Steve Redgrave for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, carrying the torch into the stadium, where seven young athletes shared the task of lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony. In August 2014, Redgrave was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to "The Guardian" expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. He married Ann Callaway (now Ann, Lady Redgrave) in 1988; an accomplished rower in her own right, she represented Great Britain in the women's eight at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and
Nepal at the Olympics counted as an official medal since taekwondo was an exhibition sport during the 1988 Summer Olympics. Nepal has yet to win an Olympic medal. The Nepal Olympic Committee was formed in 1962 and recognized in 1963. Nepal at the Olympics Nepal has competed in twelve Summer Games, and in four Winter Olympic Games. Tejbir Bura, a Nepali national, won an Olympic gold medal in mixed alpinism at the 1924 Winter Olympics for his role as a member of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition. However, as citizens of other countries took part in the expedition as well, the award went