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Portugal At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Portugal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. A delegation with a record number of 107 competitors (83 men and 24 women) participated in 79 events across 18 sports. Two medals were won, one of them being Portugal's third Olympic gold, thanks to Fernanda Ribeiro's surprise victory in the women's 10000m over the 5000m Olympic champion Wang Junxia. This third Olympic title in the athletics reinforced Portugal's strength in this sport and in particular the long-distance endurance events. A bronze was achieved by the 470 class male team, reviving a successful sailing tradition in this nation's Olympic delegations. In Atlanta, Portugal debuted in cycling, women's sailing classes, slalom canoeing, and in newly promoted beach volleyball, almost grabbing a bronze medal in the latter, on its first participation. In their second appearance, the tennis male team succumbed yet again on the first round to a Bahamian team. After 68 years, Portugal sent a football t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Committee Of Portugal
The Olympic Committee of Portugal ( pt, Comité Olímpico de 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahamas At The 1996 Summer Olympics
The Bahamas competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Medalists Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events Sailing ;Open Swimming ;Men Tennis See also * Bahamas at the 1995 Pan American Games * Bahamas at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games References Official Olympic Reports Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics |
José Ramos (athlete)
José Ramos may refer to: Politics *José Ramos Preto (1871–1949), Portuguese jurist and politician *José Ramos Costa (1926–1989), President of Valencia CF, 1976–1984 *José Manuel Ramos Barroso (born 1928), Puerto Rican Senator * José Ramos-Horta (born 1949), second President of East Timor Sports Association football (soccer) * José Ramos (Portuguese footballer) (born 1899), Portuguese football forward *José Ramos (Argentine footballer) (1919–1969) *José Ramos Delgado (1935–2010), Argentine footballer and football manager * José Gerson Ramos (born 1981), Brazilian football midfielder *José Ramos (Mexican footballer) (born 1987), Mexican-American footballer Combat sports * José Ramos (wrestler) (born 1949), Cuban wrestler *Jose Ramos (boxing manager) (born 1965), Puerto Rican boxing manager *José Ramos (judoka) (born 1994), Guatemalan judoka Other sports *Cheo Ramos (José Ramos, fl. 1910s–1920s), Cuban baseball player *José Ramos (runner) (born 1968), Portu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Jesus
Luís Filipe Jesus (born 19 November 1968) is a Portuguese long-distance runner. He set his personal best (2:08:55) in the marathon in 2006 (Paris). He finished fourteenth in the short race at the 1998 World Cross Country Championships and seventh at the 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. In the marathon he finished eighteenth at the 2005 World Championships and tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Jesus competed in track distances at the World Championships in 1993 and 1995, without reaching the finals. Achievements Personal bests *1500 metres - 3:37.43 min (1995) *5000 metres - 13:28.66 min (1995) *10,000 metres - 28:06.70 min (1993) *Half marathon - 1:00:56 hrs (1998) *Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair di ... - 2:08:55 hrs (2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Feiteira
Luís Feiteira (born 21 April 1973) is a Portuguese long-distance runner who specialises in marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair di ... running. Achievements References * 1973 births Living people Portuguese male marathon runners Portuguese male long-distance runners Portuguese male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Portugal Olympic male marathon runners {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Travassos
António Silva Travassos (born 24 September 1971) is a Portuguese middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 .... He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. References 1971 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Portuguese male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Portugal Place of birth missing (living people) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Portugal Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Abrantes
António da Cunha Meneses Martins Abrantes (born 15 May 1968 in Lisbon) is a retired Portuguese middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since th .... He represented his country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988, as well as two outdoor and one indoor World Championships. His personal bests in the event are 1:46.23 outdoors (Maia 1995) and 1:50.94 indoors (Barcelona 1995). Competition record References 1968 births Living people Portuguese male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Portugal World Athletics Championships ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Cunha (athlete)
Luís Filipe Vítorino Cunha (born 5 December 1964 in Lisbon) is a former Portuguese sprinter. He represented his country at the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Summer Olympics as well as one outdoor and two indoor World Championships. In addition, he won two medals in the 200 metres at the Ibero-American Championships. He later worked as the sprints and hurdles head coach for the Singapore athletics team. International competitions 1Did not finish in the final Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 10.34 (+1.0 m/s, Maia 1996) *200 metres – 20.71 (Mexico City 1988) Indoor * 60 metres – 6.78 (Barcelona 1995) *200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... – 21.50 (Hague 1989) References All-Athletics 1964 births Living people Athletes from Lisbon Portugue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Poland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 165 competitors, 126 men and 39 women, took part in 126 events in 20 sports. Medalists Gold * Robert Korzeniowski — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk * Paweł Nastula — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (95 kg) * Renata Mauer — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle * Włodzimierz Zawadzki — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (62 kg) * Ryszard Wolny — Wrestling, Men's Lightweight (68 kg) * Andrzej Wroński — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (100 kg) * Mateusz Kusznierewicz — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition Silver * Artur Partyka — Athletics, Men's High Jump * Aneta Szczepanska — Judo, Women's Middleweight (66 kg) * Piotr Kiełpikowski, Adam Krzesiński, and Ryszard Sobczak — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition * Mirosław Rzepkowski — Shooting, Men's Skeet * Jacek Fafiński — Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawel Szymczak
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name *Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia *Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname *Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian *Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player *Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream *Elisabeth Pavel (born 1990), Romanian basketball player *Ernst Pavel, Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s *Harry Pavel (born 1951), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian *Marcel Pavel (born 1959), Romanian folk singer *Pavel Pavel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuno Pombo
Nuno Pombo (born 20 April 1978) is a Portuguese athlete who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Pombo finished his ranking round with a total of 650 points, which gave him the 42nd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Yusuf Ergin in the first round. With 106-103 Ergin was the winner of the confrontation and Pombo was eliminated. Ergin would lose in the following round against Lee Chang-Hwan Lee Chang-hwan (; born 16 March 1982) is a professional archer from South Korea. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a gold medal with the men's team consisting of himself, Im Dong-hyun, Jang Yong-ho and Park ....Athlete biography: Nuno Pombo beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 19 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuno Barreto
Nuno Miguel Santos Barreto, ComIH (born 29 April 1972) is a Portuguese competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ... in Atlanta, along with his partner Hugo Rocha. At the 1996 470-European-Sailing-Championship he won with his Partner Hugo Rocha the silver medal. References External links * * * 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Lisbon Portuguese male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Tornado Olympic sailors for Portugal Olympic bronze medalists for Portugal Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
