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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] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Blanco Bravo
Alejandro Blanco Bravo (born 9 October 1950 in Orense) is the current President of the Spanish Olympic Committee. On September 8, 2011, it was announced that he would preside Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... Retrieved 10 September 2013. References 1950 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Gonzaga Escauriaza Barreiro
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Deó Valera
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose total population is 8 million which is nearly 40% of the country's population, of which more than 6 million live in the city's continuous urban area. The city is entirely in the country's central valley. Most of the city lies between above mean sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has been the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city has a downtown core of 19th-century neoclassical architecture and winding side-streets, dotted by art deco, neo-gothic, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is shaped by several stand-alone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, lined by parks such as Parque Forestal and Balmaceda Park. The Andes Mountains can be seen from most points i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Castellanos Pueblas
Jesus ( AD 30 or 33) was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who most Christians believe to be the incarnation of God and Muslims believe was a prophet. Jesus may also refer to: People Religious figures * Elymas Bar-Jesus, a Jew in the ''Acts of the Apostles'', chapter 13, who opposed the missionary Paul on Cyprus * Jesus Barabbas (Matthew 27:16–17 margin), pardoned criminal * Jesus Justus (Colossians 4:11), Christian in Rome mentioned by Paul Other people with the name * Jesus (name), as given name and surname, derived from the Latin name ''Iesus'' and the Greek ('). * Jesus ben Ananias (died ), Jewish nationalist mentioned by Josephus * Jesus Ben Sira (), religious writer, author of the Book of Sirach * Jesus Christ Allin or GG Allin (1956–1993), American punk rock musician * Jesús González Díaz (born 1994), simply known as Jesús, Spanish footballer * Jesús Malverde, legendary Mexican bandit-saint * Jesús Rodríguez (other) * Gabriel Jesus (born 1997), B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Carballo
Jesús Carballo (born 26 November 1976) is a Spanish former gymnast who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... He is a very well known gymnast in Spain. References 1976 births Living people Spanish male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Spain Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade bronze medalists for Spain European champions in gymnastics 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Gaspar Sánchez Naranjo
Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include: *Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer) *Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer) * Víctor Hugo Cabrera, actor *Víctor Manuel Camacho, politician *Víctor Carrillo, football referee *Víctor Hermosillo y Celada, politician *Víctor Raul Díaz Chávez, politician *Víctor Casadesús, footballer *Víctor Emeric, politician *Víctor Espárrago, football coach *Víctor Fernández, football coach *Víctor Manuel García Valdés (1897–1969), Cuban painter *Victor Garcia (director) * Victor G. Garcia III, ambassador *Víctor García (Spanish singer) *Víctor García (Mexican singer) *Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde, politician *Víctor García (racing driver) *Víctor García (volleyball) *Víctor Garcia (Spanish director) *Víctor García (runner) *Víctor Hugo García, footballer *Víctor García Marín, footballer *Víctor Genes, footballer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs
Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs (born 1 November 1959) is a Spanish sports executive and financial analyst who currently serves as the vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He is the son of former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. Early life Samaranch was born on 1 November 1959 in Barcelona, Spain, the only son of María Teresa Salisachs and Juan Antonio Samaranch. He has one sister, María Teresa. His father was Minister of Sports under Franco from 1967 to 1971 and president of the IOC from 1980 to 2001. The family spent some time living in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ..., Soviet Union while Samaranch the elder served as a diplomat following the Spanish transition to democracy, restoration of democracy in Spain. Samranch at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Perurena López
José Perurena López (born April 4, 1945) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Since 2008, Perurena has been president of the International Canoe Federation. In July 2011, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee and in April 2014, he became the president of the International World Games Association The International World Games Association, abbreviated as IWGA, is an international association, recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), that organises every four years, beginning in 1981, the multi-sport event called The World Ga .... In August 2015, after exceeding the age limit of 70 years, he was granted a four-year extension on the International Olympic Committee linked to his International World Games Association presidency, which would come to an end in 2019. External links List of International Canoe Federation Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisol Casado
María de la Soledad Casado Estupiñán (born 11 October 1956) is a Spanish sports administrator and triathlete. She has been President of the International Triathlon Union since 2008, and as of 2017 she is the only female Spanish member of the International Olympic Committee. Marisol is the only woman to preside over an International Summer Sport Federation and one of (only) two in the entire Olympic program, the other being Kate Caithness of curling. In 2004, she co-founded and assumed the presidency until 2009 of the Commission for Sport and Women of the Spanish Olympic Committee (SOC). In 1984, she was the winner of the first organized triathlon in Spain. She was previously the Vice-President of the Spanish Triathlon Federation. Career In 1979, she graduated in Hispanic Philology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She worked as a teacher of Spanish as a foreign language from 1979 to 1989. In 1991, she obtained an MBA in Sports Administration and Management from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infanta Pilar, Duchess Of Badajoz
Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz and Viscountess of La Torre ( Spanish: ''María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón''; 30 July 1936 – 8 January 2020), sometimes known more simply as Pilar de Borbón, was the elder daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess María Mercedes of the Two Sicilies, and older sister of King Juan Carlos I. Early life Infanta Pilar was the firstborn daughter of Juan de Borbón y Battenberg and María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Orleans, Counts of Barcelona, she was born in Ville Saint Blaise, home of the counts of Barcelona in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes, France), on 30 July 1936. She was baptized in Cannes, in the church of Rins, with the name of ''María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón''. Her godparents were her paternal grandfather, King Alfonso XIII and her maternal grandmother the Princess Louise of Orléans, although A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Antonio Rioja
Marco Antonio Rioja (born 1 April 1964) is a Spanish fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1964 births Living people Spanish male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Spain Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers from Madrid {{Spain-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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