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Racquetball At The 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Team
The men's team competition of the racquetball events at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held from October 23 to 25 at the Racquetball Complex in Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ..., Mexico. Draw Results Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games - Men's team Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games Racquetball at multi-sport events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racquetball Complex
Racquetball is a list of racket sports, racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek invented the modern sport of racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to Four wall paddleball, paddleball in order to increase velocity and control. Unlike most List of racquet sports, racquet sports, such as tennis and badminton, there is no net to hit the ball over, and, unlike squash (sport), squash, no tin (out of bounds area at the bottom of front wall) to hit the ball above. Also, the court's walls, floor, and ceiling are legal playing surfaces, with the exception of court-specific designated hinders being out-of-bounds. Racquetball is played between various players on a team who try to bounce the ball with the racquet onto the ground so it hits the wall, so that an opposing team’s player cannot bounce it back to the wall. The sport is very similar to 40×20 American handball, which is played in many countries. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Pérez (racquetball)
Luis Pérez may refer to: Sportspeople Association football * Luis Pérez (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1963), Mexican footballer *Luís Alonso Pérez (1922–1972), Brazilian football manager * Luis Pérez (Colombian footballer) (born 1957), Colombian footballer * Luis Pérez (footballer, born 1965), Chilean football player and manager * Luis Pérez (footballer, born 1969), Chilean football player and manager * Luis Pérez (footballer, born 1971), Spanish footballer *Luis Ernesto Pérez (born 1981), Mexican footballer * Luis Pérez (footballer, born 1995), Spanish footballer Other sports *Luis Pérez-Sala (born 1959), Spanish race-car driver * Luis Pérez García (born 1966), Spanish racing cyclist *Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda (born 1969), Cuban athlete *Luis Pérez Companc (born 1972), Argentine rally driver *Luis Deines Pérez (born 1973), Puerto Rican boxer *Luis Pérez Rodríguez (born 1974), Spanish cyclist *Luis Alberto Pérez (born 1978), Nicaraguan boxer * Luis Pérez Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Keller
Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's ''Vita Karoli Magni'', which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed in retribution by the Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. The story of Roland's death at Roncevaux Pass was embellished in later medieval and Renaissance literature. The first and most famous of these epic treatments was the Old French ''Chanson de Roland'' of the 11th century. Two masterpieces of Italian Renaissance poetry, the ''Orlando Innamorato'' and ''Orlando Furioso'' (by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto respectively), are even further ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Vanderson
Shane Vanderson (born May 26, 1981) is a retired professional racquetball player. Vanderson was thInternational Racquetball Tour's (IRT's)#5 player at the end of three seasons: 2006-07, 2007–08, 2009-10.http://www.bossconsulting.com/irt/ IRT Historical Data Archive Vanderson finished in the IRT's top 10 for ten consecutive seasons. A native of Ohio, Vanderson was known for having one of the best backhands in racquetball. Professional career Vanderson began playing the IRT full-time in 2003-04. That year he made it to the semi-finals of the US Open, defeating Cliff Swain in the Round of 16 and Chris Crowther in the quarter finals before losing to Derek Robinson in four games. He was ranked 10th at the end of that season, and was in the top 10 in each of the ten seasons he was on tour. Those ten seasons in the top 10 put him 7th all time. The next season, 2004–05, Vanderson made two finals. In February 2005, he was in the San Diego Open final, losing to Swain in four game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Crowther
Chris Crowther (born November 6, 1978) is a professional racquetball player. Crowther was the #5 player on the International Racquetball Tour at the end of the 2010–11 season, which was a career high and the sixth season he'd finished in the IRT's top 10 players. A California native, Crowther is the tallest player on the IRT and known for his strong drive serve and hard hitting playing style. Professional career Crowther played his first IRT match in May 1997, losing to Cliff Swain in three games, he wasn't full-time until the 2001–02 season, when he played the US Open for the first time, making it to the Round of 16, when he again lost to Swain. Crowther made the finals of an IRT event for the first time in September 2010 at the Cali Colombia Grand Slam event, losing to Kane Waselenchuk in four games. Crowther made his second final in October 2011 at the Red Swaine Shootout in Davison, Michigan, again losing to Waselenchuk. International career Crowther has represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Torres (racquetball)
Juan Torres may refer to: *Juan de Torres, founder of Baclayon Church in Philippines in 1596 *Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón, first settler in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires in 1620 *Juan Torres Ribas, leader of Roman Catholic Diocese of Menorca in 1902–1939 *Juan Torres, American baseballer, most valuable player in 1939 Amateur World Series *Juan José Torres (1920–1976), Bolivian socialist president * Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver (1925–2012), Catholic bishop in Puerto Rico * Juan Torres (weightlifter), Cuban weightlifter * Juan Ignacio Torres Landa (1955/6–2013), Mexican politician * Juan José Torres (athlete), Spanish runner * Juan Torres Odelín, Cuban boxer *Juan Camilo Torres, winner of 2013 Colombian Chess Championship *Juan Sablan Torres, unsuccessful vice-governor candidate in Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, 2014 *Juan Manuel Torres (born 1985), Argentine footballer *Juan A. Torres, entomologist who researched fauna of Puerto Rico *Juan Antonio Torres (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Gomez (racquetball)
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of ''Pater Comunitatis''. In areas of Spain where Basque is spoken, "Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called "Pancho". " Kiko" is also used as a nickname, and "Chicho" is another possibility. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed " Chico" (''shíco''). This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish. People with the given name * Pope Francis is rendered in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as Papa Francisco * Francisco Acebal (1866–1933), Spanish writer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Herrera (racquetball)
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Juan Herrera is the name of: People Football * Juan Herrera Sánchez (1939–2014), Spanish footballer * Juan Sebastián Herrera, Colombian footballer * Juan Herrera-Perla, Salvadoran footballer Other * Juan Herrera (boxer) (born 1958), Mexican boxer * Juan Herrera (tennis), Spanish tennis player *Juan de Herrera, Spanish architect * Juan Felipe Herrera, American poet * Juan Vicente Herrera, Spanish politician Places *Juan de Herrera, Dominican Republic Juan de Herrera is a municipality and town in the San Juan province of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Hirsekorn
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ('' Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century. The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form ''Jordi'', and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the ''Golden Legend'' in the 1260s. The West Iberian form ''Jorge'' is on record as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550). List of people with the given name Jorge * Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer * Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus * Jorge (Romanian singer), real name George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host * Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver * Jorge Campos, Mexican football player * Jorge Cantú ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Herrera (racquetball)
Alejandro Herrera may refer to: * Alejandro Herrera (Heroes) This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes'', the List of Heroes graphic novels, ''Heroes'' graphic novels, and the ''Heroes'' webisodes. Main characters Character duration In i ... * Alejandro Herrera (athlete) (born 1958), Cuban athlete {{hndis, Herrera, Alejandro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesar Castillo
Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * Cesar River, a river within the Magdalena Basin of Colombia * Cesar River, Chile * Cesar Department, Colombia Other uses * César (grape), an ancient red wine grape from northern Burgundy * French ship ''César'' (1768), ship of the line, destroyed 1782 * Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems (C.E.S.A.R), in Brazil * Cesar, a brand of dog food manufactured by Mars, Incorporated People with the given name * César (footballer, born May 1979), César Vinicio Cervo de Luca, Brazilian football centre-back * César (footballer, born July 1979), Clederson César de Souza, Brazilian football winger * César Alierta (born 1945), Spanish businessman * César Augusto Soares dos Reis Ribela (born 1995), Brazilian footballer * César ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Moreno (racquetball) ;
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Javier Moreno may refer to: * Javi Moreno (footballer, born 1974), Spanish footballer and manager * Javi Moreno (footballer, born 1997), Spanish footballer * Javi Moreno (footballer, born 2000), Spanish footballer * Javier Moreno (politician) (born 1965), Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament * Javier Moreno (cyclist) (born 1984), Spanish professional racing cyclist * Javier Moreno (journalist) (born 1963), Spanish journalist and former director of El País ''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
