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Claudia Kunzel
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 and were held every four years except in 1916, 1940 and 1944 due to the World Wars. 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.
Claudia Kunzel was born on February 1, 1978 in Zschopau. She is a German cross country skier. Künzel also serves as a soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces. She won the Winter Olympic 2002 gold with the relay, at the World Championships in 2003 gold with the relay and silver in the sprint. On June 27, 2005, she married her friend Trond Nystad, ex-coach of the American cross-country ski team.
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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