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David Hemery
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 Peter Hemery was born on July 18th, 1944 and is a former British athlete, winner of 400 metre hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1969 he won a National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA championships in 400 meter hurdles in 1968. His first international title came at the 1966 Commonwealth Games, where he won the 120 yd hurdles in 14.1, a title he retained four years later at 1970 Commonwealth Games which he won.
At the Mexico Olympics in 1968, he won the 400 m hurdles in 48.12, a brand new world record. His margin of victory was the largest since 1924, defeating second-placed Gerhard Hennige from West Germany by almost a second. His winning performance inspired the British public to vote him BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 1968.
In 1969, he won a silver at the European Championships in 110 m hurdles, but missed the next European Championships in 1971 due to the injury. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he tried to defend his title, but failed, finishing third after John Akii-Bua from Uganda and Ralph Mann from United States. He was also a member of silver winning British 4 by 400 m relay team.
David Hemery 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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