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Chile At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Chile competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The Chilean Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico de Chile, COCH), link=no) fielded a team of 42 athletes, 25 men and 17 women, to compete in sixteen sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics without any association to the team-based sports for the first time. Nearly 25 percent of the Chilean team competed in the track and field, the largest by sport; there was only a single competitor in archery, equestrian, golf, judo, shooting, taekwondo, and triathlon. The Chilean roster featured five sets of family members, including beach volleyball cousins Esteban Grimalt, Esteban and Marco Grimalt, race walking twins Edward Araya, Edward and Yerko Araya, London 2012 yachtsman Benjamín Grez and his older brother Cristobal Grez, Cristobal, and two other pairs of rookies sailing each other in the men's and women's 470 class, respectively: sisters Arantza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Olympic Committee
The Chilean Olympic Committee (COCh) (:es:Comité Olímpico Chile, Comité Olímpico Chile) is a non-profit private organization composed of all Chilean sports federations who join it and accept its governance through statutes and regulations. It was created on 20 June 1934 and recognised the same year by the International Olympic Committee. The Committee is the organization in charge of coordinating Olympic activities in Chile. Before the COCH was formed, this duty was carried out by the “Liga Deportiva de Chile” (Chilean Sports League). The motto of the COCH is the Latin phrase “Citius, Altius, Fortius”, meaning “Faster, Higher, Stronger” COCH mission The main goals of the Chilean Olympic Committee, as described in Title I, Article III of its statute are: * Promote and protect Olympic principles, sports activities and sport education in Chile. * Promote cultural and academic activities related with the Olympic culture, and in general promote physical activities an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
