Sport in Honduras ? Journal articles and curious!

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Havana 1930

Did you know, 1930 Honduras Team captured the bronze medal after Cuba (gold) and Costa Rica (silver) ? in men's soccer at the Second Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana, Cuba is understandably football is the most popular sport in Honduras.

Mexico City 1975

Did you know-until October 1975, the Republic of Honduras athletes sent a team of 14 athletes young, led by itsSantiago Fonseca, United States of Mexico, home of the VII Pan American Games. The Spanish-speaking nation competed in athletics (4) Boxing (4), cycling (5) and shooting (1). Strangely, Tegucigalpa, such as Belize, Bolivia and Paraguay, has sent athletes to Mexico City. On the other hand, the national delegation has once again not win Pan American medals. However, it was the best athlete Santiago Fonseca, the "Star of the Honduras Olympic team, in the sixth position of the Lords20 km walk (in a time of 1.44.10,64), followed by Ernesto Alfaro (Colombia, South American Champion) and Jose Valle (Nicaragua). Before 1975, the Honduran athletes had finished in last place in the Pan American Games.

Puerto Rico 1979

Did you know-Con 1979, Honduras Olympic Committee had sent the race walker Santiago Fonseca, a Pan-American Games in Puerto Rico. During this event, came in fourth place in the feet of 20 km for men. However, Fonseca strong performance was interrupted when he could not go to Moscow in 1980, the home of the Olympic Summer Games in July and August. In Tegucigalpa, the capital of the nation, Mr. Fonseca used her a national sample of awareness of the potential of sport to help people as a symbol young.

Moscow 1980

Did you know that since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, how many anti-communist countries, Honduras has refused to send a national delegation to 1980 in summer> Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR (now Russia). The decision was a further blow for the sport in Honduras, with one of the worst Olympic systems in the Western Hemisphere.

Havana 1982

Did you, thanks to its anti-Soviet policy, Honduras, El Salvador and Colombia, boycotted the Games of the XIV Central America and the Caribbean in Havana, Cuba, in the early 80 years. At that time, Tegucigalpa no diplomatic relations with Cuba and other communistStates.

Seoul 1988

Did you know the nation float Ana Fortin came) in 33 Place in Women's 100 meters backstroke at the 1988 Summer Games between Wang Chi (Taiwan) and Tricia Duncan (Jungfern-Inseln.

Mar del Plata 1995

Did you know the Latin American country won its first medal at Pan American Games in Mar del Plata Continental, Argentina, mid 1990th

Atlanta 1996

Did you know, 1996, DarwinAngeles, a boxer, was the flagship of the country's Olympic delegation at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta (Georgia, USA).

San Salvador 2002

Did you know that by 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador, Honduras, the team finished second in the medals table with nine sixteenth medals (1 silver and eight bronze).

Source: http://sports-olympics.chailit.com/sport-in-honduras-journal-articles-and-curious.html

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