Istituto Comprensivo Tortona BScuola secondaria di I grado “M.Patri”

LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES

Anno scolastico 2012 – 2013 Classe I A

THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS COMMONLY KNOW AS LONDON 2012 WAS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL MULTI-SPORT EVENT.

IT TOOK PLACE IN LONDON FROM 27° JULY TO 12° AUGUST 2012.

HOST CITY:LONDON,UNITED KINGDOMMOTTO:INSPIRE A GENERATIONNATIONS PARTICIPATING: 204

ATHLETES PARTICIPATING: 10820EVENTS: 302 IN 26 SPORTS

OPENING CERIMONY: 27° JULYCLOSING CERIMONY: 12° AUGUST

OFFICIALLY OPENED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

THE OFFICIAL LOGO: IT’S A REPRESENTATION OF THE NUMBER 2012 WITH THE OLYMPICS RINGS

EMBEDDED WITHIN THE ZERO.

MASCOTS:MASCOTS: WENLOCK AND MANDEVILLE ARE WENLOCK AND MANDEVILLE ARE THE OFFICIAL MASCOTS FOR THE 2012THE OFFICIAL MASCOTS FOR THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES.SUMMER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES.

TOP TEN OF THE 2012 SUMMER TOP TEN OF THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS MEDAL TABLE.OLYMPICS MEDAL TABLE.

WORLD RECORDS:WORLD RECORDS:THE OLYMPIC THE OLYMPIC GAMES FEATURED 32 WORLD GAMES FEATURED 32 WORLD RECORDS IN 8 SPORTS.RECORDS IN 8 SPORTS.

THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RECORDS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RECORDS WAS SET IN SWIMMING,WITH EIGHT.WAS SET IN SWIMMING,WITH EIGHT.

CHINA,GREAT BRITAIN AND THE CHINA,GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES SET THE MOST UNITED STATES SET THE MOST RECORDS WITH FIVE EACH.RECORDS WITH FIVE EACH.

Medal count

Rank by Gold Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 United States of America 46 29 29 104

2 People's Republic of China 38 27 23 88

3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65

4 Russian Federation 24 26 32 82

5 Republic of Korea 13 8 7 28

6 Germany 11 19 14 44

7 France 11 11 12 34

8 Italy 8 9 11 28

OLYMPIC SPORTS

EVGENIA KANAEVAEVGENIA KANAEVA

EVGENIA KANAEVA IS A RUSSIAN RHYTMIC GYMNASTIC. SHE IS THE ONLY EVGENIA KANAEVA IS A RUSSIAN RHYTMIC GYMNASTIC. SHE IS THE ONLY RHYTMIC IN HISTORY TO WIN TWO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS.RHYTMIC IN HISTORY TO WIN TWO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS. BORN: APRIL 2 ,1990 (AGE 22) OMSKBORN: APRIL 2 ,1990 (AGE 22) OMSK WHEIGHT: 49kgWHEIGHT: 49kg HEIGHT: 1,72 mHEIGHT: 1,72 m

MICHAEL PHELPS

HE IS MICHAEL PHELPS. HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON SWIMMING 2012. HE WAS BORN IN MICHIGAN AND IN ONLY 22 YEARS OLD IS CONSIDERED THE GREATEST SWIMMER TOP OF THE WORLD.

USAIN BOLT

USAIN BOLT IS TWENTY-SIX YEARS OLD. HIS NATIONALITY IS JAMAICAN. HE IS AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION.

JESSICA ROSSIJESSICA ROSSI.DATE OF BIRTH: 7-11-1992PLACE OF BIRTH:CREVALCOREHOBBIES: SWIMMINGSPORT: TARGET SHOOTINGQUALIFIED: 31-7-2010STATUS: QUALIFED AS

INDIVIDUALSPECIALITIES: TRAPSHE HAS PARTECIPATED:• 1° LONDON 2012WORLD CHAMPIONS• 1° MARIBOR 2009• 3° MONACO 2010• 18° BELGRADE 2011EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS.

NICOLO’ CAMPRIANI

NICOLO’ CAMPRIANI. HE WAS BORN ON 6° NOVEMBER 1987 IN FIRENZE. HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL CARABINE 50m :THIRD POSITION

VALENTINA VEZZALI

SHE IS VALENTINA VEZZALI. SHE IS 39 YEARS OLD AND SHE IS ITALIAN. SHE WON THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES FENCING.

OUR WORK

The results

Work realized byLorenzo, Aliante, Marco, Paolo, Andrea, Laura, Francesco, Majda, Manal, Lorenzo, Keisi, Nicolò, Gaia, Ortisia, Camilla, Endriju, Mirela, Raul, Mara.