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unusual facts about London 2012



Artem Udachyn

Udachyn was registered as the joint heaviest athlete at the London 2012 Olympics (alongside Carl Myerscough), weighing 160kg.

Dan O'Toole

Following the London 2012 Olympics (where O'Toole did daily SportsCentre highlights from Trafalgar Square with Onrait), O'Toole and Onrait took their television personas and unique brand of humour to the sound booth and began a weekly podcast.

Joanna Mitrosz

Mitrosz' Top 10 placement in the all around final in London 2012 spurred a lot of negative reception as fan favourites as Melitina Staniouta or Delphine Ledoux were left out and losing the spot to Mitrosz.

London 2012 Olympic Torch

Designed by British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, it has a triangular form that was developed in recognition of a pattern of trinities relating to the Olympic Games: the London 2012 Olympic Games are the third London Olympics (1908, 1948, 2012); the Olympic Motto is 'Faster, Higher, Stronger'; and the Vision for London 2012 was to unite 'sport, education and culture'.

Mechelle Lewis

Mechelle is also a committed member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Raleigh Alumnae Chapter and is currently training for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Olympic Broadcasting Services

It is speculated that in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, an extra ring of security was put around the trailer of Danny Boyle (the ceremony director) following "friction" between his crew and Olympic Broadcasting Services.

Paula Dunn

After London 2012, she was promoted to the position of Paralympic head coach, replacing Peter Eriksson.

Sydney University Boat Club

Toby Lister and Nick Purnell competed in the men's VIII at London 2012; Brodie Buckland competed in the coxless pair; Sarah Cook rowed in the women's VIII and Bronwen Watson in a lightweight 2X.

Volleyball England

With £3.5million of funding from both the UK Government and the UK National Lottery in the run-up to London 2012, in 2007 Volleyball England signed an agreement to accommodate the National Volleyball Centre within the Kettering Conference Centre.


see also

Ade Adepitan

Adepitan was appointed as one of the main presenters on Channel 4 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games and co-presents That Paralympic Show with Rick Edwards.

Autism Awareness Campaign UK

Lord Coe appointed Ivan Corea as a London 2012 Olympic bid Ambassador; the Autism Awareness Campaign UK were fully involved with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic bid.

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).

Cameron Levins

Despite only being awarded since 2009, other recipients of the Bowerman Award include decathlon world record holder Ashton Eaton, London 2012 10,000m silver medalist Galen Rupp, and 2011 1500m world champion Jennifer Simpson.

Doha GOALS

The launch of Doha GOALS at Bayt Qatar during the London 2012 games was attended by President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon and Olympic athletes including Carl Lewis, Tegla Loroupe, Marie-José Pérec and Ian Thorpe.

Eloise Amberger

Amberger performed in the Duet and Team events at the London 2012 Olympic Games along with Duet partner Sarah Bombell, and team mates Jenny-Lyn Anderson, Olia Burtaev, Tamika Domrow, Bianca Hammett, Tarren Otte, Frankie Owen and Samantha Reid.

Greenwich Community College

Gemma Gibbons — London 2012 Olympic Judo Silver Medallist (attended 2004-06)

Irina Deleanu

The FIG initiated disciplinary proceedings against Irina Deleanu on March 12, 2012 at the request of the Cyprus Gymnastics Federation damaging the reputation of Cypriot gymnast Chrystalleni Trikomiti, following comments that she made during a television interview with regard to the judging at the Rhythmic Gymnastics qualifying event for London 2012, which took place in January 2012.

Mohammad Bagheri Motamed

He won the gold medal in the featherweight division (-68 kg) at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Olympic Silver Medal at the London 2012 Olympics.

Park Live

Each day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Park Live played host to numerous celebrities and medal-winning athletes including, Sir Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis, Ben Ainslie, Rebecca Adlington, Dame Kelly Holmes, Denise Lewis OBE and Lord Sebastian Coe.

Perspectives in Public Health

In March 2012 the journal published a special issue on the Olympic Legacy to explore some of the issues surrounding the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

Shepherd's Bush Green

An Inspire Mark (awarded by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), making it part of the Cultural Olympiad) was given to public artworks created by artist Elliott Brook, entitled "Goaloids", which were installed on Shepherd's Bush Green for the duration of London 2012 and the Paralympic Games.

Tibor Kökény

Éva Risztov Olympic Champion, London 2012, 10km open water swimming