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Sylke Otto
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.
Sylke Otto was born on the 7th of July 1969 in Chemnitz, a city in Saxony, Germany. She is a German luge champion. She won the singles luge Gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America and 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Otto has also finished in the top three of the World Cup standings every year since 1999 and has won the overall points title four times in a row. Otto won the World Championships in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005, and the European Championships in 2000 and 2002.
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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