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Wolfgang Schwarz
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.
Wolfgang Schwarz was born on September 14, 1947 in Vienna. He was an Austrian figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Prior to that, he was best known for finishing as runner-up to Austrian teammate Emmerich Danzer at the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships multiple times. Schwarz was convicted in 2002 of charges that he brought five women from Russia and Lithuania to Austria to work as prostitutes. In 2006, he was convicted and sentenced to 8 years in prison for plotting a kidnapping of a Romanian teenager.
Competitive highlights of Wolfgang Schwarz in 1966, European Championships 2nd World Championships 2nd 1967, European Championships 2nd World Championships 2nd, 1968 European Championships 2nd Olympics 1st.
Wolfgang Schwarz with all his dedication and devotion in his play achieved many goals in his overall athletic career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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