Nurmi was a winner of nine Olympic gold medals in the 1920s; Kolehmainen won four Olympic gold medals. Nurmi lit a cauldron on field level before handing the torch to four لاعب فوتبولs who relayed the torch to the top of the tower. Kolehmainen then lit the final, higher-placed cauldron.
Wikne later participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics. After Wikne lit the brazier on the infield, the flame was passed on to Karin Lindberg and Henry Ericksson. who separately ran up the two towers of the Stockholm Olympic Stadium.
A 12-year-old schoolgirl and aspiring figure skater.Perry's choice symbolized the future of the Olympic movement, since in 1986, the International Olympic Committee had decided to implement new policies, including the change in the cycle between the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
Platini took part with the فريق فرنسا لكورة القدم in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Grange was a future alpine skier (and older brother of future multiple-time alpine skiing Slalom world champion جان باتيسانت جرينج). Aged nine at the time, Grange became the youngest final lighter in history.
Paralympian who competed in the 1984. 1988. and 1992Summer Paralympics. winning two silvers and a bronze. The only Paralympian ever to light the Olympic cauldron, Rebollo shot a flaming arrow over an open natural gas cauldron to ignite it.
Heir apparent to the throne of Norway. Though he was not an Olympian, both his هارلد الخامس and اولاف الخامس took part in the Olympics and he lit the cauldron on their behalf.He was also the patron of the Games and his involvement was crucial to their realization.Also,his father declared the games opened
Silver medalist in 1996 and would later win at these games. both in the 400 metres. She is one of two people to light the cauldron and win a gold medal in the same games, alongside تيدى رينر. Cathy was also chosen as part of the celebration of 100 years of women being included in the Olympics, she was passed the Olympic flame in the final lighting of the flame by 5 other Australian women who are significant in Australian Olympic history. She is also the first person of indigenous descent to light the cauldron.
Ning won 6 medals (3 gold,2 silvers and 1 bronze) at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was China's most successful athlete at their first Olympic appearance since 1952.
Le May Doan was a winner of two gold medals in the 500 m in 1998 and 2002 and a bronze in the 1000 m in 1998. Nash is a two-time NBAMVP with the فينيكس صنز and a former member of the منتخب كندا لكورة السله. playing in 2000 Summer Olympics. Greene won gold in the giant slalom and silver in the slalom in 1968 Winter Olympics. Gretzky was a member of the Canadian ice hockey team and won four Stanley Cup titles as captain of the ادمونتون اويلرز (قالب:Scfy, قالب:Scfy, قالب:Scfy, قالب:Scfy). He was the executive director of the Canadian men's hockey team in 2002, who won gold at that Games.
During the opening ceremony. Nash and Greene lit a cauldron inside the BC Place indoor stadium. Gretzky then lit a second, outdoor cauldron near the Vancouver Convention Centre. Only the outdoor cauldron remained lit throughout the Games.
Le May Doan was supposed to participate in the lighting of the indoor cauldron, but was left out when one of the four arms failed to raise due to mechanical problems. This was corrected at the beginning of the closing ceremony. when a joke was made about the mechanical error, and she was able to light the newly emerged fourth arm and relight the indoor cauldron to begin the closing ceremony.
Both former Russian athletes won three gold medals at the Winter Olympics: Rodnina in figure skating and Tretiak in ice hockey (in addition to a silver)
Japanese tennis player who participated in the Games, winner of four singles تنس جراند سلام. and world #2 player at the time of the Games; the first woman of Black descent to light the Olympic cauldron.
Cross-country skier Dilnigar Ilhamjan (Dinigeer Yilamujiang) and Nordic combined athlete Zhao Jiawen, both born in the 2000s, had the honour of lighting the Cauldron. Dilnigar qualified for the Beijing 2022, having become the first Chinese cross-country skiing medalist in an International Ski Federation-level event, finishing second in the opening women's leg of a three-leg sprint series in Beijing in March 2019.Zhao became the first Chinese athlete to compete in Nordic combined in an Winter Olympic Games.Three similar snowflakes were also erected as public flames, with one outside of the stadium lit by a volunteer, one in Yanqing District lit by speed skater Yu Jongjun. and the third in Zhangjiakou lit by skier Wang Wezhuo.[46]
Olympic Champion in the superheavyweight category at the 2012 and 2016 games, the mixed team competition at the 2020 games and bronze medalist on same category at the 2008 and the 2020.He would go on to win the superheavyweight category at these same games. making him one of only two athletes to light the cauldron and win a gold medal at the same games after كاثى فريمان.
Both Zimmerman and Klammer won the gold in the downhill event in 1964 and 1976 respectively, both years when Austria previously hosted the Winter Olympics. Gerstgraser was an athlete of the Austrian delegation competing in the Games.
Winner of back-to-back gold medals in diving in 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, in the 10 m and the 10 m synchronized. She would retain the latter's gold medal in 2016 Summer Olympics.
As Buenos Aires 2018 was the first edition of an Olympic competition with gender equality, the lighting of the cauldron was carried out by a woman and a man. Pareto won bronze at Beijing 2008 and gold at Rio 2016 Olympics; Lange, won bronze at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics and was Olympic champion at Rio 2016 Games.
