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Stuart O'Grady
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.
Stuart O'Grady was born on 6 August 1973. His nicknamed is Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, who started his career as a track cyclist. His most prominent victory came when he and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
O'Grady has participated in the Tour de France since 1998, and he has contended for the prestigious sprinters' maillot vert on several occasions, finishing second in the 1998 and 2005 edition of the race. He has also worn the maillot jaune of the race leader in the 1998 and 2001 edition of the Tour. He currently rides for Team CSC, Computer Sciences Corporation in the UCI, Union Cyclist International ProTour road racing series and is contracted to them through to 2008.
Stuart O'Grady grew up as a part of a cycling family. His father represented South Australia several times in road and track cycling, and his uncle competed for Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He started his career in track cycling, and most notably won a silver medal in the Men's Team Pursuit 4000m of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta he won bronze medals in both the Men's Point Race, and the Men's Team Pursuit 4000m. O'Grady successfully teamed with Graeme Brown to win a gold medal with 22 points in the Madison cycling event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
He has attended the three previous Olympics, representing Australia the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona where he won a silver medal in the Men's Team Pursuit 4000m. The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta he won a bronze medal in the Men's Point Race, and a bronze medal in the Men's Team Pursuit 4000m. The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he placed 77th in the road race and 10th in the point’s race.
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