You told their stories – we'll make them famous
We received loads of great entries from up and down the country. It's fantastic to hear the stories about your Olympic heroes – from deliveries supervisors at the 2012 Olympic Park to the dedicated trainers of Team GB athletes – they're all playing an essential part in the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic.
This year's competition for entries has now closed, and the winners have been selected – take a look at what they've won:
- they'll have their picture taken by one of the world's foremost photographers
- that photo will end up alongside the famous faces of the National Portrait Gallery
- the winner, and the person who nominated them, will get a cool £5,000 to share
If you have a story to tell about your Olympic Games hero, there's always next year's competition.
Bookmark this page and make sure you come back with your entries for next year.
Sir Chris Hoy nominates Tony Robinson
Tony maintains and calibrates all the power measuring devices used on the cranks .. More >
Jonathan Edwards nominates Rob Young
Rob is one of 12 Nations and Regions Coordinator who work across the UK to ensure More >
Ade Adepitan nominates - Owen McGhee
The charity Owen founded The Association of Wheelchair Children .... More >
Sebastian Coe nominates Beth Tweddle
Beth is the most successful British gymnast of our generation. More >
Helen Lines nominates Vincent Lines
Vincent has lived in London all his life and is proud of the city he lives in. More >
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Tony maintains and calibrates all the power measuring devices used on the cranks of all the Team GB bikes, across all disciplines. The information and data we get from the power cranks is crucial for monitoring and assessing our performance. If they're not maintained properly, they'd be useless. He works by himself, tucked away in a little window-less room at the Manchester Velodrome, and is solely responsible for this.
Lots of countries and teams make use of power cranks but unless they are continually maintained and calibrated, the information you get from them is not useful. He doesn't get any recognition for doing it, but it's a crucial part of the support for the team.
Rob is one of 12 Nations and Regions Coordinator who work across the UK to ensure that London 2012 really is ‘Everyone’s Games’
The Coordinators do a wonderful job of delivering a range of existing projects inspired by London 2012 and Rob exemplifies the hardwork and commitment to ensuring that whether you live in Manchester or Margate, people across the UK have the opportunity to be inspired by London 2012.
His enthusiasm, strategic thinking, relationship building and desire to ‘just do’ are simply first class and thousands of people from across the North West have had the opportunity to be touched by the London 2012 magic dust because of it.
The charity Owen founded The Association of Wheelchair Children (www.wheelchairchildren.org.uk) helps train and coach children (and their parents) how to properly use wheelchairs. The charity also organises nationwide camps for children using wheelchairs and raises funds to help buy equipment.
As part of his role, Owen identifies children with sporting talent and refers them to various people involved in wheelchair sport. The charity helped me when I was younger and helped me raise money to buy my first wheelchair.
Owen originally set-up the charity and ran camps and trips voluntarily at weekends, whilst he was working as a physio at a disability school. Over a number of years he grew the charity until he was able to make it a full-time role for himself and eventually others. The charity has benefitted the lives of a huge number of wheelchair users over generations, including me, and in turn this has contributed to past Olympic success. Owen continues to push youngsters through to sporting participation. A number of successful wheelchair sports people, as well as a huge number of wheelchair users in general, owe a lot to Owen McGhee
Beth is the most successful British gymnast of our generation. Her performance at the World Gymnastics Championships in London last month was extraordinary – and her grace, courage and determination will inspire thousands of kids on the road to 2012.
When we bid for the Games, we were absolutely clear – we wanted to use the power of the Games to encourage young people all round the world to choose sport. Here in our own backyard, we have a national treasure in Beth Tweddle – a home grown heroine who champions her sport and, in the power and passion of her performance, will inspire young people all round the country on the road to 2012.
Beth is the embodiment of the Olympic values, and someone we can all be proud of.
Vincent has lived in London all his life and is proud of the city he lives in. When the opportunity arose to be part of the London 2012 Olympic games he jumped at the chance to get involved. He started two years ago by training as a volunteer and stewarding for 2012 related events. He has worked hard at learning new skills in construction safety and currently works full time on the site itself as a marshal, maintaining safety and security.
Living locally for 28 years he has seen the area grow and change and welcomes with enthusiasm the regeneration that the games is bringing to the area. He deserves to win because he is a great supporter of the games and works long hours to ensure that the trucks that bring the very nuts and bolts, concrete and bricks that will become the stadiums that the athletes will compete in and the site that spectators will stream into summer of 2012, arrive and leave the site safely .
Vincent takes pride in having a role to play in such a huge project, for him its more than just a living, it is a privilege.
