MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) More as compared with 80 several years soon after Launceston Elliot had been hidden with a great unmarked grave with a Melbourne cemetery, Britain's first Olympic champion may have some sort of headstone put on his or her finalized resting place.
Elliot, whom perished of melanoma in 1930 seven many years immediately after going to be able to Australia, seemed to be some sort of single-handed weightlifting gold medalist for the 1896 Athens Games.
Elliot's grave had been discovered with 2007 at Fawkner Cemetery inside Melbourne. But it had not been till two-time British Olympic rare metal medalist as well as London Games fundamental accounting Sebastian Coe visited that grave a year ago this progress was created toward getting a headstone.
The wedding ceremony are going to be stored Sunday and definately will be i went to by means of Elliot's granddaughter, Ann Elliot Smith , that existence throughout Brisbane, in addition to your ex New Zealand-based son Ian.
"I was raised with all the background of this grandfather and precisely how prominent he or she was," Elliot Smith said. "We suspected this individual was buried, but didn't find out where. I've nevertheless definitely not discovered exactly why it was a great unmarked grave.
"When these people told me about the headstone, I has been therefore proud therefore excited because I have tried average joe to acquire a plaque decide to put generally there but would not have anywhere right until Sebastian Coe appeared about the scene. Coe said it turned out sacrilege that will a fantastic man these kinds of while Launceston experienced not recently been recognized."
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