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Nepal At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Nepal competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Athletics Nepali athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). ;Men ;Women ;Key *Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only *Q = Qualified for the next round *q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target *NR = National record *N/A = Round not applicable for the event *Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round Shooting ;Men Swimming ;Men ;Women Taekwondo Nepal has qualified a single taekwondo jin. See also * Nepal at the 2002 Asian Games * Nepal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics References External linksOfficial Report of the XXVIII Olympiad [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal Olympic Committee
Nepal Olympic Committee ( ne, नेपाल ओलम्पिक समिति; IOC code: NEP) is the National Olympic Committee representing Nepal and their sports teams. See also * Nepal Olympic Museum *National Games of Nepal External linksNepal Olympic Committee Nepal Oly Oly may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States * OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics People with the name * Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician * Oly Hicks (born 1968 ... 1962 establishments in Nepal Sports organizations established in 1962 {{Nepal-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Shrestha
Alice Shrestha ( ne, एलिश श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepalese swimmer, who specialised in breaststroke events. Shrestha qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1:15.49. He participated in heat one against three other swimmers Eric Williams of Nigeria, Chisela Kanchela of Zambia, and Amar Shah Amar Shah (born 12 October 1985) is a Kenyan former swimmer who specialized in breaststroke, but also competed in the freestyle relays. He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a two-time swimmer at the Commonwealth Games (2006, and 2010). Shah ... of Kenya. He rounded out a small field of four with a time of 1:12.25, setting a new national record. References External links * 1985 births Living people Nepalese male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Nepal Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Male breaststroke swimmers Asian Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nations At The 2004 Summer Olympics
A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by those features. Some nations are equated with ethnic groups (see ethnic nationalism) and some are equated with affiliation to a social and political constitution (see civic nationalism and multiculturalism). A nation is generally more overtly political than an ethnic group. A nation has also been defined as a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity and particular interests. The consensus among scholars is that nations are socially constructed and historically contingent. Throughout history, people have had an attachment to their kin group and traditions, territorial authorities and their homeland, but nationalism – the belief that state and nation should align as a nation state – did not become a promi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal At The 2004 Summer Paralympics
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Nepal competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 1 woman, but won no medals. Sports Athletics Women's field See also * Nepal at the Paralympics * Nepal at the 2004 Summer Olympics References Nations at the 2004 Summer Paralympics 2004 Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal At The 2002 Asian Games
Nepal participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea, from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Athletes from Nepal won overall three medals, all bronzes in the sport of taekwondo, and clinched 32nd spot in the 2002 Asian Games medal table, medal table. Medalists Athletics Nepal competed in athletics. ;Key *Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only *Q = Qualified for the next round *q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target *qR = Qualified to the next round by referee judgement *NR = National record *N/A = Round not applicable for the event *Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round Track & road events Men Field events Men Boxing Nepal competed in boxing. ;Men Golf Nepal participated in golf. ;Men Judo Nepal participated in judo. ;Men Karate Nepal participated in karate. ;Men's kumite Shooting Nepal participated in shootin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys Mora
Gladys Alicia Mora Romero (born July 31, 1980, in Barranquilla) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time Olympian, and a four-time medalist at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships. She also won a bronze medal for the 51 kg class at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia. Mora made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed in the women's flyweight category (49 kg). She first defeated Indonesia's Juana Wangsa Putri by a superiority decision in the preliminary rounds, before losing out her next match to Chinese Taipei's Chen Shih-Hsin, with a sudden death score of 0–1. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Mora took advantage of the repechage rounds by defeating Nepal's Sangina Baidya and Guatemala's Euda Carías. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Thailand's Yaowapa Boorapolchai, with a score of 1–2. At the 2008 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 Kg
The women's 49 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place on August 26 at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. Chen Shih-hsin collected one of Chinese Taipei's first ever Olympic gold medals at these Games in the event, after handily defeating Cuba's Yanelis Labrada in the final with a score of 5–4. Meanwhile, Thai fighter Yaowapa Boorapolchai picked up a bronze medal after edging Colombia's Gladys Mora 2–1 in a tight repechage match. Competition format The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The taekwondo fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced directly to the repechage tournament. These matches determined the bronze medal winner for the event. Schedule All times are Greece Standard Time ( UTC+2) Results ;Legend *PTG — Won by points gap *SUP — Won by superiority *OT — Won on over time (Golden Point) *WO — Walk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangina Baidya
Sangina Baidya ( ne, संगिना बैद्य) (born December 29, 1974, in Kathmandu) is a retired Nepalese taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's flyweight category. She won the Gold medal in the Flyweight−47 kg division at the 1996 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Melbourne,Australia.She retrieved a bronze medal in the 51-kg division at the 2000 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong, China, and attained a seventh-place finish at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing her nation Nepal. Before her sporting career ended in 2009, Baidya trained for Central Dojang Taekwondo Club in her native Kathmandu, under her personal coach Nastu Bahadur Bisural. Career Baidya played taekwondo for a long time as a athlete in the Nepal Taekwondo Association. She started practicing taekwondo at the age of sixteen. Since then, she has obtained a total of ten national championship titles, and won fourteen medals (ten golds, a silver, and three bronzes) in twenty in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15 and 16. Chinese swimmer and triple world champion Luo Xuejuan won the gold medal in this event, with an Olympic record time of 1:06.64, missing the world record by 0.27 of a second. Australia's Brooke Hanson took home the silver at 1:07.15, while her teammate and world record holder Leisel Jones, who won silver as a 15-year-old in Sydney (2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...), finished behind Hanson for a bronze medal by a hundredth of a second (0.01), with a time of 1:07.16. In 2007, Luo announced her official retirement from swimming, because of heart ailments that had plagued her a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayana Shakya
Nayana Shakya ( ne, नयना शाक्य) (born May 10, 1982) is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Shakya qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:34.99. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Bolivia's Katerine Moreno Katerine Moreno de Quintanilla (born 4 May 1974 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a retired swimmer from Bolivia. She competed in four Summer Olympics for her native South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western He ..., who competed at her third Olympics since 1988. She posted a lifetime best of 1:32.92 to edge out Rwanda's Pamela Girimbabazi for a seventh seed by nearly 18 seconds. Shakya failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-seventh overall in the preliminaries. She was also a member of the Nepal basketball team until 2014. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15. After finishing fourth in Sydney (2000), Japan's Kosuke Kitajima edged out U.S. swimmer and world-record holder Brendan Hansen to claim the gold medal by 0.17 of a second, in a time of 1:00.08. Katajima used an illegal dolphin kick during a pull-out, however he was not disqualified, and the rules were changed less than a year later to allow for a single dolphin kick after the start and after each wall. Hansen, who turned 23 on the final day, earned a silver in 1:00.25, while France's Hugues Duboscq held off onrushing American Mark Gangloff to take the bronze in 1:00.88. Earlier in the semifinals Hansen lowered an Olympic record to 1:00.01 that had been set by his archrival Kitajima in the preliminaries by just 0.02 of a second. Russia's Roman Sloudnov Roman Andreyevich Sludnov (russian: Р ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |