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José Maria Ferreira
Portugal competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. A delegation of six competitors (all men) participated in three sports (lowest since Stockholm 1912); however, no medal was won. Athletics Men's 100m: * António Sarsfield Rodrigues — 1st round: 5th (heat 1) Modern pentathlon Two male pentathletes represented Portugal in 1932. Men's Individual Competition: * Rafael Afonso de Sousa — 22nd (102 points) *# Horse riding — 21st (111,5 points) *# Fencing (individual sword) — 23rd (10 points) *# Shooting (pistol) — 17th (176 points) *# Swimming (300m free-style) — 21st (6.42,1 min) *# Cross-country — 20th (19.09,0 min) * Sebastião de Freitas Branco de Herédia — 23rd (106 points) *# Horse riding — 22nd (466 points) *# Fencing (individual sword) — 17th (18 points) *# Shooting (pistol) — 24th (130 points) *# Swimming (300m free-style) — 20th (6.17,4 min) *# Cross-country — 23rd (20.15,6 min) Shooting Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pisto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Committee Of Portugal
The Olympic Committee of Portugal ( ; acronym: COP) is a non-profit organisation of public utility, which serves as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Portugal. It was founded on October 26, 1909, to ensure a timely, methodical and state-sponsored participation at the Games of the V Olympiad, in Stockholm. Thus, it was the 13th nation to join the Olympic Movement. As a NOC, its responsibilities include the setup and management of a delegation for the Olympic Games, and fundraising to support Olympic-related sports development programmes, by cooperation with public and private entities. A universe of 64 national sports federations is assembled under the COP's wing as members with voting power. This intimate relationship with the federations helps carrying their interests close to the government and official organisms, and ensures their active and decisive intervention on the committee's internal affairs. The current president is José Manuel Constantino, who was elected in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ditadura Nacional
The (, National Dictatorship) is the name given to the regime that governed Portugal from the end of the First Portuguese Republic with the 28 May 1926 coup d'état, until the adoption of a new constitution in 1933 that ushered in the so-called . The term is also used by some to describe the first stages of the dictatorship, while other authors use for the entire period. The and together constitute the historiographical period known as the Second Portuguese Republic, which lasted until 25 April 1974. , 1926–1928 The military easily seized power in a 28 May coup. Soon afterward, the new regime dissolved parliament, banned all political parties and instituted censorship. This process was plagued by instability as hardline military officers purged liberals and democrats from the institutions of the Republic. During this time no one clear leader emerged, as the dictatorship was led by a coalition of lower-rank military officers, some of whom were Integralists. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held during the worldwide Great Depression, with some nations not traveling to Los Angeles as a result; 37 countries competed, compared to the 46 at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, and even then-U.S. President Herbert Hoover did not attend the Games. The organizing committee did not report the financial details of the Games, although contemporary newspapers stated that the Games had made a profit of . Host city selection The selection of the host city for the 1932 Summer Olympics was made at the 23rd IOC Session in Rome, Italy, on April 9, 1923. Remarkably, the selection process consisted of a single bid, from Los Angeles’ Olympic Committee led by Billy May Garland, and as there were no bids from any other city, Los Angeles was selected by de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was held on 6 July. Twenty-eight nations and 2,408 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports. With the exception of tennis (starting on 5 May) and football and shooting (both starting on 29 June), the games were held within a month with an official opening on 6 July. It was the last Olympics to issue solid gold medals and, with Japan at the 1912 Summer Olympics, Japan's debut, the first time an official team from an Asian nation participated. Stockholm was the only bid for the games, and was selected in 1909. The games were the first to have Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics, art competitions, Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics, women's diving, Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics, women's swimming, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Sarsfield Rodrigues
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language, it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António (Portuguese orthography) or Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just to differentiate between older and younger but also between more and less important. In Galic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Afonso De Sousa
Rafael Afonso de Sousa (born 1900, date of death unknown) was a Portuguese modern pentathlete and sports shooter. He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du .... References 1900 births Year of death missing Portuguese male modern pentathletes Portuguese male sport shooters Olympic modern pentathletes for Portugal Olympic shooters for Portugal Modern pentathletes at the 1932 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1932 Summer Olympics 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen {{Portugal-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastião De Freitas Branco De Herédia
Sebastião is Portuguese for ''Sebastian''. This name may refer to: People * Sebastião (given name) Places * Sebastião Barros, a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil * Sebastião Laranjeiras, a city in the state of Bahia, Brazil * Sebastião Leal Sebastião Leal is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies ..., a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil Other * São Sebastião, Portuguese for Saint Sebastian {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco António Real
Francisco António Real (born 13 October 1885, date of death unknown) was a Portuguese sports shooter. He competed at the 1924, 1932 and the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to .... References External links * 1885 births Year of death missing Portuguese male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Portugal Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1932 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sport shooters from Lisbon {{Portugal-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Maria Ferreira
Portugal competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. A delegation of six competitors (all men) participated in three sports (lowest since Stockholm 1912); however, no medal was won. Athletics Men's 100m: * António Sarsfield Rodrigues — 1st round: 5th (heat 1) Modern pentathlon Two male pentathletes represented Portugal in 1932. Men's Individual Competition: * Rafael Afonso de Sousa — 22nd (102 points) *# Horse riding — 21st (111,5 points) *# Fencing (individual sword) — 23rd (10 points) *# Shooting (pistol) — 17th (176 points) *# Swimming (300m free-style) — 21st (6.42,1 min) *# Cross-country — 20th (19.09,0 min) * Sebastião de Freitas Branco de Herédia — 23rd (106 points) *# Horse riding — 22nd (466 points) *# Fencing (individual sword) — 17th (18 points) *# Shooting (pistol) — 24th (130 points) *# Swimming (300m free-style) — 20th (6.17,4 min) *# Cross-country — 23rd (20.15,6 min) Shooting Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pisto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Guerra (sport Shooter)
Manuel Guerra (born 30 October 1889, date of death unknown) was a Portuguese sports shooter. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du .... References External links * 1889 births Year of death missing Portuguese male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Portugal Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1932 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Viseu {{Portugal-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
