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Claudio Barrientos
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.
Claudio Tripa Barrientos was born on November 10, 1936 in Osorno and died on May 7, 1982. He is a former Chilean boxer, who won the bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. His nickname was Tripa. Barrientos and died at age of 45.
He 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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