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Naoto Tajima
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.
Naoto Tajima was born on 15 August 1912. She was a Japanese athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. She won a gold medal in the triple jump and set a new world record in that event and won a bronze medal in the long jump. She graduated from Kyoto University just before competing in the Olympics. Her gold medal was Japan's last Olympic athletics gold medal until Naoko Takahashi won the women's marathon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Tajima, with all her perseverance and superior approach towards the sport, accomplished many aspirations in her overall athletic career. She possessed the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra effort. She never lost hope in herself and always strived hard to accomplish her ambition.
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