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Nida Senff
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.
Nida, Willemina Jacoba Senff was born on April 3, 1920 in Rotterdam and died on June 27, 1995 in Amstelveen. She was a swimmer from The Netherlands, who won the 100 metres backstroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. She did so after missing a turning point. She went back to push the wall and still dealt with it to win the race, at the expense of her teammate, Rie Mastenbroek. She won the Dutch title twice in the 100 metres backstroke, and was named into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1983.
Nida never lost hope in herself and always tried hard to achieve her ambition. She possessed the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. With all her perseverance and superior approach towards the sport, Nida achieved many aspirations in her overall athletic career.
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