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Haruki Uemura
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.
Haruki Uemura was born on February 14, 1951. He is a former judoka from Japan, who won the gold medal in the Open Class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada he defeated Great Britain's Keith Remfry.
He is one of the best known players in the history of the game. A unique style of game strategy and excellent judgment is what makes this great player one of the best all time. Sheer determination, concentration and self confidence has helped him through out his professional career to achieve what other players can only imagine of. More than just statistics, Haruki Uemura had the ability to control the game, to take over. He had the speed to float away from defenders and also to recover effortlessly. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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