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Swimming At The 2010 Central American And Caribbean Games
Swimming at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games was taking place July 18–23 (Days 2–7) at the RUM Natatorium in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Schedule The swimming competition featured a prelim/final format, with Prelims beginning at 9:00 a.m. and Finals at 6:00 p.m. Finals event schedule is: Participating countries 207 total swimmers from 24 countries participated at the 2010 Games. (trans: Swimming participant numbers by country); from the official website of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games (www.mayaguez2010.com); retrieved 2010-07-23. Team delegates (with size) were from: * (6) * (11) * (8) * (6) * (6) * (14) * (8) * (10) * (5) * (3) * (5) * (1) * (7) * (11) * (26) * (3) * (1) * (3) * (25) * (4) * (4) * (10) * (23) * Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands ( es, Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. They are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natatorio RUM
The RUM Natatorium or ''Natatorio'' is a swimming complex on the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. The facility has three pools, the first is a 50-meter "Olympic" pool, a 25x25 meter warm up pool, and a diving pool which measures 25x35 meters that has dive platforms structures. History The original Colegio pool ''Piscina Alumni'' (the "Alumni Pool") was located in the same site; it was demolished to make way for the new one. It was named for CAAM Alumni who provided funding for its construction. The ''Piscina Alumni'' was designed by Henry Klumb and it was inaugurated in 1966. The new complex was designed by the local firm, Fuster + Partners – Architects. The new natatorium cost $34 million, which was paid by the "Autoridad para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura (AFI)". The pool was used for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, and have passed on to the University. This pool served as the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Escobar (swimmer)
Luis Ricardo Escobar Torres (born October 19, 1984, in Celaya, Guanajuato) is a Mexican swimmer who specialized in open water marathon. In 2010, Escobar became the first ever swimmer to claim an open water swimming title at the Mexican National Championships in Puerto Vallarta, clocking at 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 23.25 seconds. He is also the older brother of Susana Escobar, a long-distance freestyle swimmer, a two-time Olympian, and a member of the swimming team for the Texas Longhorns. Escobar qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing fourteenth and receiving a continental spot from the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain. He swam in the first ever men's 10 km open water marathon, against a field of 24 other competitors, including former pool swimmers Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria and Thomas Lurz of Germany. Escobar finished the race in eighteenth place, with a time of 1:53:47.9, one minute and fifty-six seconds (1:56) behind win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavio Alesi
Octavio Andrés Alesi Gonzaléz (born 10 December 1986) is an Olympic swimmer from Venezuela. Participation He swam for Venezuela at the: *Olympics: 2008, 2012 *World Championships: 2003, 2007, 2009 *Pan American Games: 2003, 2007, 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ... *Central American & Caribbean Games: 2006 References 1986 births Living people Venezuelan male swimmers Venezuelan male freestyle swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for Venezuela Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Barinas (state) Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Guerra (swimmer)
Juan Guerra may refer to: * Juan Guerra (footballer, born 1987), Venezuelan footballer *Juan Luis Guerra (born 1957), Dominican popular singer *Juan Nepomuceno Guerra (1915–2001), Mexican organized crime figure *Juan Nicasio Guerra (born 1954), Mexican politician * Juan Guerra (footballer, born 1927), Bolivian footballer * Juan Carlos Guerra Zunzunegui, Spanish politician *Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican musician *Juan Guerra (footballer, born 1991) Juan José Navarro Guerra (born 8 March 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Ejea as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Seville, Andalusia, Guerra finished his graduation with local Sevilla FC, making his senior debuts with t ..., Spanish footballer Places * Juan Guerra District, in the Peruvian province of San Martín {{disambiguation Guerra, Juan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Crespo
Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' (1819). People with the given name * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer * Edgar Barrier, American actor * Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower * Edgar Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist * Edgar Berlanga, American boxer * Edgar H. Brown, American mathematician * Edgar Buchanan, American actor * Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of ''Tarzan'' * Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Catalan, Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Oliver (swimmer)
David Oliver may refer to: * David Oliver (actor) (1962–1992), American actor * David Oliver (doctor) (born 1966), British geriatrician * David Oliver (flautist) (1972–2012), Scottish musician and professor * David Oliver (hurdler) (born 1982), American athlete * David Oliver (ice hockey) (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player in the NHL * David Oliver (singer) (1942–1982), R&B singer * David R. Oliver Jr. (born 1941), executive of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company for North America * David W. Oliver (1819–1905), American politician * Dave Oliver (born 1951), infielder and coach in Major League Baseball * David "Ollie" Oliver, member of defunct British pop band Point Break * David C. Oliver, computer scientist and founder of Cambridge Systems Technology Cambridge Systems Technology (CST) was a company formed in the early 1980s by ex-Torch Computers engineers David Oliver and Martin Baines, to produce peripherals for the BBC Micro, and later, with Graham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Oliver Mercado
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
