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Costa Rica At The 1991 Pan American Games
The 11th Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. Medals Gold *Women's 100 m Backstroke: Silvia Poll Bronze *Men's 20000 m: Guillermo Mata See also *Costa Rica at the 1992 Summer Olympics Costa Rica competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 16 competitors, 11 men and 5 women, took part in 18 events in 6 sports. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Archery In its third arch ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa Rica At The 1991 Pan American Games Nations at the 1991 Pan American Games P Costa Rica at the Pan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rican Olympic Committee
Olympic Committee of Costa Rica ( es, Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica, IOC code: CRC) is the National Olympic Committee representing Costa Rica. The committee was created in 1953 although Costa Rica first competed at the Olympics in 1936. References External links * Costa Rica Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ... Costa Rica at the Olympics 1953 establishments in Costa Rica Sports organizations established in 1953 {{CostaRica-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Pan American Games
The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was the Estadio Panamericano, Havana, Estadio Panamericano, a multi-use stadium in Havana that holds 50,000 people. Host city election Havana was the only non-withdrawn bid to host the 1991 Pan American Games. At the Pan American Games (ODEPA) Assembly, from November 12 to 14, 1986, in Bridgetown, Barbados, Mar del Plata withdrew its bid, leaving Havana as the winner to host the Games. London, Ontario, Canada also submitted a bid, but withdrew from the bid process due to the federal government prohibiting all funding from any international multi-sport events (aside from the 1988 Winter Olympics, 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics). Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana, Cuba
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency. The city has a population of 2.3million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies, fourth largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The city of Havana was founded by the Spanish Empire, Spanish in the 16th century, it served as a springboard for the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish conquest of the Americas becoming a stopping point for Spanish galleons returning to Spain. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Poll Ahrens
Sylvia Úrsula Poll Ahrens (born September 24, 1970 in Managua, Managua, Nicaragua) is an Olympic and List of Costa Rican records in swimming, National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. At the Costa Rica at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Olympics, she won Costa Rica's first Olympic medal, when she garnered the silver in the women's 200 free.Silvia Poll sports-reference.com As of 2009, she and her younger sister Claudia Poll, Claudia are Costa Rica's only Olympic medalists. Sylvia also swam for Costa Rica at the Costa Rica at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics. She also won a total number of 8 medals at the Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games, 1987 Pan American Games; and 2 of her times from those Games still stand as List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Mata
Guillermo () is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People *Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player *Guillermo Arévalo (born 1952), a Shipibo shaman and ''curandero'' (healer) of the Peruvian Amazon; among the Shipibo he is known as Kestenbetsa *Guillermo Barros Schelotto (born 1973), Argentine former football player * Guillermo Bermejo (born 1975), Peruvian politician * Guillermo C. Blest (1800–1884), Anglo-Irish physician settled in Chile *Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player *Guillermo Chong, Chilean geologist *Guillermo Coria, another Argentine tennis player *Guillermo Dávila, Venezuelan actor and singer *Guillermo Díaz (actor) (born 1975), American actor of Cuban descent *Guillermo Diaz (basketball), Puerto Rican basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers * Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, author, actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rica At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Costa Rica competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 16 competitors, 11 men and 5 women, took part in 18 events in 6 sports. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Archery In its third archery competition at the Olympics, and first since 1980, Costa Rica entered a female archer for the first time. She did not advance to the elimination rounds. Women's Individual Competition: * Patricia Obregon ** Ranking round — 57th place (0-0) Athletics Men's 100m metres * Henry Daley Colphon ** Heat — 11.11 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres * José Luis Molina ** Heat — 14:09.22 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres *Miguel Angel Vargas ** Heat — 30:13.06 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Luis Lopez — 2:30.26 (→ 65th place) Men's 400m Hurdles * Alex Foster ** Heat — 52.93 (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's Marathon * Vilma Peña — 3:03.34 (→ 33rd place) Canoeing Men's Kayak Singles Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nations At The 1991 Pan American Games
A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by those features. Some nations are equated with ethnic groups (see ethnic nationalism) and some are equated with affiliation to a social and political constitution (see civic nationalism and multiculturalism). A nation is generally more overtly political than an ethnic group. A nation has also been defined as a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity and particular interests. The consensus among scholars is that nations are socially constructed and historically contingent. Throughout history, people have had an attachment to their kin group and traditions, territorial authorities and their homeland, but nationalism – the belief that state and nation should align as a nation state – did not become a promin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Costa Rican Sport
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, 1991 Russian presidential election, elected as Russia's first President of Russia, president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet Union, Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, erupts in the Philippines, making it the List of large historical volcanic eruptions, second-largest Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Flag of the Soviet Union, Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
