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Vaclav Prospal
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.
Vaclav Prospal was born on February 17, 1975 in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia. He is a professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL, National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Third Round, seventy-first overall. He has previously played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators and Philadelphia Flyers.
He was a strong determined player who urged and inculcated a team spirit in all professional athletes of his nation. He is still respected as a high caliber player who can build the professionalism in sport to lead his nation at the foremost position.
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