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Thobias Fredriksson
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.
Thobias Fredriksson was born on the 4th of April 1975. He is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy, with the Gold in the team sprint and the Bronze in the individual sprint events. Fredriksson also won two medals in the individual sprint events at the Nordic skiing World Championships with a Gold in 2003 and a Bronze in 2005.
The desire to use his talents for the Glory and Honor of his God and Country propelled him in an attempt to excel at the highest level of sporting achievement to inspire future generations of his countrymen to do the same upholding the highest standards of patriotic fervor.
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