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unusual facts about Olympic torch



Alexander Philadelpheus

He also received the Medal of the City of Athens and the German Olympic Decoration for his proposal of lighting the Olympic torch directly from the sun using a refractive medium, thus referring to the symbolic enlightenment of the torch directly from the ancient Greek gods.

Chester Williams

He was also one of the few South Africans invited to carry the Olympic torch in 2004 on its way to Athens.

Juan Antonio San Epifanio

At the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, in Barcelona, he was honoured to be the last to carry the Olympic torch, before handing it to the archer Antonio Rebollo, who lit the fire in the cauldron with an arrow.


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Bai Yansong

When Tibetan independence supporters disrupting the Olympic torch relay in Paris prompted calls for a boycott of French retailers in China such as Carrefour and Louis Vuitton, Bai went online to oppose a boycott.

Janet Evans

She was given the honor of carrying the Olympic torch in the opening ceremonies, and she handed the torch to the American boxing legend Muhammad Ali to light the cauldron.

Nauru at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Weightlifter and future President Marcus Stephen bore the Olympic torch during its stopover in Nauru.

Santa Clara del Cobre

Metcalf was commissioned to create the Olympic torch for the 1968 Olympic Games and Pellicer designed the jewelry that adorned the Statue of Liberty on its 100th anniversary.

Sunderland Aquatic Centre

On 16 June 2012, the Olympic torch was carried through the Aquatic Centre as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay.

Tyne Bridge

This was in preparation for Newcastle hosting the Olympic football tournament, and the Olympic torch relay, in which Bear Grylls zipwired from the top of the arch, to Gateshead quayside.