Giancarlo Peris
![]() Giancarlo Peris with the Olympic torch at the 1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | Civitavecchia, Kingdom of Italy | 4 November 1941
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Cross 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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Giancarlo Peris:From Rome 1960 to Beijing 2008". beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013.
External links
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- (in Italian) Peris' interview on YouTube