About some of the Torchbearers

8,000 inspirational people will carry the Olympic Flame as it journeys across the UK. Nominated by someone they know, it will be their moment to shine, inspiring millions of people watching in their community, in the UK and worldwide.

Spotlight

Manoj Tugnait

Bharat Thakar

Matt Short

Dorothy Hyman

Steven Tomlinson

Simon Brown

Tina Wood


Joan Macfarlane
Carrying the Flame through: Sheffield
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 58
Hometown: Sheffield

Kevin Elliott
Carrying the Flame through: Immingham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 44
Hometown: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Olivia Thompson
Carrying the Flame through: Warmsworth
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 18
Hometown: Sheffield

Sue West
Carrying the Flame through: Immingham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 34
Hometown: Horley

Julie Arnold
Carrying the Flame through: Warmsworth
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 48
Hometown: Doncaster

Simon Wheatcroft
Carrying the Flame through: Armthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 30
Hometown: Doncaster

Ryan Wilkinson
Carrying the Flame through: Sheffield
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 14
Hometown: Sheffield

Terry Rigg
Carrying the Flame through: Doncaster
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 69
Hometown: Wakefield

Lucy Brunt
Carrying the Flame through: Sheffield
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 14
Hometown: Sheffield

Debjani Chatterjee
Carrying the Flame through: Sheffield
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 59
Hometown: Sheffield

Micky Clorley
Carrying the Flame through: Cleethorpes
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 56
Hometown: Grimsby

Colan Leung
Carrying the Flame through: Rotherham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 23
Hometown: Wakefield

James Jackson
Carrying the Flame through: Grimsby
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 28
Hometown: Grimsby

Peter Murray
Carrying the Flame through: Sheffield
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 20
Hometown: Sheffield

James Needham
Carrying the Flame through: Doncaster
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 28
Hometown: Doncaster

Taylor Whelpton
Carrying the Flame through: Scunthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 18
Hometown: Gainsborough

Elspeth Whitby
Carrying the Flame through: Conisbrough
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 46
Hometown: Sheffield

Emerson Bartlett
Carrying the Flame through: Grimsby
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 34
Hometown: Grimsby

Jonathan Buckley
Carrying the Flame through: Armthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 28
Hometown: Rotherham

Tony Eaton
Carrying the Flame through: Conisbrough
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 58
Hometown: Nottinghamshire

Alice Kaye
Carrying the Flame through: Brigg
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 18
Hometown: South Kelsey

James Toney
Carrying the Flame through: Wrawby
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 36
Hometown: Surrey

Kate Pattison
Carrying the Flame through: Scunthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 15
Hometown: Belton

Jack Waring
Carrying the Flame through: Scunthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 17
Hometown: Sheffield

Matthew Kay
Carrying the Flame through: Brigg
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 31
Hometown: Barnsley

Katie Ogley
Carrying the Flame through: Dunsville
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 26
Hometown: Doncaster

Vicky Exley
Carrying the Flame through: Warmsworth
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 36
Hometown: Mexborough

Vincent Gibson
Carrying the Flame through: Immingham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 41
Hometown: Lincoln

Archie Swain
Carrying the Flame through: Scunthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 12
Hometown: Redbourne

Hollie Woodhouse
Carrying the Flame through: Dunsville
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 15
Hometown: Barnsley

Joe Axcell
Carrying the Flame through: Grimsby
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 12
Hometown: Grimsby

Alan Rayment
Carrying the Flame through: Grimsby
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 37
Hometown: Nr Scunthorpe

Matt Finch
Carrying the Flame through: Scunthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 29
Hometown: Leeds

Tom Brennan
Carrying the Flame through: Dalton
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 23
Hometown: Sheffield

Barry Hughes
Carrying the Flame through: Rotherham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 34
Hometown: Leeds

Barry Meadows
Carrying the Flame through: Immingham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 66
Hometown: Cleethorpes

Hazel Branford
Carrying the Flame through: Warmsworth
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 39
Hometown: Rotherham

Charlie Clerehugh
Carrying the Flame through: Rotherham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 13
Hometown: Sheffield

Jack Richardson
Carrying the Flame through: Cleethorpes
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 19
Hometown: Swineshead

Megan Ainsworth
Carrying the Flame through: Cleethorpes
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 19
Hometown: Newark

Maisie Brown
Carrying the Flame through: Brigg
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 13
Hometown: Doncaster

Michael Farrar
Carrying the Flame through: Dalton
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 51
Hometown: Huddersfield

Dominic Robinson
Carrying the Flame through: Wrawby
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 20
Hometown: Grimsby

Venus Balbuena
Carrying the Flame through: Hatfield
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 37
Hometown: Santo Domingo Este

Tony Reeves
Carrying the Flame through: Scunthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 47
Hometown: Barnsley

Ben Pacey
Carrying the Flame through: Scunthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 25
Hometown: Doncaster

Gower Tan
Carrying the Flame through: Scunthorpe
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 42
Hometown: London

John Anderson
Carrying the Flame through: Immingham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 40
Hometown: Gainsborough

Jill Newbolt
Carrying the Flame through: Rotherham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 40
Hometown: Rotherham

Mick Bostwick
Carrying the Flame through: Rotherham
Carrying the Flame on: 26 June 2012
Age: 32
Hometown: Rotherham



Olympic Torch Relay
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