[DOC] [TLE] List of people who have lit the Olympic Cauldron - Wikipedia [PAR] ... lit the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer 
Olympics. The tradition of carrying the Olympic Flame from Olympia, Greece, the 
birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, to the host city of the modern Olympic 
Games via a torch ... light the cauldron was nine-time Olympic champion Paavo 
Nurmi at the 1952... [DOC] [TLE] #RIO2016: 16 celebrities who have carried the Olympic Torch - [PAR] He carried the torch through the stadium of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball 
team. ... history, with nine gold and three silver medals collected at the Antwerp 
1920, ... the Olympic cauldron in his home country at the Helsinki 1952 Games. ... 
On August 5, the day of the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games,... [DOC] [TLE] Torches and torch relays of the Olympic Summer Games from Berlin ... [PAR] Apr 21, 2016 ... The first Olympic torch relay was held for the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin. .... 
The day after the Opening Ceremony, a flame was lit from the cauldron in ... 19 
July 1952, Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (Finland) ... Paavo Nurmi, the famous 
runner who won nine gold medals and .... was carried into the city. [DOC] [TLE] Paavo Nurmi Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference ... [PAR] Medals: 9 Gold, 3 Silver (12 Total); Sport: Athletics; Country: Finland; Years: 1920
, 1924, ... Between 1920 and 1928 he won a record nine Olympic gold medals (
seven ... arena in 1952 when he carried the torch into the Opening Ceremony. ... 
in his hometown of Turku, outside the Olympic stadium in Helsinki, and in the 
park... [DOC] [TLE] 1952 Helsinki Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com [PAR] You Are Here > OLY Home > Summer Games > 1952 Helsinki ... Opening 
Ceremony: July 19, 1952 (opened by President Juho Kusti ... Mariya 
Horokhovska (7 medals) ... of 1917, the USSR had not competed in the Olympics 
until the Helsinki Games. ... Rk, Country, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total ... 9, 
Switzerland, 2, 6, 6, 14. [DOC] [TLE] Olympic Games - History of the modern Summer Games | Britannica ... [PAR] Sep 9, 2016 ... Percy Williams being carried after winning gold medals in the 100- and 200-
metre .... The 1952 Games were the first Olympics in which the Soviet Union ... in 
Leningrad and fly into Helsinki each day; these plans were dropped, but a ... An 
Olympic Stadium, home to the opening and closing ceremonies and... [DOC] [TLE] Torch burns on, evolves as games grow | StAugustine.com [PAR] Jan 28, 2002 ... In 1952 in Helsinki, Finland, Paavo Nurmi, a Finnish distance runner who won 
nine gold medals from 1920 to 1928, carried the torch into the... [DOC] [TLE] Trojan Olympic Gallery | About USC [PAR] USC's first Olympic athlete  also the university's first medal winner  was Emil 
... at the 1968 Mexico City Games, where she became the first woman to carry the 
U.S. ... track speedster Allyson Felix '08 took home her first Olympic gold medal 
for ... He went on to compete in swimming in 1952 (Helsinki), and in water polo in
... [DOC] [TLE] The best Olympics moments in history - MSN.com [PAR] Mar 16, 2016 ... Michael Phelps with his gold medal after winning the men's 200m butterfly at 
Beijing 2008. ... Czech Emil Zatopek competes at the Helsinki 1952 Olympics. ... 
Romania's Paula Ivan wins 1500m gold at the Seoul 1988 Games. ..... of carrying 
the Olympic torch into the stadium during the opening ceremony. [DOC] [TLE] THE OLYMPIC GAMES (9) - Let's Talk Gymnastics [PAR] ... at home with her parents while she competed and won four gold medals in 
track ... The Olympic Games of 1952 in Helsinki, Finland ... Until Helsinki, the 
Russians had won only one gold medal in Olympic history. ... During the opening 
ceremonies, the ... carried the Olympic flame into the stadium

Question: At the opening of the 1952 Helsinki games, this winner of 9 gold medals carried the torch into the main stadium
Answer: Paavo Nurmi