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Alberto Cruz (racewalker)
Alberto Cruz (born 6 June 1972) is a Mexican former racewalker. He was a world junior champion and took a bronze medal at the 1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. Amongst his senior honours are gold medals from the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, Central American and Caribbean and Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, Ibero-American Championships. Career Cruz was highly successful as a junior athletics, junior athlete. He won three straight golds at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, winning his first at the age of fourteen in 1986 and his last in 1990. He became 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics, world junior champion in 1988 and returned two years later to defend his title, narrowly finishing second behind Ilya Markov (who would go on to win an Olympic medal in the sport). Cruz also won two consecutive gold medals at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships (1989 and 1991). On his senior debut for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Association Of Panamerican Athletics
The Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Asociación Panamericana de Atletismo'') is a new regional confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Northern America, Northern, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean, replacing the Pan American Athletics Commission. The organization was founded on October 28, 2011, during the 2011 Pan American Games, XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The inaugural president is Víctor López (sports administrator), Víctor López from Puerto Rico, former president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC). Championships APA organizes the following championships and cups: *Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Pan American Junior Championships *Pan American Youth Championships in Athletics, Pan American Youth Championships *Pan American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of The Bahamas. It is on the island of New Providence, which had a population of 246,329 in 2010, or just over 70% of the entire population of The Bahamas. As of April 2023, the preliminary results of the 2022 census of The Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for New Providence, 74.26% of the country's population. Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country. Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for The Bahamas, is located about west of the city centre of Nassau, and has daily flights to and from major cities in Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States. Nassau is the site of the House of Assembly and various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. The city was named in honour of William III of England, Prince of Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1988 Central American And Caribbean Junior Championships In Athletics
The 8th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Nassau, Bahamas, between 30 June-2 July 1988. Medal summary Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, Junior A, Female, and Junior B. Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. Male Junior A (under 20) Female Junior A (under 20) Male Junior B (under 17) Female Junior B (under 17) Medal table (unofficial) Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. An unofficial count yields a number of about 223 athletes (125 junior (under-20) and 98 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries: * (5) * (59) * (2) * (3) * (3) * (35) * (13) * México (23) * (5) * (41) * (3) * (9) * (22) References External linksOfficial CACAC Website {{Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world, and is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Alpha world city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2024 ranking. Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs or , which are in turn divided into List of neighborhoods in Mexico City, neighborhoods or . The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the list of largest cities#List, sixth-largest metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1986 Central American And Caribbean Junior Championships In Athletics
The 7th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Mexico City, Mexico, on 26–29 June 1986. Results were affected by altitude. Medal summary Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, Junior A, Female, and Junior B. Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. Male Junior A (under 20) Female Junior A (under 20) Male Junior B (under 17) Female Junior B (under 17) Medal table (unofficial) Participation (unofficial) Belize competed for the first time at the championships. Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. An unofficial count yields a number of about 262 athletes (154 junior (under-20) and 108 youth (under-17)) from about 12 countries: * (22) * (8) * (1) * (2) * (4) * (51) * (3) * México (88) * (5) * Panamá (1) * (45) * (32) References External linksOfficial CACAC Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2000 Pan American Race Walking Cup
The 2000 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Poza Rica, Veracruz, México. The track of the Cup runs in the Boulevard Adolfo Ruiz Cortínez. A detailed report was given by Juan Ramon Pina. The Mexican Athletics Federation used the event as trials for the Olympic Games in Sydney. Therefore, a great number of guest athletes competed out of competition. Complete results, medal winners until 2011, and the results for the Mexican athletes were published. Medallists Results Men's 20 km *: Started as a guest out of competition. Team Men's 50 km *: Started as a guest out of competition. Team Women's 20 km *: Started as a guest out of competition. Team Participation The participation of 72 athletes (plus 58 guest athletes) from 12 countries is reported. * (1) * (5) * (9) * (6) * (1) * (4) * (5) * (7) * México (15) * (1) * (2) * (15) See also * 2000 Race Walking Year Ranking References {{Pan American athletics championships Pan American Race Walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Monterrey
Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Monterrey is a major business and industrial hub in North America. The city anchors the Monterrey metropolitan area, the second-largest in Mexico with an estimated population of 5,341,171 people as of 2020 and it is also the second-most productive metropolitan area in Mexico with a GDP (purchasing power parity, PPP) of US$140 billion in 2015. According to the 2020 census, Monterrey itself has a population of 1,142,194. Monterrey is considered one of the most livable cities in Mexico, and a 2018 study ranked the suburb of San Pedro Garza García as the city with the best quality of life in the country. It serves as a commercial center of northern Mexico and is the base of many significant international corporations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daniel García (racewalker)
Daniel or Danny García may refer to: Entertainment * Daniel Garcia (director) (born 1975), American music video and commercial director * Daniel García Andújar (born 1966), visual media artist, activist, and art theorist from Spain * Member of filmmaking duo Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia Sports * Danny Garcia (outfielder) (born 1954), Kansas City Royals * Danny Garcia (second baseman) (born 1980), New York Mets * Danny Garcia (boxer) (born 1988), American boxer * Daniel García González (born 1984), Andorran judoka * Daniel García (racewalker) (born 1971), Mexican race walker * Dani García (footballer, born 1974), Spanish footballer * Dani García (footballer, born 1990), Spanish footballer * Danny Garcia (soccer, born 1993) (born 1993), American soccer player * Daniel Garcia Soto, ring name Stefano, wrestled in Puerto Rico * Daniel Garcia, aka Huracán Ramírez (1926–2006), Mexican wrestler * Daniel Garcia (wrestler) (born 1998), American wrestler Other * Daniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jefferson Pérez
Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired race walker. He specialised in the 20 km event, in which he won the first two medals his country achieved in the Olympic Games. Early life Pérez was born in El Vecino, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Cuenca, to Manuel Jesús Pérez and María Lucrecia Quezada. Like others in his neighborhood, his family was of limited economic means. He attended the elementary schools Eugenio Espejo and Gabriela Cevallos. Afterwards he entered the Francisco Febres Cordero high school, at the same time working to help out his family. He graduated in Business Engineering and later obtained an MBA (Master in Business Administration) from the University of Azuay in Ecuador. Career Pérez entered race-walking by accident. To prepare for a walk that served as a high school physical education exam, he asked his brother Fabián to train for one week next to the group of athletes directed by trainer Luis Muñoz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1992 Ibero-American Championships In Athletics
The 1992 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''V Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was the fifth edition of the international athletics (sport), athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estadio Olímpico de La Cartuja in Seville, Spain from 17–19 July.. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2011-11-18. A total of 41 track and field events were contested (22 by men and 19 by women) and 14 new championship records were set.Ibero-American Championships GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-11-18. The Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Olympics were to be celebrated a month later and, as a result of timing and location, the Ibero-American Championships attracted a number of top foreign athletes who were preparing for the Olympics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
