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Guatemala At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Guatemala competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952, despite failing to register any athletes in three other editions (1956 to 1964). Guatemalan Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco) confirmed a team of 21 athletes, 15 men and 6 women, to compete in 10 sports. It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics since 1996, surpassing the record of 19 athletes set in London 2012. Among the Guatemalan athletes, two of them returned for their third consecutive appearance in Rio de Janeiro: badminton player Kevin Cordón and Laser sailor Juan Ignacio Maegli. Other notable athletes also featured siblings Enrique and Hebert Brol in double trap shooting, long-distance freestyle swimmer Valerie Gruest, the youngest of the team (aged 17), and race walker Erick Barrondo, who emerged as the nation's first Olympic medalist in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemalan Olympic Committee
The Guatemalan Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco, abbreviated as COG) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Guatemala and a part of the International Olympic Committee and PASO. It was formed in 1947 and recognized by the IOC that same year. As of 2022, COG is officially suspended by IOC. Suspension On 15 October 2022 International Olympic Committee officially suspended National Olympic Committee of Guatemala. As a result of suspension, any athletes of Guatemala can no longer represent the country and compete under the country’s flag/name at the Olympic Games and other international multi-sports events as well as Guatemalan NOC lost all the funding from IOC. Presidents Executive committee The committee of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee is represented by: * President: Gerardo Rene Aguirre Oestmann * Vice Presidents: Juan Carlos Sagastume * IOC Member: Willi Kaltschmitt Luján * Members: Lorena Toriello, Claudia Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Bran
Mario Alfonso Bran (born 17 October 1989) is a Guatemalan race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished 42nd. Bran placed second over 20 km at the Central American Race Walking Championships The Central American Race Walking Championships (''Spanish: Campeonato Centroamericano de Marcha'') is an annual race walking competition organized by CADICA for athletes representing the countries of its member associations. The event was establish ... in 2012–14. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bran, Mario Alfonso 1989 births Living people Guatemalan male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Guatemala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Long
Chen Long (; ; born 18 January 1989), is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is the 2016 Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World champion, and an Badminton Asia Championships, Asian champion. Chen was a former World number 1, occupying the top men's singles ranking for 76 consecutive weeks from December 2014 to June 2016. He started his achievements in the international stage by winning the boys' singles title in the Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Asian and BWF World Junior Championships, World Junior Championships in 2007, and then won his first professional tournament in the Philippines Open (badminton), Philippines Open in 2009. Early life Born in Shashi District, Jingzhou, Hubei Province, Chen had shown his talent as a badminton player when he was young, and entered the Sports School in Jingzhou at the age of seven in 1996. In 2000, he joined the Xiamen team, and was selected to join the national yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles
The badminton men's singles tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place from 11 to 20 August at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016. The event was won by the reigning world champion, China's Chen Long who defeated Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia who was also runner up to Chen at the 2015 World Championships. This was Lee's third consecutive Olympic silver medal. In the bronze medal match Denmark's Viktor Axelsen defeated Lin Dan Lin Dan (born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of a ... of China. Competition format The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage. Seeds A total of 13 players were given seeds. # ''(Silver medalist)'' # (Gold medalist) # ''(Fourth place)'' # ''(Bronze medalist)'' # ''(Round of 16)' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member nations (Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales). In 1981 the IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation, and on 24 September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, the name of the organization was changed to Badminton World Federation (BWF). When the BWF was founded (as the IBF), its head office was located in Cheltenham, UK. The head office was relocated to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 1, 2005. Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is the current president. The BWF currently has 176 member nations around the world, organized into 5 continental confederations. Continental federations The BWF works in co-operation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritza Poncio
Maritza Rafaela Poncio Tzul (born 3 December 1994) is a female racewalker from Guatemala. She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ... in Beijing, China. See also * Guatemala at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics References * 1994 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Guatemalan female racewalkers World Athletics Championships athletes for Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Guatemala Central American Games bronze medalists for Guatemala Central American Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Guatemala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirna Ortiz
Mirna Sucely Ortiz Flores (born 28 February 1987) is a Guatemalan racewalker. Having begun in the sport in 1998, she won a Central American youth title in 2000, and was a promising young athlete in her discipline, but due to financial hardship, she had to abandon the sport at the age of 14. She then returned to a competitive level in 2011, urged by coach Rigoberto Medina. Her return proved to be fruitful as in September 2011 she earned second place in the National Polish Championship in Varsovia, thereby qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games, and a few weeks later she won the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, behind her compatriot Jamy Franco in a race they both led from start to end. On 18 March 2012 she set the 20 km record for the North, Central American, and Caribbean region at 1:28:54 at the Memorial Mario Albisetti in Lugano, Switzerland, where she came in second. In the 2012 Olympic games in London she competed in the 20 km walk along the other tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 Kilometres Walk
The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held on 19 August on a route along Pontal. Summary The race took off as a pack, with María Guadalupe González on point but nobody exerting any force to take the lead. Always present near the front were the three Chinese athletes; World champion and world record holder Liu Hong, world silver medalist Lü Xiuzhi and Qieyang Shenjie. Towering over the lead group was Anežka Drahotová. After the first laps, Lu and her teammates increased the pace from 9:17 initial laps to sub-9; walkers began to drop off the back of the pack, one by one. By the halfway mark, the pack was down to 15. Within the next kilometer, the pack was down to seven, González, two Italians; Antonella Palmisano and Eleonora Giorgi, Brazilian favorite Érica de Sena, and the two Chinese using the pace; Lu and Liu. Going to the 13K mark, Giorgi received the red paddle to step off the course. In the next 500 metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Carolina Herrera
Mayra Carolina Herrera Pérez (born 20 December 1988 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan race walker. She competed in the 20 km kilometres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Olympics. She has qualified to represent Guatemala at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Personal bests Road walk *10 km: 45:47 min – London, 11 Aug 2012 *20 km: 1:30:41 hrs – Taicang Taicang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The city located in the south of the Yangtze River estuary opposite Nantong, being bordered by Shanghai proper to the south, while the river also delineates ..., 3 May 2014 Achievements References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrera, Mayra 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Guatemala City Guatemalan female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Trujillo
Juan Carlos Trujillo (born July 17, 1985, USA) is an IAAF distance runner who has represented both the USA and Guatemala on the international athletics stage. Trujillo has Guatemalan citizenship by descent and American citizenship by birth. National and international athletic competitions In August 2016, Trujillo represented Guatemala at the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; he placed 67th in a field of 155 athletes with a time of 2:20:24. Trujillo also competed in the 2016 and 2012 USATF Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles, CA, and Houston, TX, respectively; he competed in the 2012 USA Track and Field Olympic Trials in the 10K in Eugene, OR. In 2014, he ran 2:16: 40 at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. He competed in the marathon for the United States of America at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics; he finished 36th. At the 2013 Fukuoka Marathon in Fukuoka, JPN, he placed 11th. In 2012, he ran 2:14: 21 at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. In 2011, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Raymundo
José María Raymundo Cox (born 1 September 1993) is a male Guatemalan racewalking, racewalker. He competed in the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk, 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. In 2019, he competed in the 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk, men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He did not finish his race. See also * Guatemala at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics References * Guatemalan male racewalkers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1993 births World Athletics Championships athletes for Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Guatemala 21st-century Guatemalan people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Quiyuch
Jaime Daniel Quiyuch Castañeda (born 24 April 1988 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan Racewalking, race walker. He competed in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk, 50 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Personal bests Achievements References External links *Tilastopaja biography {{DEFAULTSORT:Quiyuch, Jaime Sportspeople from Guatemala City Guatemalan male racewalkers 1988 births Living people Olympic athletes for Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Guatemala Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Guatemalan people 21st-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
