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Ecuador At The 2012 Summer Olympics
Ecuador competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twelfth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. It had first competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano sent the nation's largest delegation ever to the Games. A total of 36 athletes, 23 men and 13 women, competed in 11 sports; there was only a single competitor in sprint canoeing, equestrian, judo, and shooting. Five Ecuadorian athletes had competed in Beijing, including weightlifter Alexandra Escobar, who was at her third Olympic Games in London. Argentina-born sprint kayaker César de Cesare became the nation's first male flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996. Ecuador also made its Olympic debut in women's triathlon. Ecuador failed to win an Olympic medal for the first time since 2004. Sprinter Álex Quiñónez qualified successfully for the final rounds in the men's 200 metres, but missed out of the nation's first meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee
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The Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee (ECU; es, Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano) was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959. In 2012, it had its autonomy reinstated "following domestic issues whereby the Sports Ministry interfered in the activities of the National Sports Federations." Logo Image:Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee Logo.png, Former logo See also * Ecuador at the Olympics References External linksOfficial website (archived) Ecuador at the Olympics National Olympic Committees Oly Oly may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States * OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics People with the name * Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician * Oly Hicks (born 1968 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Piedra
Bayron Efrén Piedra Avilés (born August 19, 1982 in Cuenca) is an Ecuadorian middle distance and long-distance runner. He won the 2007 and 2008 editions of the Guayaquil Marathon. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 Summer Universiade, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2012 Olympic Games without reaching the final round. He demonstrated his regional strength with a double gold in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics. He decided to run in both the 1500 m and 5000 m races at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics but he did not succeed in either event, finishing third last in the heats of the 1500 m and failing to finish at all in the 5000 m He has medalled at regional competitions a number of times. He took part in the 2003 Pan American Games and reached the 1500 m final, finishing in eighth. In 2004, he came within a second of scoring a long race/short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metres Hurdles
] The women's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–8 August. Summary The opening round went largely to form, except 2012 world #7 Vania Stambolova took herself out crashing the first hurdle. Vera Barbosa set the national record for Portugal in advancing. The first semi final loaded up Natalya Antyukh and Zuzana Hejnová who pushed each other to the finish and the top two qualifying times, plus taking T'erea Brown to the top time qualifier. In the second semi Lashinda Demus had a clear lead, slowing on the way home to just exert enough effort to finish first. The final semi was the slowest led by Muizat Ajoke Odumosu's Nigerian national record, Georganne Moline and Denisa Rosolova battled for second, with Rosolova taking the other time qualifier in the process. In the final, Demus was first over the first two hurdles, then Antyukh steadily built her lead to a full stride at hurdle 9, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Jaramillo
Lucy María del Carmen Jaramillo Ogonaga (born 23 February 1983 in San Vicente de Pusir, Carchi) is an Ecuadorian hurdler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 400 metres hurdles. Personal bests *400 m: 53.15 s A – Cuenca, 31 May 2012 *800 m: 2:08.77 min – Cali, 24 July 2005 *100 m hurdles: 14.65 s A (wind: -0.9 m/s) – Cuenca, 6 June 2008 *400 m hurdles: 56.50 s NR – Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ..., 24 June 2012 Competition record References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaramillo, Lucy 1983 births Living people People from Bolívar Canton, Carchi Ecuadorian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Ecuador Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 Kilometres Walk
The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held on 11 August on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill. Summary From the start of the race, defending champion Olga Kaniskina took the lead, only Liu Hong would go with her. The two opened up a big gap with a chase pack of a Guatemalan, the other 2 Russians, other 2 Chinese. By the end of 8K the pack began to lose walkers, Mirna Ortíz and Johanna Jackson were disqualified, and Liu began to lose contact, Kaniskina off on her own. Shortly after the half way mark, the pack was down to Elena Lashmanova and Anisya Kirdyapkina leading Xiuzhi Lu and Qieyang Shijie An hour into the race and Lu began to lose contact, Lashmanova, Kirdyapkina and Qieyang chasing and then swallowing up Liu. By 14 km Kaniskina had a 33-second lead. Almost unnoticeable, the gap between Kaniskina and the chasers had come down to 24 seconds at 16 km, Kirdyapkina and then Liu struggling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yadira Guamán
Yadira Alexandra Guamán Maza (born June 8, 1986 in Cumbaratza, Zamora Chinchipe) is a female race walker from Ecuador. Personal bests Track walk *10,000 m: 47:06.40 min – Guayaquil, 5 July 2014 *20,000 m: 1:33:18.0 hrs (ht) – Buenos Aires, 5 June 2011 Road walk *10 km: 49:00 min – Havana, 24 April 2009 *20 km: 1:34:47 hrs – London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ..., 11 August 2012 Achievements References External links *Sports reference biography 1986 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Ecuadorian female racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ecuador World Athletics Championships athletes for Ecuador Pan American Games competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metres
The Women's 200 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–8 August. The times in the three semi-finals were very close, but while Allyson Felix appeared to put a minimum of effort to hold off Murielle Ahouré in heat two, in heat one Veronica Campbell-Brown dipped at the finish to edge Carmelita Jeter and in heat three Sanya Richards-Ross raced Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to the line. Semoy Hackett set the Trinidad and Tobago national record as the first time qualifier, Myriam Soumaré only one hundredth behind as the other time qualifier in 22.56. In the final Felix took lead through the turn and extended it to the finish. Campbell-Brown was second coming into the straight but was overtaken by Fraser-Pryce and Jeter who took the silver and bronze respectively. Competition format The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The fastest competitors from each rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ericka Chávez
Ericka, or Éricka in France, is a girl's given name, a variant of Erica and Erika. People with the name include: * Ericka Bareigts (born 1967), French politician * Ericka Beckman, American filmmaker * Ericka Cruz (born 1981), Mexican beauty pageant titleholder * Ericka Dunlap (born 1982), American beauty pageant titleholder * Ericka Huggins (born 1948), American activist and educator * Ericka Hunter, Canadian singer-songwriter * Ericka Lorenz (born 1981), American water polo player * Ericka Walker (born 1981), American artist * Krissy & Ericka Krissy & Ericka is a Filipino pop-acoustic music duo. History Krissy and Ericka Villongco are sisters. Ericka was born 10 months earlier than Krissy. Her cousin, Cris Villonco, also a stage actress and singer. They first appeared on YouTube and ..., a Philippine pop-acoustic music duo References Feminine given names {{given-name-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Marathon
The women's marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on the Olympic marathon street course on 5 August. The course started and finished on The Mall in central London. Runners completed one short circuit of 2.219 miles around part of the City of Westminster and then three longer circuits of 8 miles around Westminster, the Victoria Embankment and the City of London. The course was designed to pass many of London's best known landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, St Paul's Cathedral, the Guildhall, Leadenhall Market, the Monument, the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament. Tiki Gelana from Ethiopia won the gold medal, completing the course in an Olympic record-breaking time of 2 hours 23 minutes 7 seconds. Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo finished second to win silver and Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, representing Russia, took bronze. Records , the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: The following new Olympic record was se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Chacha
Rosa Alba Chacha Chacha (born 8 December 1982 in Ambato) is an Ecuadorian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 83rd with a time of 2:40:57, a seasonal best. She represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Personal bests *5000 m: 16:17.75 min A – Lima, 19 June 2009 *10,000 m: 34:51.14 min A – Lima, 21 June 2009 *Half marathon: 1:13:45 hrs – Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ..., 11 September 2011 *Marathon: 2:28:17 hrs – Siena, 11 April 2021 Achievements References External links *Sports reference biography 1982 births Living people People from Ambato, Ecuador Ecuadorian female long-distance runners Ecuadorian female marathon runners Pan American Games competitors for Ecuado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Triple Jump
The men's triple jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–9 August. Twenty-seven athletes from 21 nations competed. The event was won by Christian Taylor of the United States, the nation's first victory in the event since 1996 and seventh overall. His teammate Will Claye won silver; Claye was the first man to medal in both the long jump and triple jump since 1936. Fabrizio Donato earned Italy's first medal in the men's triple jump since 1968. Summary In the qualifying round, Christian Taylor made the automatic qualifier on his first attempt, Leevan Sands made the only other auto qualifier. The two Italian jumpers Daniele Greco and Fabrizio Donato anticipated the outcome and let their first attempt marks qualify them to the finals, taking the rest of the other rounds off. Lyukman Adams and Will Claye took all three attempts to get in a sufficient jump. Host team favorite 2009 world champion P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Adrián Sornoza
José Adrián Sornoza (born 5 August 1992 in Portoviejo) is an Ecuadorian triple jumper. He competed in the triple jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sornoza, Jose Adrian People from Portoviejo Ecuadorian male triple jumpers[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
