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His maternal grandmother, Jetty Baars-Wienese, is a Dutch national tennis champion (1956), whose brother and Tony's great-uncle Jan Wienese is an Olympic gold medalist in rowing. [17] Parker enjoyed close relationships with his brothers, and they would often attend their father's basketball games together. [ 18 ]
Tony Parker: A French high school legend who was inspired by Michael Jordan, he won four NBA championships playing alongside Tim Duncan for the San Antonio Spurs. He played for several medal ...
The foursome handed the torch off to French tennis legend Amélie Mauresmo, who ran the with it through the streets and into the Louvre, where she handed the torch to basketball icon Tony Parker ...
The 1984 torch relay was the first to last longer than two months, the first to be substantially funded by corporate sponsorships, and the first to visit all the major cities of the host country rather than traveling directly to the host city. This model has been followed by most Olympic torch relays that have occurred since.
The French Olympic Committee commissioned Mathieu Lehanneur (born 1974), [4] [5] to design the cauldron, torch, and ceremonial cauldrons along the torch relay route: Lehanneur developed a concept of having these three items symbolise France's national motto, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" ("Liberty, equality, fraternity"), and gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively. [6]
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The first well-known major athlete to light the cauldron was nine-time Olympic champion Paavo Nurmi at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Other famous final torch bearers include 1960 decathlon gold medallist Rafer Johnson, who became the first person of African descent to light the cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics, [1] French football star Michel Platini (), heavyweight boxing champion ...
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