Giancarlo Peris

Giancarlo Peris (born 4 November 1941), an Italian track athlete of Greek descent, was the final bearer of the Olympic torch for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.^[1]

Giancarlo Peris

Giancarlo Peris with the Olympic torch at the 1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1941-11-04) 4 November 1941 (age 83) Civitavecchia, Kingdom of Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Cross country running

Biography

Peris was born in Civitavecchia, a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea 70 kilometers northwest of Rome. The Italian National Olympic Committee decided that the last torchbearer of the Olympic Games would be the winner of a junior Cross country running race. Peris won and was chosen to be the last torchbearer.^[1] 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 Italian at the technical high-school "G. Baccelli" of Civitavecchia. He also coached at a small athletics club.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• 1960 Summer Olympics