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David Cal
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 atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
David Cal Figueroa was born on October 10th, 1982 in Cangas, Pontevedra and is a Galician athlete, who competes in flatwater canoeing. His height is 6 foot tall and weighs 200 pounds. He specializes in the Canadian canoe C1 event. He was a junior world championship bronze medallist in Zagreb in 1999. The next year he became European C1 500m junior champion at Boulogne, France in 2000. He also won the C1 1000m bronze medal. He was a reserve at the Sydney Olympics as well. At the 2002 European under 23 championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Cal won the C1 500m bronze medal.
His first international medal as a senior came at the 2003 World Championships at Gainesville, USA where he came second in the C1 1000m. At the 2004 Olympics he won his first heat of the 1,000 meters, qualifying straight for the finals. In the final, he won the gold medal. In the 500 metres, Cal again won his initial heat to advance to the finals. In the 2005 World Championships Cal again won the silver medal in the C1 1000m.
David Cal with all his dedication and devotion in his play achieved many goals in his overall athletic career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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