Upper Volta at the 1972 Summer Olympics union team shortly before the Olympics. The majority of the 28 countries in the Olympic boycott were African nations. When the country returned to the Olympics, in 1988, they would be known as Burkina Faso. Upper Volta at the 1972 Summer Olympics The Republic of Upper Volta (as Upper Volta) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. This was the first and only time the country participated under that name at the Olympic Games. However, the first Upper Voltan athletes took part in the Olympics at the 1924 Games as part of the French contingent. André Bicaba
Volta (TV series) Volta (TV series) Volta was a Filipino television series on ABS-CBN, which was broadcast from January 2008 to August 2008. The series is a serialization of the 2004 film, "Volta", produced by Star Cinema. It was a regional semi-finalist for the 2008 International Emmy Awards under the Comedy Program category. Volta, the Queen of Lightning kicks bad guys with her two children, 220 (Salty) and 110 (Pepper). Her husband, Mark, does not have superpowers and is unaware that his wife Perla is the superheroine Volta on whom he has a crush. The family live a complicated life of secrecy and