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Steven Riddick
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 atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Steven Earl Riddick was born on September 18, 1951. He is an American athlete and winner of the gold medal in 4 by 100 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics. At the Montreal Olympics, Steven Riddick was eliminated in the semifinal of the 100 meter race and ran the anchor leg in the gold medal winning American 4 by 100 m relay team.
Riddick was a member of American 4 by 100 meter relay team, which won the 1977 IAAF, the International Association of Athletics Federations World Cup with a new world record of 38.03. He was also a member of American 4 by 100 m relay team, which won the 1979 Pan American Games and placed second in 1979 International Association of Athletics Federations World Cup.
After his athletics career, Riddick was a coach in Norfolk State University, some of his most famous students are Tim Montgomery and Tonique Williams-Darling. 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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