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Olympic Games - 2012

Categories: Sport / Games

See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Olympic Games - 2012

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2012 Commemorations - Blackheath

The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...

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2012 Olympics Bell

The quotation, from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', was spoken by Kenneth Branag...

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Charlotte Dujardin gold post box

{On plaque attached to side of box:} This post box has been painted gold by R...

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Chaucer and Aldgate

{On a worn notice stuck to the pavement immediately below the wooden structur...

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Chinese Polo Players

{On a nearby ornamental base:} 2012 London Polo. By Huang Jian, China China i...

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Other Subjects

Real Madrid

Real Madrid

Spanish football club. In full, 'Real Madrid Club de Fútbol'. 'Real', Spanish for 'royal', was granted by King Alfonso XIII in 1920, along with the crown in the club's emblem.

Group, Sport / Games, Spain

1 memorial
Yosef Gutfreund

Yosef Gutfreund

Wrestling coach. Born Yosef (or Yossef) Gutfreund in Romania. He was part of the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He was awakened by Palestinian terrorists infiltrating the Olympic...

Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Romania

1 memorial
King Cole

King Cole

Cricketer, whose real name was Bripumyarrimin. He was a member of the Australian Aboriginal cricket team that toured England in 1868. He died from tuberculosis and was buried at Victoria Park Cemet...

Person, Sport / Games, Australia

1 memorial
Richmond Cricket Club

Richmond Cricket Club

Their website. Old Deer Park has been the club's headquarters since 1864.

Group, Sport / Games

1 memorial