Geraint Thomas - Gold Post Box - Cardiff, Wales.
N 51° 28.860 W 003° 10.923
30U E 487358 N 5703331
This post box was painted Gold, & Plaque inscribed to celebrate the Gold Medal won by local cyclist Geraint Thomas at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The Post Box is located, in Castle St, Cardiff, Capital of Wales.
Waymark Code: WMVQW0
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/20/2017
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Gold Post Box - (normally painted pillar box red). 100 post box's were painted Gold in the location where the GB Gold medal winning athlete usually lived.
This post box was painted gold in August 2012 to celebrate the gold medal won by local cyclist Geraint Thomas at the Olympic Games.
The Bi-lingual Inscription reads:
This Post Box has been painted / gold by Royal Mail to Celebrate / Geraint Thomas / Gold Medal Winner / Cycling: Track - Men's Team Pursuit.
"Geraint was born in May 1986 and brought up in Birchgrove, a suburb in north Cardiff. He showed an early talent for cycling, joining the Maindy Flyers aged 10. He suffered a setback in 2005 when he crashed while training in Australia. The accident ruptured his spleen, which was removed.
Aged 21, he completed the Tour de France in 2007, when he was the youngest rider in this taxing race. He was also the first Welsh rider in 40 years to complete the Tour. His made his Olympics debut in Beijing in 2008, as part of a victorious team which also included Sir Bradley Wiggins, Paul Manning and Ed Clancy.
Geraint became the first Welsh person to win a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, in the team pursuit. His teammates were Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh.
The Royal Mail applied gold paint to a post box in the home town of each gold medal winner during the 2012 games, including this one for Geraint.
The post box is Opposite Cardiff Castle, immediately outside the building where the BBC made its first Welsh broadcast, in 1923. Postcode: CF10 1BT" Text Source: (
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