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Seychelles At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Seychelles competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul because of its partial support to the North Korean boycott. The Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of ten athletes, eight men and two women, were selected to the Seychellois squad across six sports (athletics, boxing, judo, sailing, swimming, and weightlifting). Finn yachtsman Allan Julie etching his name into the history records as the oldest participant (aged 39) of the Seychellois squad and the first to compete in five Olympic Games. Apart from Julie, three other athletes were returning Olympians; all of them participated in their second Games, including high jumper Lissa Labiche, lightweight boxer Andrique Allisop, and half-heavyweight judoka Dominic Dugasse (me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seychelles Olympic And Commonwealth Games Association
Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (IOC code: SEY) is the National Olympic Committee representing Seychelles in Olympic, Youth Olympic and Asian Games. It was created in 1979. As the name suggests, the body is also responsible for the Seychelles participation in the Commonwealth Games and Youth Games as the local Commonwealth Games Association. Presidents of Committee * 1992–present – Antonio Gopal See also *Seychelles at the Olympics *Seychelles at the Commonwealth Games Seychelles have sent a team to every Commonwealth Games since 1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image ... References Seychelles Seychelles Olympic {{Seychelles-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2016 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ... in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon from March 11 to March 19, 2016. Medalists Men Women Qualification summary Results Men Light flyweight (49 kg) Flyweight (52 kg) Bantamweight (56 kg) Lightweight (60 kg) Light welterweight (64 kg) Welterweight (69 kg) Middleweight (75 kg) Light heavyweight (81 kg) Heavyweight (91 kg) Super heavyweight (+91 kg) Women Flyweight (51 kg) Lightweight (60 kg) Middleweight (75 kg) The two finalists will qualify. References {{reflist Boxing Olympic Qualification Africa Boxin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio 2016
) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima , stadium = Maracanã Stadium (ceremonies), Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (athletics competition) , summer_prev = London 2012 , summer_next = Tokyo 2020 , winter_prev = Sochi 2014 , winter_next = Pyeongchang 2018 The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. 11,238 athletes from 207 nations took part in the 2016 Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. from the FINA website (www.fina.org); retrieved 2013-06-05. FINA also oversees " Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines. History FINA was founded on 19 July 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations. Numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn
The men's Finn competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place between 9–16 August at Marina da Glória. Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were held. British sailor Giles Scott Giles Lyndon Scott (born 23 June 1987) is a British competitive sailor and four-time Finn Gold Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medallist who won the gold medal for Team GB in the Finn Class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ... was declared gold medallist before the competition ended, having an unassailable lead before the medal race. Schedule Results Further reading * * References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's Finn Men's Finn Finn competitions Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser
The men's Laser competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, third-most populous state, and the List of largest citi ... took place between 8–16 August at Marina da Glória. Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were held. Schedule Results Further reading * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's Laser Men's Laser Laser (dinghy) competitions Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Gardette
Jean-Marc Gardette (born 4 July 1984) is a Seychellois sailor. He placed 33rd in the men's RS:X event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * * * 1984 births Living people Seychellois windsurfers Seychellois male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Seychelles Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X {{Seychelles-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramadan Darwish
Ramadan Darwish ( ar, رمضان درويش; born 29 January 1988) is an Egyptian judoka. Career Darwish won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships in Rotterdam -100 kg. In 2015 he also won the bronze medal during the World Masters in Rabat. He is a multiple-time African Champion (six times). He also won Grand Prix in Qingdao (2009), Tashkent (2014 and Budapest in 2015. In 2016 he won gold at the Euro Open in Sofia. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -100 kg event and was defeated in the first round, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event. He was more successful in 2016, reaching the quarterfinals by beating Dominic Dugasse in his first match and |
Judo At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 Kg
The men's 100 kg competition in judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 11 August at the Carioca Arena 2. The gold and silver medals were determined by a single-elimination tournament, with the winner of the final taking gold and the loser receiving silver. Judo events awarded two bronze medals. Quarterfinal losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semifinal loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarterfinals A and B competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semifinal loser from the other half of the bracket). The medals for the competition were presented by Alex Gilady, Israel, member of the International Olympic Committee and the gifts were presented by Rovnag Adullayev, Azerbaijan Judo Federation president. Results Finals Repechages Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 kg M100 M10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Judo Federation
The International Judo Federation (IJF) was founded in July 1951. The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe and Argentina. Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. Today the IJF has 200 National Federations on all continents. There are over 20 million people around the globe who practice judo, according to the IJF. History Since 2009, IJF has organized yearly World Championships and the World Judo Tour consisting of five Grand Prix, four Grand Slams, a master tournament, and a Continental open tournament. The IJF initially named Russian President Vladimir Putin its honorary president and IJF Ambassador in 2008. That status of Putin's was suspended in 2022, in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The IJF also cancelled all competitions in Russia, but allowed their athletes to compete as neutral athletes. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, all of the other 31 international Olympic sports organizations banned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Joyce (boxer)
David Oliver Joyce (born 12 February 1987) is an Irish professional boxer. As an amateur, he won gold medals at the 2008, 2009 and 2014 European Union Championships, and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Personal life Joyce was born into a boxing family in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. His cousins John Joe Joyce and Joe Ward are also international boxers. Joyce is married to Melissa and has three children: Amber, Mickey Joe and Reanna.David Oliver Joyce . nbcolympics.com Amateur career In April 2016, he qualified for the in Rio de Janeiro, beating Volkan Gockek on points in a fight in Turkey. He reached the last ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Lightweight
The men's lightweight boxing competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6–16 August at the Riocentro Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America. Notable events 1981 May Day attack On April 30, 1981, during a May Day music concert, R .... Schedule All times are Brasília Time ( UTC−3). Results Finals Top half Bottom half References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's lightweight Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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