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Tamara Manina
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.
Tamara Ivanovna Manina was born on September 16, 1934 in Petrozavodsk. She is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad. She was called Monia the bird by group mates for her graceful and light vaults. She won the all-around title at the USSR, Union of Soviet Republics Nationals in 1953, and became a candidate for the USSR team. One of the most successful was Manina's performance at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She earned gold medals on vault, on the floor and in the team competition.
In the event finals of the 1958 Worlds Manina, apart from the gold in the team competition, won just one silver. She placed third in the all-around to Latynina and Eva Bosakova. In 1964 at Summer Olympics she won the team's gold and silver medals on the balance beam. Tamara Manina 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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