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    To commemorate British gold medal winners at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, various post boxes in the home towns of the medal winners...
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    private letter box for incoming mail. In 1653, the first post boxes are believed to have been installed in and around Paris. By 1829, post boxes were in use...
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  • The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September...
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  • The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July...
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    Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom...
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  • Peter Charles (category Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics)
    British team that won show jumping gold at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes "Peter Charles returns to the...
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    NBC Olympics is the commercial name for the NBC Sports-produced broadcasts of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games as shown in the United States on NBCUniversal...
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    22, and equal-most gold medals, 11, in Paralympic Games history. To commemorate the achievements of each gold medallist at the 2012 Paralympics and Olympics...
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    Scott Brash (category Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics)
    horse Hello Sanctos in early 2012. They competed as part of the British Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London winning a gold medal in the team jumping...
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    Alistair Brownlee (category Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics)
    and Paris (9 July 2011) Brownlee was the winner. 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes "Alistair Brownlee". Corus. Archived from the original...
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  • The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics...
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    Carl Hester (category Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics)
    announced a film was to be made about his life. 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes Hester, Carl; Hewitt, Bernadette (8 May 2014). Making...
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    Ellie Simmonds (category Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics)
    Paralympics Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom Rack,...
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  • the Summer Olympic Games to Asia after the 1988 Olympics in South Korea. It was the first Olympics for Serbia as a separate state since 1912 and the first...
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  • Katherine Copeland (category Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics)
    Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes commemoration, had a red post box in The Rings village of Ingleby Barwick painted gold in her name, with...
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    Ben Maher (category Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics)
    late December until late March, and Europe throughout the summer. 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes GRO reference: March 1983, Vol....
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    Charlotte Dujardin (category Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics)
    strip of public housing named after her in Enfield. 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government...
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    11 was cancelled Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom Paralympic site "Shelly given flag honour"....
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  • The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium...
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  • 2014 Winter Paralympics. Olympic Games portal 2016 Summer Paralympics List of IOC country codes The official logo of the 2016 Summer Olympics was made in...
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  • are various concerns and controversies related to the 2024 Summer Olympics, including security concerns, human rights issues, and controversy over allowing...
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    Helen Glover (category Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics)
    quadruple sculls. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, in partnership with Heather Stanning, she set the Olympic record and won the gold medal in the women's coxless...
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  • fourth Olympic Games to be held in Japan, following the 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo), 1972 Winter Olympics (Sapporo), and 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano)...
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  • and concerns associated with the 2012 Summer Olympics in London became the subject of public debate and media commentary. Protection of the Olympic brand...
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    Jessica Ennis-Hill (category Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics)
    of awards and nominations received by Jessica Ennis-Hill High Jump Differentials – Women 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes "Biographies:...
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    The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on the evening of Friday 27 July 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London, during which the Games...
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    Bethany Firth (category Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics)
    BBC's 100 women of 2019. Ireland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes Bethany Firth Archived 23 November 2016...
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    never failed to win at least a gold medal. The United States leads the all-time medal count at the Summer Olympics, and has topped the medal table on 18...
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  • since the Olympics and Paralympics began to formally share host cities, the Paralympics' venues were shared with those of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Barra...
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    the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where a new Paralympic flag with the emblem was handed over to Beijing—host of the 2008 Summer Paralympics. The agitos...
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