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Heide Rosendahl
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.
Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl was born on 14 February 1947 in Huckeswagen. She was a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and long jump. She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the long jump where she won the gold medal. She followed this with a silver in the pentathlon behind Britain's Mary Rand and to further prove how versatile she was. She helped the West Germany 4 by 100 meters team with Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler-Becker and Annegret Richter to the gold medal.
Heide 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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