, 1964. She is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints 100 and 200 metres. Cuthbert attended Morant Bay High School and later Olney High School in Philadelphia and the University of Texas at Austin. She competed for Jamaica in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 100 metres and 200 metres where she won the silver medal in both, finishing behind Americans Gail Devers and Gwen Torrence respectively. The same year she was elected Jamaican sportswomen of the year.
Four years later in the Atlanta 1996 Games where she helped the Jamaican 4 by 100 meter relay team of Michelle Freeman, Nikole Mitchell and Merlene Ottey to the bronze medal. With the Jamaican sprint team she also won a gold medal in 1991 and two silver medals in 1995, 1997 at World Championships.
Juliet Cuthbert with all his dedication and devotion in his play 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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