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Boccia At The 2016 Summer Paralympics – Team BC1–2
The mixed team BC1–2 boccia event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held from 10 to 12 September at Riocentro, an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, part of the Games' Barra Cluster of venues. Final rounds Pool stages Pool A * progressed on points difference. Pool B Pool C Pool D Rosters The twelve competing nations each entered a team of four athletes with no specifications on the athlete's gender. ---- Pattaya Tadtong Watcharaphon Vongsa Worawut Saengampa Subin Tipmanee Sun Kai Zhang Qi Yan Zhiqiang Zhong Kai Lee Dong Won Yoo Won Jeong Sohn Jeong Min Jeong So Yeong Takayuki Kitani Takayuki Hirose Yuriko Fujii Hidetaka Sugimura David Smith Nigel Murray Joshua Rowe Claire Taggart Mauricio Barbure Sebastian Gonzalez Maria Sahonero Luis Cristaldo Abilio Valente Antonio Marques Cristina Goncalves Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riocentro
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America. Notable events 1981 May Day attack On April 30, 1981, during a May Day music concert, Riocentro was the target of a terrorist attack by hardliner members of the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985). Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário and then-Captain Wilson Dias Machado, nowadays a Colonel, were responsible for detonating two bombs at the venue. Around 9 p.m., however, one of the bombs exploded in the lap of Sergeant Rosário, killing him and seriously wounding Machado. A second bomb exploded a few miles away at a powerhouse responsible for providing electrical energy to Riocentro; it was thrown over the fence and exploded on the ground, and the electric power supply was never interrupted that evening. The government immediately blamed left-wing radicals for the attack. This theory had no support at the time o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
