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Klaus Jungbluth
Klaus Jungbluth Rodríguez (born 10 July 1979 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a cross-country skier from Ecuador. Skiing career In 2016 Jungbluth sought and received the help of the Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee to create a ski federation for Ecuador, which allowed him to compete for the country. Jungbluth lives and trains in Mountain Creek, Queensland, Australia. Jungbluth will become the first athlete from Ecuador to compete at the Winter Olympics. On 19 January 2018 Jungbluth was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. He was awarded the prize Espìritu Olìmpico 2018 by the Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee. Personal life Jungbluth is completing his PhD in Exercise Physiology at the University of Queensland in Australia. He has previously completed a bachelor's degree in physiotherapy (2009) at Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic and a master's degree in Exercise Physiology (2011) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing (sport)
Competitive cross-country skiing encompasses a variety of race formats and course lengths. Rules of cross-country skiing are sanctioned by the International Ski Federation and by various national organizations. International competitions include the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and at the Winter Olympic Games. Such races occur over homologated, groomed courses designed to support classic (in-track) and freestyle events, where the skiers may employ skate skiing. It also encompasses cross-country ski marathon events, sanctioned by the Worldloppet Ski Federation, and cross-country ski orienteering events, sanctioned by the International Orienteering Federation. Related forms of competition are biathlon, where competitors race on cross-country skis and stop to shoot at targets with rifles, and paralympic cross-country skiing that allows athletes with disabilities to compete at cross-country skiing with adaptive equipment. Norwegian army un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador At The 2018 Winter Olympics
Ecuador made its winter games debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. The only competitor was cross-country skier Klaus Jungbluth Rodriguez, who was also the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Ecuadorian delegation per sport. Cross-country skiing Ecuador qualified one male cross-country skier. In 2016 Jungbluth sought and received the help of the Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee to create a ski federation for Ecuador, which allowed him to compete for the country. Jungbluth lives and trains in Mountain Creek, Queensland, Australia. ;Distance See also * Ecuador at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ecuador At The 2018 Winter Olympics Nations at the 2018 Winter Olympics 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiers At The 2018 Winter Olympics
Cross country or cross-country may refer to: Places * Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland * Cross County Parkway, an east–west parkway in Westchester County, NY * Cross County Shopping Center, a mall in Yonkers, NY ** The Mall at Cross County, a smaller mall adjacent to the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, NY Media and entertainment * ''CMT Cross Country'', an American television series * ''Cross Country'' (album), an album by Webb Pierce * Cross Country (band), a band formed in 1973 * ''Cross Country'' (film), a 1983 drama film starring Nina Axelrod * Cross-Country (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * ''Cross Country'' (novel), a 2008 novel by James Patterson * '' Cross Country USA'' (1988), an edutainment videogame by Didatech Sports * Cross country running, a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain * Cross-country cycling, the most common discipline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuadorian Expatriates In Australia
Ecuadorians ( es, ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Ecuadorian''. Numerous indigenous cultures inhabited what is now Ecuadorian territory for several millennia before the expansion of the Inca Empire in the fifteenth century. The Las Vegas culture of coastal Ecuador is one of the oldest cultures in the Americas. The Valdivia culture is another well-known early Ecuadorian culture. Spaniards arrived in the sixteenth century, as did sub-Saharan Africans who were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic by Spaniards and other Europeans. The modern Ecuadorian population is principally descended from these three ancestral groups. As of 2010, 77.4% of the population identified as "Mestizos", a mix of Spanish and Indigenous American ancestry, up from 71.9% in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
