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Puerto Rico At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Puerto Rico competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico, COPUR) sent a team of 40 athletes, 13 men and 27 women, to compete in 15 sports at the Games. The nation's full roster in Rio de Janeiro was 15 athletes larger than those who attended the London Games four years earlier, and also featured more female participants than men for the first time. Puerto Rican athletes made their Olympic debut in table tennis, triathlon, and women's indoor volleyball. Puerto Rico was also represented for the first time in taekwondo after 8 years, diving, equestrian, and tennis after 12 years, and road cycling after 20 years. Of the 40 participants, twenty-nine of them made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, including table tennis players Brian Afanador and 15-year-old Adriana Diaz, tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR, es, Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico) is the National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico. It oversees Olympic-sports in Puerto Rico, and selects the Olympic team which represents the island. It was founded by Julio Enrique Monagas, and was officially recognized in 1948. COPUR operates the ''Casa Olímpica'', its headquarters in Old San Juan. Teams representing Puerto Rico have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1948. They have also participated at the 1984–2002 and 2018 Winter Olympics. In 2012, Sara Rosario became the first woman to serve as President of the COPUR. Past presidents include the island's first native Governor, Jesús T. Piñero. Presidents of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee *Jesús T. Piñero (1948–1952) * Julio Enrique Monagas (1952–1956) * Jaime Annexy (1956-1958) * Julio Enrique Monagas (1958–1965) *Francisco Bueso (1965–1966) * Felicio Torregrosa (1966–1973) *José Enrique Arrarás (1973–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 Metres Hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 15–18 August at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Olympic Stadium. There were 47 competitors from 33 nations. The event was won by Kerron Clement of the United States, the nation's 19th victory in the men's long hurdles. Clement was the ninth man to win multiple medals in the event. Both Kenya and Turkey earned their first medals in the men's 400 metres hurdles, the former with Boniface Mucheru Tumuti's silver and the latter with Yasmani Copello's bronze. Background This was the 26th time the event was held. It had been introduced along with the men's 200 metres hurdles in 1900, with the 200 being dropped after 1904 and the 400 being held through 1908 before being left off the 1912 programme. However, when the Olympics returned in 1920 after World War I, the men's 400 metres hurdles was back and would continue to be contested at every Games thereafter. There were several major absences fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metres
The women's 200 metres competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between 15–17 August.Women's 200m - Standings . Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-14. Summary The fastest entrant in the field was 2015 World Champion of the Netherlands at 21.93 seconds for the season. The[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celiangeli Morales
Celiangeli Morales Meléndez (born 2 November 1985) is a sprinter from Puerto Rico. She competed in the 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing without advancing from the first round. International competitions 1Disqualified in the final Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 11.39 (0.0 m/s, Mayagüez 2014) *200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... – 23.00 (+0.8 m/s, Rio de Janeiro 2016) References External links *http://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/summer-olympics-2016/ *http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/16/rio-olympics-2016-day-ten-24-hours-in-24-pictures/a-detail-of-the-hand-of-celiangeli-morales-of-puerto-rico-as-she/ *http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/celiangeli-morales?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metres Hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Olympic Stadium between 15 and 18 August. Summary The Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, 2012 Olympic champion Natalya Antyukh could not have entered due to Doping in Russia, Russia's team doping ban. Of the medallists from the 2012 Olympics and 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2015 World Championships only Czech athlete Zuzana Hejnová was present, though her form had been lacking that season. The three American medallists of that period did not qualify at the American trials, which were headed by Dalilah Muhammad in a world-leading 52.88 seconds. Top-four ranked Shamier Little and Georganne Moline were beaten by Ashley Spencer (athlete), Ashley Spencer and 16-year-old Sydney McLaughlin there. Janieve Russell of Jamaica ranked third for the season but had fitness issues in preparation. Eilidh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Claxton
Grace Juliette Claxton Joseph (born August 19, 1993) is a Puerto Rican hurdler and sprinter who competes for Albany Great Danes. She represented Puerto Rico at the 2016 World Indoor Championships. Competition record 1Out of competition performance Personal bests Outdoor *200 metres – 24.38 (-0.6 m/s, Ponce 2013) *400 metres – 53.42 (Ponce 2014) *400 metres hurdles – 55.85 (Rio de Janeiro 2016) Indoor *400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ... – 52.89 (Boston 2016) References 1993 births Living people Puerto Rican female sprinters Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Vázquez
Wesley Joel Vázquez Vázquez (born 27 March 1994) is a Puerto Rican middle distance runner. Career He reached the finals in the 800 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona. On July 7, 2014, Vázquez won the Meeting International de Montreuil with a time of 1:45.65. Personal bests Outdoor *400 m: 46.72 sec – Šamorín, 11 September 2020 *600 m: 1:14.85 min - Caguas, 1 Aug 2020 *800 m: 1:43.83 min – Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ..., 24 August 2019 *1500 m: 3:46.98 min – Mayagüez, 16 April 2016 Achievements References External links *Sports reference biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 Metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12–15 August at the Olympic Stadium. Fifty-eight athletes from 39 nations competed. The event was won by David Rudisha of Kenya, the fourth man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the 800 metres. Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria took silver, the first medal for the nation in the 800 metres since 2000. The United States had an even longer medal-less streak broken, as Clayton Murphy's bronze was their first since 1992. Summary In the first round, Amos was a surprise elimination, faring poorly at the end of a slow, tactical race. The semi-finals saw the elimination of world #1 Amel Tuka who has not shown evidence of his finishing kick this year, and world championship silver medalist Adam Kszczot. Frenchman Pierre-Ambroise Bosse and Algerian Makhloufi shared the semi-final's leading time of 1:43.85 in the first semi-final, with Rudisha just three hundredths slower. Kipketer won the third semi-final. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Arroyo (athlete)
Andrés Gabriel Arroyo Dominicci (born June 7, 1995) is a Puerto Rican middle-distance track athlete who specializes in various events. He competed for Puerto Rico at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in 2012 and 2014. He also appeared at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he ran the junior men's race. High school Arroyo attended Colonial High School in Orlando, Florida. Before high school, he had aspired to become a baseball player, and in an attempt to improve his speed for baseball, he was rejected by his middle-school's track team. He and his family moved to the continental United States in 2004. A spell of two races in March–April 2013 garnered national attention for Arroyo, who ran 4:04.45 in a 1600-meter race and a 1:47.79 800 meter run at the 2013 Florida Relays. He was only one of six individuals in US high school history to run under 1:48 in the 800 meters. Collegiate Arroyo was recruited by University of Flori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Alejandro
Eric Javier Alejandro (born April 15, 1986) is an athlete representing Puerto Rico and competing mostly in the 400 meters hurdles. He was born in Burlington, New Jersey, United States. An alumnus of Eastern Michigan University, he represented Puerto Rico in the men's 400 meters hurdles in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal bests Outdoor * 400 m: 47.75 s – Tampa, Florida, 14 March 2014 * 110 m hurdles: 14.13 s (wind: 0.0 m/s) – Oxford, Ohio, 12 May 2007 * 400 m hurdles: 49.07 s – São Paulo, 2 August 2014 Indoor * 60 m: 6.99 s – Ypsilanti, Michigan, 12 January 2008 * 200 m: 22.21 s – Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17 February 2007 * 400 m: 47.56 s – Allendale, Michigan, 21 February 2014 * 60 m hurdles: 7.41 s – Ypsilanti, Michigan Ypsilanti (), commonly shortened to Ypsi, is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 20,648. The city is bounded to the north by Superior Township and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge are the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected unopposed in 2019 for a further four years. World Athletics suspended the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible to hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puig RG16 (3) (26794913164)
Puig () is a word of Catalan origin, meaning "hill". Hence, in Catalan-speaking areas, it appears in the names of numerous people and geographical features: Geographical features *Puig-l'agulla, a mountain of Catalonia *Puig de l'Àliga (Sant Pere de Torelló), a mountain of Catalonia *Puig d'Arques, a mountain of Catalonia *Puig de Bassegoda, a mountain of Catalonia *Puig Campana, a mountain of Alicante, Spain *Puig Castellar (Balenyà), a mountain of Catalonia *Puig Cerverís, a mountain of Catalonia *Puig de la Collada Verda, a mountain of Catalonia *Puig Cornador (Les Llosses), a mountain of Catalonia *Puig Cornador (Ribes de Freser), a mountain of Catalonia *Puig Cornador (Sant Sadurní d'Osormort), a mountain of Catalonia * Puig Cornador (Vilanova de Sau), a mountain of Catalonia *Puig de Dòrria, a mountain of Catalonia *Puig Drau, a mountain of Catalonia *Puig Estela, a mountain of Catalonia *Puig de Fontlletera, a mountain of Catalonia *Puig de Fontnegra, a mountain of Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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