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Nadezhda Olizarenko
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 at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Nadezhda Olizarenko was born on 28 November, 1953. She is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 800 meters and represented the Soviet Union. She competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics which was held in Moscow, Russia. There she won the gold medal ahead of country women, Olga Mineyeva and Tatyana Providokhina for a Soviet clean sweep of the medals for the 800m relay. This added to the bronze medal she won in the 1500m at the same games.
The desire to use her talents for the Glory and Honor of her God and Country propelled her in an attempt to excel at the highest level of sporting achievement to inspire future generations of her countrymen to do the same upholding the highest standards of patriotic fervor.
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