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Spain At The 2000 Summer Olympics
Spain competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 321 competitors, 216 men and 105 women, took part in 165 events in 27 sports. Medalists , style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;", , width="22%" align="left" valign="top" , Archery Spain again sent only one archer to the Olympics. She was defeated by one point in the first round, despite being tied for the 10th highest score in the round. Athletics Men's competition Men's 100 m *Venancio Jose :* Round 1 – 10.36 :* Round 2 – 10.53 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m *Venancio Jose :* Round 1 – 20.95 :* Round 2 – 20.79 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 m *David Canal :* Round 1 – 45.53 :* Round 2 – 45.54 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 m *José Manuel Cerezo :* Round 1 – 01:48.11 (→ did not advance) *Roberto Parra :* Round 1 – 01:48.19 (→ did not advance) Men's 1.500 m *Andrés Manuel Díaz :* Round 1 – 03:38.54 :* Semifinal – 03:38.41 :* Final – 03:37.27 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Olympic Committee
The Spanish Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Español, COE) is responsible body for Spain's participation in the Olympic Games. Members of the committee are 35 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and 23 members. History The Spanish Olympic Committee was founded on November 23, 1912, and refounded on January 11, 1924, in Barcelona. Presidents Executive committee The committee of the COE is represented by: * President: Alejandro Blanco Bravo * Vice Presidents: Isabel Fernández Gutiérrez, Francisco Vidal Blázquez García, Isabel García Sanz, Marco Antonio Rioja Pérez * Secretary General: Victoria Cabezas Alvarez * IOC Members: Pilar de Borbón, Marisol Casado Estupiñán, José Perurena López, Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs * Treasurer: Víctor Gaspar Sánchez Naranjo * Members of Representatives of Olympic Sports Federations: Jesús Carballo Martínez, Jesús Castellanos Pueblas, Santiago Deó Valera, Lui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Lozano
Rafael Lozano Muñoz (born January 25, 1970, in Córdoba, Andalusia) is a former boxer from Spain. Professional career Known as "Balita", Lozano turned pro in 2001. In 2006, he challenged Brahim Asloum for the WBA Intercontinental Flyweight Title (lost on TKO). Amateur career *1992 – Participated in the Summer Olympics (light flyweight) **Defeated Fana Thwala (South Africa) points **Defeated Eric Griffin (United States) points **Lost to Rogelio Marcelo (Cuba) points *1996 – Bronze Medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships (Light Flyweight) in Vejle, Denmark **Defeated Yaşar Giritli (Turkey) points **Defeated Peter Baláž (Slovakia) points **Lost to Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine) points *1996 – Bronze medal at the Summer Olympics (light flyweight) in Atlanta, Georgia **Defeated Joseph Benhard (Namibia) points **Defeated Masibulele Makepula (South Africa) points **Defeated Masara La Paene (Indonesia) points **Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Marchena
Carlos Marchena López (; born 31 July 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer, and a manager. Mainly a central defender with an aggressive approach, he also played as a defensive midfielder. Most of his professional career (nine years) was spent at Valencia, where he helped the club to five major titles, including two La Liga championships. He amassed totals in that competition of 330 matches and 11 goals over 13 seasons, also playing for Sevilla, Villarreal and Deportivo. A Spanish international for the better part of the 2000s, Marchena won 69 caps and represented the national team in two World Cups and two European Championships, winning each competition once. Club career Early years Born in Las Cabezas de San Juan, Province of Seville, Andalusia, Marchena started his professional career in hometown club Sevilla FC at the age of 18, when the club was playing in the second division. In the 1999–2000 season he made his La Liga debut, playing the entire match in a 2–2 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Luque
Albert Luque Martos (born 11 March 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left winger or striker. His 14-year professional career was mainly associated with Mallorca and Deportivo, and he amassed La Liga totals of 248 matches and 61 goals over 11 seasons. He also had spells in the English Premier League with Newcastle United and the Dutch Eredivisie with Ajax. A Spain international in the first half of the 2000s, Luque represented the nation at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004. Club career Mallorca Born in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Luque was a lifelong supporter of FC Barcelona, and started out in football on trial with them, but was released by the C-team when he was 19. He was then taken by RCD Mallorca and assigned to their reserves, but eventually broke into the main squad after a successful loan spell at Málaga CF. In 2000–01, Luque scored nine goals for Mallorca, helping the Balearic Islands side qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús María Lacruz
Jesús María Lacruz Gómez (born 25 April 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a versatile defender. He amassed La Liga totals of 272 games and 12 goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing Athletic Bilbao and Espanyol in the competition. Club career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Lacruz's professional career began in 1994 with hometown side CA Osasuna in the second division, making his first appearance for the main squad aged just 16, and in 1997 he joined Athletic Bilbao, where he made his La Liga debut in a 1–0 home win against Atlético Madrid on 13 September. He was a regular starter for the latter in six of his nine seasons. After 251 official games with Athletic – five in the 1998–99 edition of the UEFA Champions League – Lacruz moved to RCD Espanyol in the summer 2006 for €300,000 on a three-year contract, reuniting with former manager Ernesto Valverde. His first competitive appearance took place on 17 August in a 0–4 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavi
Xavier Hernández Creus (born 25 January 1980), known as Xavi is a Spanish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of La Liga club FC Barcelona, Barcelona. Widely considered one of the greatest midfielders of all time, Xavi was renowned for his passing, vision, ball retention, and positioning. Xavi joined ''La Masia'', the Barcelona youth academy, at age 11, and made his first-team debut against RCD Mallorca, Mallorca in August 1998. In all, he played 767 official matches, a former club record—now held by Lionel Messi—and scored 85 goals. Xavi is the first player in the club's history to play 150 European and FIFA Club World Cup matches combined. With Barcelona, Xavi won eight La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles. Xavi came third in the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year, followed by third place for its successor award, the FIFA Ballon d'Or, in 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or, 2010 and 2011 F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabri García
Gabriel Francisco García de la Torre (born 10 February 1979), known as Gabri, is a Spanish retired association football, footballer, currently manager (association football), manager of CE Sabadell FC. Mainly a midfielder who could play in the right or Central midfielder, the middle, he could also appear as an attacking right back (association football), right-back. He spent seven years of his professional career with FC Barcelona, Barcelona (13 counting youth teams), winning four major titles but almost exclusively as a backup. He also played four seasons with AFC Ajax, Ajax. Gabri represented Spain national football team, Spain at UEFA Euro 2004, Euro 2004. Club career Barcelona Born in Sallent de Llobregat, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gabri started his professional career at FC Barcelona's FC Barcelona Atlètic, reserves, where he made his first appearances in the 1997–98 Segunda División B, 1997–98 season whilst they competed in the Segunda División ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Ferrón
Jordi Ferrón Forné (born 15 August 1978) is a Spanish retired professional Association football, footballer who played mainly as a right back, and current Manager (association football), manager of the women's team of RCD Espanyol Femenino, RCD Espanyol. Playing career Born in Badalona, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Ferrón was a product of FC Barcelona's prolific youth ranks at ''La Masia''. After failing to be promoted to the first team he had a breakthrough season in 1999–2000 La Liga, 1999–2000, scoring seven La Liga goals to help Rayo Vallecano to their best finish ever – ninth; he started his career as a midfielder. Subsequently, Ferrón moved to Real Zaragoza, but would be irregularly used in his new club, which also prompted a January 2002 loan to fellow league team Rayo. The player's contributions again proved helpful in an eventual 2001–02 La Liga, midtable position, as the former were in turn relegated. After an uneventful last year at Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Capdevila
Joan Capdevila Méndez (; born 3 February 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left back. Over 15 seasons in La Liga, he amassed totals of 410 matches and 36 goals, mainly for Deportivo and Villarreal. In a 21-year senior career, he also played professionally in Portugal, India, Belgium, and Andorra. Capdevila won 60 caps for Spain, and was part of the squads which won Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. Club career Early years and Deportivo Born in Tàrrega, Lleida, Catalonia, and a product of RCD Espanyol's youth system, Capdevila started playing football as a forward, and he made his debut for its first team during the 1998–99 season in a 2–2 La Liga draw at Athletic Bilbao. He joined Atlético Madrid the following year. After the ''Colchoneros'' relegation, Capdevila signed with Deportivo de La Coruña in the summer of 2000, and would be a regular fixture in the team as left-back, first competing with Enrique Romero then as the undi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Aranzubia
Daniel Aranzubia Aguado (born 18 September 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the goalkeeper coach of Athletic Bilbao B. He appeared in 303 La Liga matches during 13 seasons, with Athletic Bilbao – in whose youth system he grew – Deportivo and Atlético Madrid. With the second club, he scored one goal in the competition. Aranzubia represented Spain at Euro 2004. Playing career Club Athletic Bilbao Born in Logroño, La Rioja, but nonetheless a product of Athletic Bilbao's famed youth academy at Lezama, Aranzubia made his first-team debut on 10 June 2001 in a 1–3 home derby loss against Real Sociedad. After two seasons as backup to Iñaki Lafuente, he emerged as the side's undisputed starter, helping them qualify to the UEFA Cup in 2004 while extending his contract a further four years. After additional struggles for first-choice duties with Lafuente in the 2005–06 campaign, Aranzubia was definitely deemed surplus to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Angulo
--> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places *Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (other), various locations in Azores, Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde People * Miguel (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media *Miguel (singer) (born 1985), Miguel Jontel Pimentel, American recording artist *Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish pop new wave musician and actor *Miguel Calderón (born 1971), artist and writer *Miguel Cancel (born 1968), former American singer *Miguel Córcega (1929–2008), Mexican actor and director *Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish author *Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), Spanish novelist *Miguel Ferrer (1955–2017), American actor *Miguel Galván (1957–2008), Mexican actor *Miguel Gómez (photographer) (born 1974), Colombian / American photographer. *Miguel Ángel Landa (born 1936), Venezuelan ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Amaya
Iván Amaya Carazo (born 3 September 1978) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of Racing Madrid FC. Club career Born in Madrid, Amaya started his professional career at hometown's Rayo Vallecano, totalling 31 games with the first team in his first two seasons, the first of which was spent in the Segunda División with promotion. After that, he returned to the second tier but stayed in the city, joining Atlético Madrid for another couple of years and being rarely utilised. After another unassuming La Liga spell with RCD Espanyol, Amaya appeared in 40 matches for Getafe CF in 2003–04, promoting to the top flight for the third time (a first-ever for Getafe). However, he featured very rarely the following campaign, returning to division two in January 2005 as he joined Ciudad de Murcia. Amaya then spent two seasons in the second tier, with Elche CF. In July 2009 he was bought by Udinese Calcio, bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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