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Mirela Manjani
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are 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.
Mirela Manjani was born on December 21 in Durres, Albania. Mirela is a Greek citizen, though Albanian ethnic, javelin thrower. She won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 67.51 meters, and a bronze medal in 2004. She is also a European champion and double world champion. Born in Albania, she married Greek weightlifter George Tzelili in 1997 and thereby became a Greek citizen. She was known as Mirela Manjani-Tzelili until divorcing her husband in 2002.
With all her dedication and devotion in her play achieved many goals in her overall athletic career. She had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. She never lost hope in herself and always fought hard to achieve her goal. She is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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