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Giancarlo Peris

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Giancarlo Peris
Giancarlo Peris with the Olympic torch at the 1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1941-11-04) 4 November 1941 (age 83)
Civitavecchia, Kingdom of Italy
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventCross country running

Giancarlo Peris (born 4 November 1941), an Italian track athlete of Greek descent, was the final bearer of the Olympic torch for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.[1]

Biography

Peris was born in Civitavecchia, a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea 70 kilometers northwest of Rome. The Italian National Olympic Committee decided that the last torchbearer of the Olympic Games would be the winner of a junior Cross country running race. Peris won and was chosen to be the last torchbearer.[1] Peris was also a promising track athlete and few months before the opening of the Olympic games he competed for his country's national junior/youth team against Poland.

He later became a teacher of history and Italian at the technical high-school "G. Baccelli" of Civitavecchia. He also coached at a small athletics club.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Giancarlo Peris:From Rome 1960 to Beijing 2008". beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Final Olympic torchbearer
Rome 1960
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Preceded by Final Summer Olympic torchbearer
Rome 1960
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