Giancarlo Peris
Athletics | |
| Event | Cross country running |
|---|---|
Giancarlo Peris (born 4 November 1941), an
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
- ^ a b "Giancarlo Peris：From Rome 1960 to Beijing 2008". beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Giancarlo Peris.
- (in Italian) Peris' interview on YouTube