12. Nicola Adams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4-aaipnCA Sport - Boxing The 2012 Olympics saw history made for many reasons, including the fact that every competing nation sent female athletes for the first time, but also that these athletes were able to compete in every sport for the first time, as womens boxing was approved for inclusion alongside its male equivalent. With three weight classes in comparison to the mens ten, Leeds-born Nicola Adams wrote her name in the history books by prevailing in the first of the three finals, defeating Chinese world number-one Ren Cancan to take home gold. Her fellow Brits Savannah Marshall and Natasha Jonas may have fallen in the first round and at the hands of Irish world champion Katie Taylor respectively in their weight categories, but Adams success has seen her became the first female boxer to be awarded an honour from the Boxing Writers Club Of Great Britain, opening the door for youngsters to follow in her footsteps in what was once a taboo sport. 11. Greg Rutherford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIAbrVvNeKI Sport - Athletics Though his fellow athletics gold medalists were favourites for their respective events, Greg Rutherford, who had trials with Aston Villa in his youth before switching his focus to athletics, came from out of the blue to secure the long jump gold. The joint British record holder (alongside Chris Tomlinson, who also competed at the Olympics), Rutherfords winning jump of 8.31m wouldnt have won the title at any previous games since 1972, but it was 15cm longer than the jump of Australian silver medallist Mitchell Watt in what may have been an off-day for some of the worlds best competitors, but was one of the highlights of Super Saturday for those of us watching at home, as the gold became one of six won by British athletes in the space of one day. Having expressed an interest to switch events to compete in the 100m, it is hard to fathom whether Rutherford could compete with the best at that level, though given Usain Bolts desire to compete in the long jump, the two could experiment by switching places with one another for a time.