The Olympic flame for the Rio 2016 Games was lit in Olympia on 21 April and after a short tour of Greece – which saw it carried by a refugee in Athens – it was handed over to Rio 2016 and taken to visit the United Nations and Olympic Museum in Switzerland. On Tuesday (3 May) it will arrive by plane in Brasília, the capital of the host nation, from where it will embark on a 95-day relay involving about 12,000 torchbearers that will showcase the diverse beauty of Brazil.

Below is the list of the first 10 torchbearers in Brasília, in order of appearance:

Fabiana Claudino
Two-time Olympic champion (2008 and 2012) Fabiana, as she is known in Brazil, is considered one of the best volleyball players in the world and will be a key part of the host nation's bid for a hat-trick of golds at Rio 2016.

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Artur Ávila Cordeiro de Melo
The first Brazilian and Latin American to win the Fields Medal, considered the Nobel prize of mathematics, the Rio resident will represent the importance of education for the continued development of the host nation.

Gabriel Hardy
The 16-year-old karate prodigy – he has won various regional titles – is a student of the Rio 2016 education programme, Transforma.

Ângelo Assumpção
One of the host nation's biggest hopes in artistic gymnastics, 19-year-old Assumpção's specialities are the vault and the floor. He overcame an episode of cyber-bullying to fulfil his sporting dream.

Aurilene Vieira de Brito
Head of Augustinho Brandão state school in the poor north eastern Brazilian state of Piauí, Brito transformed his school into one of the country's best, winning various prizes in mathematics and chemistry.

Hanan Khaled Daqqah Hanan
Twelve-year-old Hanan lived with her family in Idlib, in north east Syria, before they were forced to flee because of the war. After living in a refugee camp in Jordan they moved to São Paulo as part of a humanitarian programme ran by Brazil's government.

Adriana Araújo
Brazil's first and so far only female Olympic boxing medallist, Araújo won bronze in the -60kg category at the London 2012 Games, claiming her nation's 100th Olympic medal.

Gabriel Medina
One of Brazil's most popular current sporting stars, Medina became the first Brazilian to win the surfing world title in 2014.

Paula Pequeno
Selected as the best volleyball player at the Beijing 2008 Games, two-time Olympic champion Pequeno is a hugely popular sporting figure in Brazil.

Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima
Lima was central to one of the most memorable Olympic moments in history. He was leading the marathon at the Athens 2004 Games when, with six kilometres to go, he was grabbed and impeded by a protester. He recovered to take bronze and was subsequently awarded the Pierre de Coubertin prize for Olympic spirit.