Giancarlo Peris (born 4 November 1941), an

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track athlete of Greek descent, was the final bearer of the

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for the

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in Rome, Italy.

Biography

Peris was born in

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, a port city on the

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70 kilometers northwest of Rome. The

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decided that the last torchbearer of the Olympic Games would be the winner of a junior

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race. Peris won and was chosen to be the last torchbearer. 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

at the technical high-school "G. Baccelli" of Civitavecchia. He also coached at a small athletics club.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peris, Giancarlo 1941 births Living people Sportspeople from Civitavecchia Athletes from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital Olympic cauldron lighters Italian male middle-distance runners Italian people of Greek descent 20th-century Italian sportsmen

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