A brochure by ANITURRI BHI students

1. OLYMPIC GAMES LONDON 2012
IRANTZU MTZ-GIL BELDARRAIN
MAITE UGARTE VALETA
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2. A NATION, A TEAM
UNE NATION, UNE SELECTION
HERRI BAT, SELEKZIO BAT
Basque sportmen and sportwomen are not allowed to compete for the Basque
national team. Therefore, they compete for Spain or France.
The Basque Country football team (Euskal
First international Herriko futbol selekzioa) is considered the
Basque Country 6 – 1 Catalonia national team of the Basque Country greater
region as selected players from the Basque
(January 3, 1915; Basque Country) Country Autonomous Community, the
nearby Navarre and the Northern Basque
Country in France play for it. They are not
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affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore are
Denmark B 1 – only allowed to play friendly matches. As a
result, when Basque football players play
11 Basque Country international matches, they compulsory play
for Spain or France.
( August 29, 1937; Denmark)
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SURFING. After competing for
Mexico 8 – 4 Basque Country ten years for the Basque
( October 16, 1938; Mexico) National team, the European
Committee forbade it in 2001.
Basque Country 1 – 5 Hungary However, Basque surfers were
(August 31 1980; Basque Country) invited to compete at the
Celtic Games in 2003. Basque
surfers were so good that they
were invited them back again.
As a result of winning each
year the Celtic competition,
they have taken part in the
Games every year. The Basque
PELOTA. Surfers National Team is
waiting for a court decision to
Basque Pelota was a demonstration sport at the 1968 Summer know if one day they will be
Olympics in Mexico City. It was the third time that the sport was allowed to compete for their
included in the Olympic program; it was an official Olympic sport national team
at the 1900 Games in Paris, and a demonstration sport in 1924. It
was included as a demonstration sport once again at the 1992
Games in Barcelona. Basque Pelota has only once been officially competed for at the
Olympics in 1900. At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a Basque pelota tournament was contested.
Only two teams competed, so only one match was played. The score is unknown. The
competition was held on 14 June.
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3. LONDON 2012
This year, the olympic games are going to play in London. The
olympic games will have two mascots : Wenlock and Mandeville.
Wenlock is the olympic mascot and Mandeville is the paralympic
mascot. They have a web site where you can make your own
mascot, play games, watch the videos…
A OF A BASQUE SPORTMAN :
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4. There are some Basque athletes that have already participated
in the Olimpics, for example, Julien Abasolo.
In 2008, the mountain bike Cups and two Olympic gold
factory Orbea produced a medals. He is also at his best
bike for Julien Abasolo. He in the rain.
won gold at the Beijing
Olympics and he has become
the company's totem.
Abasolo has been named the
Michael Schumacher of
mountain biking - he
dominates the sport, having
won four World
Championships, 17 World
Julien director says it's a unique athlete
Not only Julien Abasolo has taken part in the Olympics games,
but Martin Fiz (Marathon), Leire Olaberria (cycling)
and Naroa Aguirre (athletics).
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5. VOLUNTEERS
Our volunteers will make the Games happen – we call them
London 2012 Games Makers.
Volunteers have been integral to both Summer and Winter
Olympic and Paralympic Games since they were used for the
first time at London 1948. So in 2012, the volunteer programme
will be coming home to the city where it all began!
There are 32 teams (also known as functional areas, or FAs) who
need Games Makers and we have divided them into 10
departments, below. Click on each of them to find out more
about individual FAs and the sorts of volunteer roles within
them.
Each team needs a different number of Games Makers – some
require fewer than 50 while others need a few thousand. Most
roles will be Games-time specific, but some will require
volunteers to be available from spring 2012 for pre-Games
preparation.
LONDON AMBASSADOR: London Ambassadors will welcome
visitors from all over the world during the 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games. They are looking for volunteers to be the
face of London; people who are passionate about the capital and
want to tell millions of people about the hidden treasures that
makes London one of the best capital cities in the world.
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6. STUDENTS LIKES/DISLIKES
NAROA AGIRRE
began doing athletics at
Santo Tomas High School,
in Donostia. She first tried
long jump, and changed to
pole vault with the help of
Ramón Cid (Spanish
Federation Technician)
She has participated at two
Olympic Games. In
Athens 04 she was sixth
(Olympic Diploma) and at
Beijing 08, she ended 13.
What’s more, she was at
the 9th position at
the World
Championship 2005
(Helsinki) and
7th in the European Championship 2006 (Goteborg)
She likes reading, listening to music and going to the mountains.
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7. OLYMPIC MESSAGE
Through true
sportsmanship, we
all are
winners
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