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William Roberts (athlete)
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.
The full name is William Bill Roberts, he was born on April 5, 1912 and died on December 5, 2001. He was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 by 100 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Salford, Lancashire, William Roberts won the British Amateur Athletic Association championships in 440 yard in 1935 and 1937.
At the 1934 British Empire Games, Roberts finished second in 440 yard behind Godfrey Rampling, but turned the silver into the gold medal in the next British Empire Games in 1938 in Sydney, Australia. He also won silver in 4 by 440 yd relay event. At the Berlin Olympics, Roberts just missed the medal in the individual 400 m event, finishing fourth in the final, and ran the third leg in the gold medal winning British 4 by 400 m relay team. Roberts came back to track to win the silver medal at the 1946 European Championships, as a member of British 4 by 400 m relay team.
At the 1948 Summer Olympics, Roberts was chosen as Great Britain's athletics team captain, but he was eliminated in the heats of 400 m and anchored the British 4 by 400 m relay team to a fourth place in their heat. After his retirement from athletics in 1949, he worked as a columnist for the Manchester Evening News.
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