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Liliana Allen
Liliana Allen Doll (born March 24, 1970) is a track and field athlete, who started competing for Mexico in 1998. She previously represented Cuba. She won a bronze medal at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 60 metres. Career She has participated in the 1992, 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. At the Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ... she has won three gold medals, four silver, and one bronze medal. Achievements External links * 1970 births Living people People from Holguín Mexican female sprinters Cuban female sprinters Olympic athletes of Cuba Olympic athletes of Mexico Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holguín
Holguín () is a municipality and city in Cuba, and the capital of Province of Holguín. After Havana, Santiago de Cuba, and Camagüey, it is the fourth largest city in Cuba. History Before Columbus, the Taino people settled in huts made from royal palm in the Holguin area later urbanized by the Spanish; their artifacts are shown at the local Holguin La Periquera museum. The settlement was founded in 1523 on land donated by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar to Captain Francisco García Holguín, a Spanish military officer. Holguin added his maternal surname to the name of the town, giving it the name San Isidoro de Holguín. Prior to 1976, Holguín was located in the province of Oriente. Before Pope Francis's visit to the United States, in September 2015, he visited Cuba, and one of his stops was at the Diocese of Holguín to, among other things, commemorate the location where Christopher Columbus landed. Geography The municipality is divided into ''repartos'' or barrios. The ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
