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Francisco Sánchez (actor)
Francisco Sanchez may refer to: Sportspeople *Francisco Sánchez (swimmer) (born 1976), Venezuelan who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics *Francisco Sánchez (runner) (born 1958), Spanish steeplechase runner *Francisco Sánchez (boxer) (born 1956), Dominican Republic boxer *Francisco Sánchez (wrestler, born 1970) (born 1970), Spanish wrestler who competed at the 1992 Olympics * Francisco Sánchez (wrestler, born 1979) (born 1979), Spanish wrestler who competed at the 2008 Olympics *Francisco Sánchez (footballer, born 1985), Chilean football midfielder *Francisco Sánchez (volleyball) (born 1960), Spanish former volleyball player * Francisco Sanchez d'Avolio (born 1986), Belgium footballer (soccer player) * Francisco Sánchez (footballer, died 1951), Chilean footballer *Francisco Javier Sánchez (born 1973), Mexican football player *Francisco Sánchez Lara (born 1989), Spanish wheelchair basketball player *Francisco Sánchez Martínez (1967–2022), Colombian long-distance ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sánchez (swimmer)
Francisco Demetrio Sánchez Betancourt (born September 6, 1976) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50 meter freestyle at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships (25 meter pool) in Rio de Janeiro. Two years later, at the third edition of the event, he won the 50 meter and the 100 meter freestyle. He swam collegiately for the USA's Arizona State University in the late 1990s. At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set a Championship Record in the 100 fly (53.86). This record stood until the 2006 Games where it was bettered by fellow Venezuelan Albert Subirats Albert Subirats Altes (born September 25, 1986) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Venezuela. He represented his homeland at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At the 2007 World Championships, Subirats won Venezuela's first .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (born December 29, 1991 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish professional pool player and the reigning World champion in both eight-ball and nine-ball. Career Sánchez won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship in 2010, defeating Jesse Engel 11–6 in the final. In 2016, Sánchez won the 2016 European Pool Championship in nine-ball defeating Joshua Filler in the final, 9–3. He also reached the final of the eight-ball event, but lost 7–8 to Vitaly Pazura. Sánchez was the runner-up at the 2017 Austrian Open, defeated in the final 9-2 by Mario He. In 2022 Sánchez won the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship defeating Max Lechner in the final 13-10. He then won his first world title at the WPA World Eight-ball Championship over Wiktor Zieliński in the same year. Sánchez won his second world title at the World Nine-ball Championship in 2023. Titles and achievements * WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2023) * WPA World Eight-ball Championship (2022) * U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Of Kathryn Steinle
On July 1, 2015, 32-year-old Kathryn "Kate" Steinle was shot and killed while walking with her father and a friend along Pier 14 in the Embarcadero district of San Francisco. She was hit in the back by a single bullet. The man who fired the gun, José Inez García Zárate, said he had found it moments before, wrapped in cloth beneath a bench on which he was sitting, and that when he picked it up the weapon went off. The shot ricocheted off the concrete deck of the pier and struck the victim, who was about 90 feet (27m) away. Steinle died two hours later in a hospital as a result of her injuries. On November 30, 2017, after five days of deliberations, a jury acquitted García Zárate of all murder and manslaughter charges, and federal manslaughter and assault charges were dropped due to lack of evidence. He was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, but that conviction was overturned on appeal on August 30, 2019. García Zárate's immigration status made the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquin Francisco Sanchez
Joaquin Francisco Sanchez (born June 16, 1962), more commonly known as Keno, is a Filipino writer and former singer and actor. He was popular from the late 1980s until 1991. As a singer, he popularized songs such as "A Friend", "Leaving Yesterday Behind", "On Wings of a Dream", "Want You to Cry Too", "Why Do I Love You", and "Wish". As an actor, Keno was in the cast of a teen-oriented action film, ''Ninja Kids'', playing the Yellow Ninja, in 1986. As an author, he published ''The Last Castrato'' in 2005, with I.M. Wolf Publishing. As in his song, Keno "left yesterday behind", leaving admirers and fans with much music and a children's movie. Life and career He graduated from secondary school at Notre Dame of Greater Manila, Class of 1978. He studied at University of the Philippines Diliman. He continued his education at the New York Institute of Technology, graduating summa cum laude with Bachelors in Behavioral Science degree. Keno started his music career in opera but switc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Sánchez (lawyer)
Francisco J. "Frank" Sánchez (born June 16, 1959) is an American lawyer and business advisor, former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the Department of Commerce in the Obama administration. Early life and education Sánchez graduated with a B.A. from Florida State University in 1982. In 1986, he received a J.D. from Florida State University College of Law. He earned a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University in 1993. Professional career From 1984 to 1987, Sánchez worked for then Governor Bob Graham and Lieutenant Governor Wayne Mixson. In 1987 he joined the law firm of Steel, Hector and Davis. In 1993 he went to work for CMI, an international consulting firm focusing on negotiations strategy and conflict management. He then co-founded CMI International Group and served as a senior advisor to CMPartners. From 1999 to 2000, he served as a Special Assistant to the President. From 2000 to 2001, he served as Assistant Secretary of Transportation f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sanchez (sailor)
Francisco Sanchez may refer to: Sportspeople *Francisco Sánchez (swimmer) (born 1976), Venezuelan who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics * Francisco Sánchez (runner) (born 1958), Spanish steeplechase runner *Francisco Sánchez (boxer) (born 1956), Dominican Republic boxer *Francisco Sánchez (wrestler, born 1970) (born 1970), Spanish wrestler who competed at the 1992 Olympics * Francisco Sánchez (wrestler, born 1979) (born 1979), Spanish wrestler who competed at the 2008 Olympics *Francisco Sánchez (footballer) (born 1985), Chilean footballer for Audax Italiano *Francisco Sánchez (volleyball) (born 1960), Spanish former volleyball player * Francisco Sanchez d'Avolio (born 1986), Belgium footballer (soccer player) *Francisco Sánchez Rojas, Chilean footballer *Francisco Sánchez Silva (born 1986), Chilean footballer (soccer player) *Francisco Javier Sánchez (born 1973), Mexican football player * Francisco Sánchez Lara (born 1989), Spanish wheelchair basketball player Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sanches
Francisco Sanches (also spelled Sánchez in contemporary sources; c. 1550 – November 16, 1623) was a skeptic, philosopher and physician of Sephardi Jewish origin, born in Tui, Spain (although he was baptized in Braga, Portugal).Elaine Limbrick and Douglas Thomson (ed), ''Quod nihil scitur'', Cambridge University Press, 1988, pp. 4–5 Early life and academic career In the auditorium of the University of Toulouse there is a portrait of Francisco Sánchez, which bears the following inscription: "Francisco Sanchez Lusitanus". Although the investigations carried out by Henry Pierre Cazac at the beginning of the 20th century – he presented, among other documents, an autograph by Sánchez that reads as follows: "Ego, Franciscus Sanctius, Hispanus, natus in civitate Tudensi .. – showed the Spanish origin of Francisco Sánchez, there has been a long controversy around his nationality, as shown in the title of some publications that try to ascribe the name of the illustrious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sánchez Chamuscado
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of ''Pater Comunitatis''. In areas of Spain where Basque is spoken, " Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called " Pancho". " Kiko" is also used as a nickname, and " Chicho" is another possibility. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico" (''shíco''). This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish. People with the given name * Pope Francis is rendered in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as Papa Francisco * Francisco Acebal (1866–1933), Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco De Lucía
Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 194725 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía (;), was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flamenco guitarists to branch into classical and jazz. Richard Chapman and Eric Clapton, authors of ''Guitar: Music, History, Players'', describe de Lucía as a "titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster, author of ''Guitar Atlas, Flamenco'', has referred to de Lucía as "one of history's greatest guitarists". De Lucía was noted for his fast and fluent picados (fingerstyle runs). A master of contrast, he often juxtaposed picados and rasgueados (flamenco strumming) with more sensitive playing and was known for adding abstract chords and scale tones to his compositions with jazz influences. These innovations saw him play a key role in the development of traditional flamenco and the evolution of new flamenco and Latin ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sánchez (politician)
Francisco María Sánchez (April 11, 1805 – September 8, 1862) was a Californio politician, military officer, and ranchero who served as 8th Alcalde of San Francisco and Commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco. Sánchez was the grantee of the 8,926-acre Rancho San Pedro and built the Sánchez Adobe in Pacifica.Early San Francisco Street Names: 1846-1849 San Francisco Museum. He was brother to José de la Cruz Sánchez, who served as 11th Alcalde of San Francisco. Life [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sánchez Martínez
Francisco Sánchez Martínez (5 August 1967 – 13 February 2022) was a Colombian long-distance runner who specialized in mountain running. He won the bronze medal at the 1991 World Mountain Running Trophy and won the Sierre-Zinal the same year. Biography Born in Bogotá, Sánchez practiced football and cycling in his youth. Due to his lack of professional skill in the sports, he took up running at the age of 20. He emerged as an elite runner in 1991, winning the Colombian Mountain Running Championship organized by Jairo Correa. The Colombian Athletics Federation The Federación Colombiana de Atletismo (FECODATLE; ''Colombian Athletics Federation'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Colombia. Current president is Lino Varela. History FECODATLE was founded and joined CONSUDATLE in ... sent him to Switzerland to take part in the Sierre-Zinal the same year, in which he emerged victorious and set a new course record. He outraced Correa at the in Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sánchez (runner)
Francisco Sánchez Vargas (born 18 May 1958 in La Rinconada, Seville) is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented Spain at the 1980 Olympic Games. He won the bronze medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games. He competed at the 1983 World Championships The 1st 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Summary The overall me ..., the 1986 European Championships and the 1987 World Championships without reaching the final. He won the 1988 edition of the Cross Zornotza. His personal best time was 8.16.59 minutes, achieved in August 1983 in West Berlin. References External links * 1958 births Living people People from La Rinconada Sportspeople from the Province of Seville Spanish male long-distance runners Spanish male steeplechase ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
