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Paulina van der Wildt
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 at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Paulina van der Wildt was born on January 29, 1944 in Schiedam and was a Dutch swimmer, who won the bronze medal in the 4 by 100 metres freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her team mates in that race were Toos Beumer, Erica Terpstra and Winnie van Weerdenburg.
Paulina Jacoba with all her dedication and devotion in her play achieved many goals in her overall athletic career. She had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. 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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