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Víctor Fatecha
Víctor Abel Fatecha Riveros (born 10 March 1988 in Concepción) is a Paraguayan athlete specializing in the javelin throw. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing without reaching the final. Fatecha is tied to Paraguay Marathon Club and competes in Paraguay's national competitions under the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo. He belongs to a line of Paraguayan throwers, such as Ramón Jiménez Gaona (discus), Nery Kennedy (javelin) and Edgar Baumann (javelin), who all had successful careers. In 2014 Fatecha was one of three Paraguayan throwers to reach over 70 metres, including Larson Giovanni Diaz Martinez and Fabian Jara. Victor Fatecha is the younger brother of association footballer Cristian Fatecha. Clubs * Olimpia Asunción (2005) * Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (–2013) * Paraguay Marathon Club (2014–) Coaches * Thomas Zuddy (2004) * Claudio Zúñiga (2005) * Plinio Penzzi Personal bests *Javelin throw: 79.03 m – Moscow Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concepción, Paraguay
Concepción () is a city and district in northern Paraguay and capital of the Concepción Department. It lies next to the Paraguay River. Founded by a Spanish Governor, named Agustín Fernado de Pinedo, the town prospered in the early years of the 20th century, as a centre for the north of the country, exploiting the new wealth of the Gran Chaco, and a river port. The town was also a centre for the Paraguayan Civil War of 1947. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay. Transportation Route 5 "Gral. Bernardino Caballero" connects the city with Pedro Juan Caballero and Asunción. Climate Concepción has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: ''Aw'') with abundant annual precipitation, although possessing a highly prominent summer peak. Summers are very hot, rainy, and often oppressively humid. Severe thunderstorms are very common in the summer and have the capability to dump copious amounts of rainfall in a short period of time, along wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Jiménez Gaona
Ramón Jiménez-Gaona Arellano (born September 10, 1969) is a retired male discus thrower from Paraguay. During the presidency of Horacio Cartes he served as Paraguay's Minister of Public Works. Sports career Jiménez-Gaona represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992 and 1996). sports-reference.com He twice won the title at the South American Championships (1993 and 1997). Achievements Education Jiménez-Gaona studied Economics at theUniversity of California, Berkeley
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2003 World Youth Championships In Athletics
The 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the third edition of the international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes organised by the IAAF. It was held in Sherbrooke, Canada from the 9–13 July at the Université de Sherbrooke Stadium. Results Boys Girls Medals table References results {{IAAF Championships 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitio ... Sport in Sherbrooke 2003 in sports in Quebec International track and field competitions hosted by Canada 2003 in youth sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asunción
Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the northwest separate the city from the Occidental Region of Paraguay and from Argentina in the south part of the city. The rest of the city is surrounded by the Central Department. Asunción is one of the oldest cities in South America and the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities#South America, longest continually inhabited area in the Río de la Plata Basin; for this reason it is known as "the Mother of Cities". From Asunción, Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonial expeditions departed to found other cities, including the second foundation of Buenos Aires, that of other important cities such as Villarrica, Paraguay, Villarrica, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Santa Cruz de la Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plinio Penzzi
Plinio Penzzi is a former Paraguayan long-distance runner who represented Paraguay at the 2003 South American Cross Country Championships. He is now the secretary, coach and organizer of the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo. He has coached Christopher Ortiz, Fredy Maidana, Larson Giovanni Diaz Martinez, Larson Díaz, Víctor Fatecha, Ana Camila Pirelli and Laura Paredes.http://www.snd.gov.py/index.php/noticias/presentaron-seleccionados-para-el-ibero Competition record International competitions References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Paraguayan male long-distance runners 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen {{longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Zúñiga
Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese, it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan, it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most important members of which were: * Claudius, Emperor Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus * Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis (), founder of the family, originally a Sabine known as Attius Clausus. * Appius Claudius Crassus (), public official, decemvir in 451 BC, appointed to codify the laws * Appius Claudius Caecus (), official orator, consul in 307 BC and 296 BC, known for the Appian Way * Claudius Gothicus (210–270), officer in the Roman army and a provincial governor First name: Claudio Claudio became a popular first name due to the spread of Christianity during the Middle Ages. Claudio is also used in Spanish and in Portuguese, accented as Cláudio. Notable people with the name include: * Claudio Abarca (born 1994), Chilean fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Zuddy
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), a 1969 novel by Hes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad Autónoma De Asunción (university)
The Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (''Autonomous University of Asuncion'') is a private university. It was founded in 1978 as the Escuela Superior de Administración de Empresas (''Superior School of Business Administration''). It obtained its title of university in 1991. As of 2006, it has 5000 students (undergraduate and graduate) and 350 professors Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a 'person who professes'. Professors .... The university comprises five colleges: * College of Law, Political and Social Sciences * College of Science and Technology * College of Economic Sciences and Administration * College of Humanistic Sciences and Communication * College of Health Sciences References External linksOfficial site Universities in Paraguay Universities and colleges established in 1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olimpia Asunción
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful. Founded in 1902, the club's name stems from the idea of its principal founding member, William Paats, a Dutchman based in Paraguay, who is considered the father of Paraguayan football.Internationally, the club is referred to as Olimpia Asunción in order to distinguish it from other Latin American football clubs of the same name. Olimpia has won a record 47 Primera División titles to date, including a unique record run of winning the league six consecutive times. The only Paraguayan club to win a CONMEBOL title, Olimpia has won three Copa Libertadores — and has been runner-up four times — as well as two Recopa Sudamericanas, one Intercontinental Cup, one Copa Interamericana, and one Supercopa Sudamericana, a competition it won autom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Fatecha
Cristian Fatecha (born 15 March 1982) is a Paraguayan footballer. He is the brother of javelin thrower Víctor Fatecha. Fatecha represented Paraguay U20, finishing in Third place at the 2001 South American U-20 Championship and Fourth place at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. Fatecha went on to make two appearances at full international level during the qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Club career Fatecha participated in the preliminary phase of the 2007 Copa Sudamericana, scoring against Danubio on 1 August and scoring one of Tacuary's four penalties after a 2:2 aggregate draw on 15 August. International career Fatecha made 12 appearances for Paraguay U20, participating in both the 2001 South American U-20 Championship, and scoring one goal against Chile, and the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. In 2005, Fatecha made two appearances for the Albirroja during the qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His first appearance came against Venezuela on 8 Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabian Jara
Édgar Fabian Jara Dohmann (born 8 January 1993, height: 1,67m) is a Paraguayan javelin thrower. He represented the University of Texas in the US and also Club Sol de América (Asunción), Sol de América in Paraguay. Jara was coached by Olympic Athlete Claudio Escauriza and Santiago Pérez up to his arrival at the University of Texas in 2014, when he started training under American former javelin thrower, Ty Sevin . Education Jara attended High School at Colegio Goethe in Paraguay, where he received a distinguished student award all four years of high school. He was later a student at the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a degree in Economics and a minor in Statistics in May 2017. He earned a Masters of Science in Finance degree from the McCombs School of Business in May 2018. Personal life Jara is the son of Edgar Jara and Erica Dohmann. He has two siblings, Gaspar Jara and Gustavo Jara. Jara can also speak in Spanish, German, Portuguese and Paraguayan Guaraní. Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
