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The 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games will be held in Veracruz, Mexico.
Mexico competed in the Summer Olympic 20 times ( Paris-1900, Paris-1924, Amsterdam-1928, Los Angeles-1932, Berlin-1936, London-1948, Helsinki-1952, Melbourne-1956, Rome-1960. Tokyo-1964, Mexico City-1968, Munich-1972, Montreal-1976, Moscow-1980, Los Angeles-1984, Seoul-1988, Barcelona-1992, Atlanta-1996, Sydney-200 and Athens-2004).
Belem Guerrero is undoubtedly one of the best cyclists in the world.This Mexican sportswoman won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
From 1975 to 1979, Olegario Vazquez was one of the best shooters in the world. He competed at the Pan American Games in 1975, where he won a gold medal (air rifle).
Derek Parra has Mexican ancestry. Who is Derek? He is one of the greatest American speed skaters in the 21st century. At he 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (Utah,USA ), he finished first in the 1,500 metres.
Rafael Herrera Osuna won the US Open 1963 Men`s Singles Tournament defeating Frank Froehling. He was the first Mexican to win the American Open. Rafael also helped Mexico reached the finals of Davis Cup.
Mexico hosted at the FIVB Volleyball Mens World Championship.The host country finished in 10th place.
From 1986 to 1994, Arturo Barrios was a famous Mexican runner. At the World Track and Field Cup in 1992, he finished second in the 5,000 metres. He also competed for his home country at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992. However, he became an American citizen in 1994.
Liliana Allen Doll became a Mexican citizen and competed in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. This sprinter won two gold medals at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador (El Salvador). She was born on May 24, 1970 in Holguin, Cuba. She represented Cuba in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.
Like Ana Mozer (Brazil), Luisa Fuentes (Peru) and Debbie Green (United States), Blanca Garcia was one of the best volleyball players in the 1970s and 1980s.
The 10th Summer Universiade, which took place from 2nd to 13rd September 1979 in Mexico City, comprised a programme of 10 Olympic sports. 712 sportswomen participated in the Games.The host country won 5 medals.Overall, Mexico ranked 14th ,after the USSR, USA, Romania, West Germany, East Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Holland, Poland, Czechoslovakia and France.
From 1948 to 1968, Mexico won six Olympic gold medals.The Olympic champions were:Antonio Roldan (boxing), Humberto Mariles (equestrian), Joaquin Capilla (diving), Felipe Muoz (swimming), Ruben Uriza (equestrian), Ricardo Delgado (boxing) and Humberto Valdes (equestrian).
This country won 107 gold medals at the XX Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia).
Mexico won the NORCECA Womens Continental Championship in 1971 in Havana, Cuba. It also won the gold medal at the 1970 Central American & Caribbean Games in Panama City.
The Mexican women's basketball team finished 6th at the World Championship in 1975 in Cali (Colombia).Furthermore, they won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Mexico City.Cristina Betancourt and Pilar Saavedra were the best Mexican players.
Mexico sent only one sportsman to the Winter Olympics in Norway in 1994.
Fernando Platas was the flag bearer of the Mexican Olympic team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (Greece). Who is Fernando Platas? Like Joaquin Capilla, Alvaro Gaxiola and Carlos Giron, he is a diver.He won two gold medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata (Argentina). This Mexican is considered one of the greatest divers in the Third World.
Adriana Fernandez Miranda is one of the best runners in Latin America.At the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), she placed first in the 5,000m and 10,000m events. She was born on March 4, 1971 in Mexico City.
This country sent 209 athletes to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The Mexican team had athletes competing in : athletics (12), boxing (8), Wrestling (11), judo (3), weightlifting (3), gymnastics (15), cycling (8), shooting (12), archery (9), fencing (6), equestrian (12), modern pentathlon (4), swimming (38), soccer (19), field hockey (18), rowing (12), kayak (10) and sailing (9).
The I Central American & Caribbean Games were held in Mexico in 1926. The best Mexican sportspeople were Mariano Aguilar (athletics), Juan de Icaza (swimming),Manuel Guzman (track and field), Luis Scherer (swimming) and Alfonso Unda (tennis).
The Mexican water polo team finished 9th at the 1975 FINA World Cup in Cali, Colombia.This team won the gold medal at the VII Pan American Games.
Oscar De la Hoya has Mexican origin. This famous American boxer won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Spain.
Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is the greatest Mexican sportswoman of all time.She has been a member of the Mexico national team since 1997.Ana was named Mexico's Athlete of 2003.Certainly, she is an idol in the United Mexican States. For many reasons, she has contributed greatly to the development of sport in her country. Ana has won several international medals in the 1990s and the 2000s.
Top performances:
1998: Central American & Caribbean Games- 2nd 800m ,2nd 400m
1999: Pan American Games-1st 400m
2001:World Championship-3rd 400m
2002: Central American & Caribbean Games- 1st- 400m, 1st-4x400m relay
2003: World Championship-1st 400m; Pan American Games-1st 400m
2004: Olympic Games-2nd 400m
2005: World Championship-3rd 400m
2006: Central American & Caribbean Games- 1st- 400m, 1st-4x400m relay
2007: World Championship-4th 400, 8th 4x40m relay; Pan American Games-1st 400m, 2nd 4x400m relay.
Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer.Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry.He has published more than seventy-five research paper in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, concerning the world issues, olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called "The Dictator and Alicia Alonso". He is an expert on foreign affairs. Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latin America.
He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), Jos Gamarra (former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee ,1970- 1982), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). Alejandro said: "The person who I admire the most is Jos Gamarra . He devoted his professional and personal life to sport. Jos played an important role in the promotion of Olympism in Bolivia -it is one of the Third World`s poorest countries- and Latin America. His biography is interesting".The sportspeople he most admire is Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. "This African-American sportswoman is my idol..."
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