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unusual facts about 2012 London Olympics



Anita Asante

In June 2012 Asante was named in the 18–player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.

She has made more than 65 appearances for the English national team and was selected in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.

Anna Li

Li was chosen as an alternate along with Elizabeth Price and Sarah Finnegan for the 2012 London Olympics team after placing third on the uneven bars at the Trials.

David Moorcroft

During the 2012 London Olympics he again served as a track and field analyst for Canadian television, this time for the CTV-led Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.

Frank Viola

Daughter Brittany Viola was a diver at the University of Miami and narrowly missed making the 2004 United States Olympic diving team, but later competed at the 2012 London Olympics.

Isaac Ntiamoah

He was a member of the Australian 4 x 100m relay team that equalled the Australian record when they qualified for the finals at the 2012 London Olympics.

Justin Gatlin

At the 2012 Diamond League meeting in Doha, Gatlin ran an impressive 9.87 seconds, defeating Asafa Powell by one hundredth of a second and putting himself as a favourite for a medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

Kyle Shewfelt

During the 2012 London Olympics he served as a gymnastics analyst for the CTV Television Network-led Canadian Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.

Natasha Dowie

Dowie was not selected for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, for the Great Britain squad at the 2012 London Olympics, or for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.

Natasha Jonas

Jonas made history in Qinhuangdao, China in May 2012, when she reached the semi-finals of the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships to become the first ever female British boxer to qualify for an Olympic Games, she then went on to take the bronze medal and a place in the 2012 London Olympics back to Liverpool with her.

Singapore at the Olympics

In the 2012 London Olympics, Feng Tianwei beat Kasumi Ishikawa from Japan 4-0 in the Table Tennis Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match, winning Singapore's first individual Olympic medal in 52 years.

Tony Readings

Readings has coached the New Zealand women's national under-20 football team and is the coach of the New Zealand women's football team coaching the side in the 2012 London Olympics.

Tore Gustafsson

Koji Murofushi won the Gold Medal at 2011 World Championships in Daegu Korea and Bronze Medal at the 2012 London Olympics with Gustafsson as his Coach.


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British Taekwondo Control Board

To date, three medals have been won (Sarah Stevenson - bronze 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jade Jones - Gold 2012 London Olympics and Lutalo Muhammad - Bronze London 2012).

Clarissa Chun

Chun knocked off 2004 Olympic gold medalist Iryna Merleni of Ukraine 1-0, 3-0 to capture a bronze medal in women's freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics.

Florida Gators track and field

Jeff Demps, American silver medalist at 2012 London Olympics

Will Claye, American silver and bronze medalist at 2012 London Olympics

Marble Falls, Texas

Leonel Manzano, Silver medal winner in the 1500m at the 2012 London Olympics, NCAA 1500m Champion, member of the USA 2008 Beijing Olympic Team.

Nicole Livingstone

For the 2012 London Olympics, she and Bruce McAvaney provided swimming commentary for International Olympic Committee's English language international feed.

Potomac Falls High School

2006 graduate Matt McLean has recently won a gold medal in swimming at the 2012 London Olympics.