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Alejandro Foglia
Alejandro José Foglia Costa (born 30 January 1984, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan sailor in the Laser (dinghy), Laser and Finn (dinghy), Finn classes. He competed in four Summer Olympics for his native South American country: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Laser class, 2004, Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class, 2008, Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class, 2012 and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn, 2016, and in two Pan American Games: Sailing at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's Laser class, 2007 and Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Laser class, 2011. He was named Uruguay's flagbearer for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Results ;Olympic Games *Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Laser class, 2004: 34th *Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class, 2008: 17th *Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class, 2012: 8th *Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn, 2016: 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. The city was established in 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the La Plata Basin, platine region. It was also under brief British invasions of the Río de la Plata, British rule in 1807, but eventually the city was retaken by Spanish criollos who defeated the British invasions of the River Plate. Montevideo is the seat of the administrative headquarters of Mercosur and ALADI, Latin America's leading trade blocs, a position that entailed comparisons to the role of Brussels in Europe. The 2019 Mercer's report on qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
