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Ronny Vencatachellum
Ronny Ashley Vencatachellum (born 15 January 1989) is a Mauritian swimmer. Career Vencatachellum first competed for Mauritius at the 2005 African Junior Swimming Championships in Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Mauritius where competing in the boy's 15 - 16 years age group he won bronze in both the 50 metre backstroke in 29.93 and in the 200 metre individual medley in 2:21.01. In other results, Vencatachellum finished 4th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:04.91, 4th in the 200 metre backstroke in 2:21.69, 5th in the 400 metre individual medley in 5:10.81 and 19th in the 50 metre freestyle in 30.38. At the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Shanghai, Vencatachellum finished 25th in the 400 metre individual medley in 4:59.61, 26th in the 200 metre backstroke in 2:18.44, 33rd in the 200 metre individual medley in 2:19.48, 39th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:02.38, 42nd in the 50 metre backstroke in 29.23, 46th in the 100 metre individual medley in 1:02.91 and 79th in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where most of the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans and has an exclusive economic zone covering . Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island, around 975, and they called it ''Dina Arobi''. The earliest discovery was in 1507 by Portuguese sailors, who otherwise took little interest in the islands. The Dutch took possession in 1598, establishing a succession of short-lived settlements over a period of about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |