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Michaela Dorfmeister
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprise 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.
Michaela Dorfmeister was born on 25 March 1973 in Vienna and is a professional alpine skier from Austria. Her specialities are both the Downhill and Super-G disciplines, although she skies in and has had success in Giant Slalom. Dorfmeister raced her first international season in 1983 and entered her first World Cup race in 1991 at Serre Chevalier coming 26th. Her first podium place was in 1995 at the St. Anton downhill when she stood first. This was followed by a total of 24 victories which included 8 in downhill, 8 in Super-G and 8 in Giant Slalom.
In 2000 she won the World Cup for Giant Slalom and in 2002 the aggregate World Cup. She won two more specialty World Cups, in 2003 in Downhill and 2005 in Super-G. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the Downhill and Super-G races.
Michaela Dorfmeister 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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