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Hildegard Falck
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 and were held every four years except in 1916, 1940 and 1944 due to the World Wars. 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.
Hildegard Falck was born on June 8, 1949 in Nettelrede. She is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the 800 meters. She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 800 meter she won the gold medal. In the 4 by 400 meters where she joined with her team mates Anette Ruckes, Inge Bodding and Rita Wilden she added a bronze medal to her tally for the games.
On 11 July 1971 Falck ran the 800 meter in 1minute 58 seconds, 5 minutes in Stuttgart, becoming the first woman to clock a sub-two minute time. She improved the world record of Vera Nikolic with two seconds.
She is a player known for her mental toughness owing to which many of her famous matches went the distance. 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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