Who won the 2012 Tour de France and Olympic gold?
Bradley Wiggins
2012 Tour de France/Winners
Sir Bradley Wiggins: Tour de France winner & five-time Olympic champion retires. Five-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling aged 36. Britain’s first Tour de France winner, in 2012, said he had fulfilled a “childhood aspiration” of making a career out of the sport.
Did Bradley Wiggins win Tour de France?
Bradley Wiggins, in full Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, byname Wiggo, (born April 28, 1980, Ghent, Belgium), Belgian-born British cyclist who was the first rider from the United Kingdom to win the Tour de France (2012).
Has anyone won the Tour de France and the Olympics in the same year?
He is the only rider to win both the Tour de France and Olympic Gold in the same year, winning them a week apart in 2012. In 2012, Wiggins won the Paris–Nice, the Tour de Romandie, the Critérium du Dauphiné, and became the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France and the time trial at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Where was the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics held?
The first event, the group stage in women’s football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremonies on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.
What was the logo for the London 2012 Olympics?
There have been two London 2012 logos: one created by Kino Design for the bidding process and a second as the brand for the Games themselves. The former was a ribbon with blue, yellow, black, green and red stripes winding through the text “LONDON 2012”, making the shape of the River Thames in East London.
Who are the host cities for the 2012 Summer Olympics?
By 15 July 2003, the deadline for interested cities to submit bids to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), nine cities had submitted bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics: Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro.
Who was eliminated from the 2012 Summer Olympics?
Moscow was the first city to be eliminated, followed by New York and Madrid. The final two contenders were London and Paris. At the end of the fourth round of voting, London won the right to host the 2012 Games with 54 votes to 50.