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Valentina Kozyr
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.
Valentina Kozyr was born on 25 April 1950. She is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. Kozyr trained at Dynamo in Kiev. She competed for the USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the High Jump where she won the bronze medal.
Valentina, with all her perseverance and superior approach towards the sport, accomplished many aspirations in her overall athletic career. She possessed the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra effort. She never lost hope in herself and always strived hard to accomplish her ambition.
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