Chile At The 1992 Summer Paralympics
Chile competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. The 2 competitors from Chile won no medals and so did not place in the medal table. Swimmer Gabriel Vallejos Contreras, also known as Gabriel Angel, was presented with the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award during the closing ceremony. See also * Chile at the Paralympics * Chile at the 1992 Summer Olympics References 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ... 1992 in Chilean sport Nations at the 1992 Summer Paralympics {{1992-Paralympics-stub ...
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Chile Paralympic Committee
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring ind ...
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