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Thursday 16 August 2012

London2012: Proud to be British

After two and a half weeks of fantastic Olympic Games (yes London, you've nailed it) where Team GB have exceeded all expextations with 29 Golds, 17 Silver and 19 Bronze medals, I decided to dedicate an Off-Topic post to show my appreciation to the heroes of the games. These are the Team GB medalists:





29.07 - Day 2

Elizabeth Armitstead 
Cycling (Road) - Women's Road Race















Rebecca Adlington
Swimming - 400m Freestyle



















30.07 - Day 3

Team GB (Sam Oldham, Kristian Thomas, Max Whitlock, Louis Smith, Daniel Purvis)
Gymnastics (Artistics) - Men's Team












31.07 - Day 4

Team GB (Nicola Wilson, Zara Phillips, William Fox-Pitt, Mary King, Kristina Cook)
Equestrian - Team Eventing

















01.08 - Day 5

Helen Glover & Heather Stanning
Rowing - Women's Pair













Team GB (Alex Partridge, James Foad, Tom Ransley, Richard Egington, Mohamed Sbihi, Greg Searle, Matthew Langridge, Constantine Louloudis, Phelan Hill)
Rowing - Men's Eight



















Bradley Wiggins
Cycling (Road) - Individual Time Trial















Christopher Froome
Cycling (Road) - Individual Time Trial















Michael Jameson
Swimming - 200m Breaststroke














02.08 - Day 6

Team GB (Peter Chambers, Rob Williams, Richard Chambers, Chris Bartley)
Rowing - Lightweight Four
















Peter Wilson
Shooting - Double Trap














Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott
Canoe Slalom - Men's Canoe Double (C2)














David Florence & Richard Hounslow
Canoe Slalom - Men's Canoe Double (C2)














Gemma Giibbons
Judo - Women's (78kg)














Team GB (Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny, Chris Hoy)
Cycling (Track) - Men's Team Sprint

















03.08 - Day 7

George Nash & William Satch
Rowing - Men's Pair











Anna Watkins & Katherine Grainger
Rowing - Women's Double Sculls

















Alan Campbell
Rowing - Single Sculls
















Karina Bryant
Judo - Women's (+78kg)












Team GB (Edward Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke, 
Peter Kennaugh)
Cycling (Track) - Men's Team Pursuit

















Victoria Pendleton
Cycling (Track) - Women's Keirin




Rebecca Adlington
Swimming - 800m Freestyle














04.08 - Day 8

Team GB (Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James, Andrew Triggs Hodge)
Rowing - Men's Four


















Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking
Rowing - Lightweight Double Sculls














Zac Purchase & Mark Hunter
Rowing - Lightweight Double Sculls














Team GB (Dani King, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell)
Cycling (Track) - Women's Team Pursuit

















Greg Rutherford
Athletics - Long Jump



















Jessica Ennis
Athletics - Heptathlon
















Mohamed Farah
Athletics - 10,000m



05.08 - Day 9

Iain Percy & Andrew Simpson
Sailing - Men's Star















Andy Murray
Tennis - Men's Singles


















Ben Ainslie
Sailing - Men's Finn














Louis Smith
Gymnastics (Artistics) - Pommel Horse

















Max Whitlock
Gymnastics (Artistics) - Pommel Horse














Andy Murray & Laura Robson
Tennis - Mixed Doubles


















Edward Clancy
Cycling (Track) - Men's Omnium

















Christine Ohuruogu
Athletics - 400m




















06.08 - Day 10

Team GB (Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash, Peter Charles)
Equestrian - Team Jumping















Elizabeth Tweddle
Gymnastics (Artistics) - Uneven Bars

















Jason Kenny
Cycling (Track) - Men's Sprint















07.08 - Day 11


Team GB (Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer, Charlotte Dujardin)
Equestrian - Team Dressage

















Alistair Brownlee
Triathlon














Jonathan Brownlee
Triathlon



















Nick Dempsey
Sailing - Men's RS-X

















Laura Trott
Cycling (Track) - Women's Omnium



















Victoria Pendleton
Cycling (Track) - Women's Sprint

















Chris Hoy
Cycling - Men's Keirin















Robert Grabarz
Athletics - High Jump
















09.08 - Day 13

Charlotte Dujardin
Equestrian - Individual Dressage












Laura Bechtolsheimer
Equestrian - Individual Dressage














Nicola Adams
Boxing - Women's Fly (51kg)














Jade Jones
Taekwondo - Women's (57kg)














10.08 - Day 14

Luke Patience & Stuart Bithell
Sailing - Men's 470
















Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark
Sailing - Women's 470














Anthony Ogogo
Boxing - Men's Middle (75kg)














Team GB (Elizabeth Storry, Emily Maguire, Laura Unsworth, Crista Cullen, Hannah Macleod, Anne Panter, Helen Richardson, Kate Walsh, Chloe Rogers, Laura Bartlett, Alex Danson, Georgie Twigg, Ashleigh Ball, Sally Walton, Nicola White, Sarah Thomas)
               Hockey - Women's
















Lutalo Muhammad
Taekwondo - Men's (80kg)















11.08 - Day 15

Ed Mckeever
Canoe Sprint - Single (K1) 200m















Liam Heath & Jon Schofield
Canoe Sprint - Double (K2) 200m















Mohamed Farah
Athletics - 5,000m
















Tom Daley
Diving - 10m Platform

















Luke Campbell
Boxing - Men's Bantam (56kg)
















12.08 - Day 16

Freddie Evans
Boxing - Men's Welter (69kg)














Anthony Joshua
Boxing - Men's Super Heavy (+91kg)















Samantha Murray
Modern Pentathlon - Womens













'Till Next Time in Rio 2016!

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