Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Team GB) won 29 Gold medals at this summer’s London 2012 Olympics. It took the dedication, sacrifice and hard work of 43 individual athletes to achieve.
Athletics gold medals
Greg Rutherford – Long Jump
Jessica Ennis – heptathlon
Alister Brownlee – Triathlon
Mo Farah – 5000m & 10,000m
Tennis gold medal
Andy Murray – Singles – (Also a silver medal in mixed doubles)
Equestrian gold medals
Charlotte Dujardin – Individual & Team
Laura Bechtolsheimer – team dressage (also a bronze medal in individual dressage)
Scott Brash – team jumping
Peter Charles – team jumping
Carl Hester – team dressage
Ben Maher – Jumping
Nick Skelton – Team Jumping
Cycling gold medals
Laura Trott – Omnium & Team Pursuit
Victoria Pendleton – Keirin (also a silver medal in the sprint)
Ed Clancy – team pursuit (also bronze medal in the omnium)
Bradley Wiggins – Time Trial
Peter Kennaugh – Team Pursuit
Philip Hinds – Team Sprit
Joanna Rowsell – Team Pursuit
Geraint Thomas – Team Pursuit
Steven Burke – team pursuit
Dani King – team pursuit
Chris Hoy – Keirin & Team Sprint
Jason Kenny – Sprint & Team Sprint
Shooting gold medal
Peter Wilson – Double Trap
boxing gold medals
Nicola Adams – Flyweight
Luke Campbell – Bantamweight
Anthony Joshua – Super Heavyweight
Taekwondo gold medals
Jade Jones – Taekwondo gold medal – 57kg
Canoe gold medals
Tim Baillie – Slalom Double C2
Etienne Stott – Slalom Double C2
Ed McKeever – Sprint Kayak Single K1 200m
Rowing gold medals
Helen Glover – pair
Katherine Grainger – Double Sculls
Alex Gregory – Men’s Four
Andrew Triggs Hodge – Men’s Four
Katherine Copeland – Lightweight Double Sculls
Tom James – Men’s Four
Peter Reed – Men’s Four
Sophie Hosking – Lightweight Double Sculls
Heather Stanning – Pair
Anna Watkins – Double Sculls
Sailing gold medal
Ben Ainslie – Sailing – Finn
