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La Havana 1930
Did you know- By 1930, the team from Honduras captured the bronze medal -after Cuba (gold) and Costa Rica (silver)-- in Gentlemen's soccer at the Second Central American and Caribbean Online games in Havana, Cuba. Understandably, soccer is the most popular sport in Honduras.
Mexico Metropolis 1975
Were you aware- By October 1975,the Republic of Honduras sent a crew of fourteen athletes, led by its youthful athlete Santiago Fonseca, towards the United Mexican States, property into the VII Pan American Games. This Spanish-speaking nation competed in athletics ( 4), boxing (4), cycling (5), and shooting (1). Curiously Tegucigalpa -as Belize, Bolivia, and Paraguay-did not deliver sportswomen to Mexico City. On the flip side, the countrywide delegation, Again, didn't win Pan American medals. Even so, the most beneficial athlete was Santiago Fonseca, the "star of the Honduran Olympic team", who finished sixth within the Males's 20-kilometer walk ( in a time of one.forty four.10,64), ahead of Ernesto Alfaro (Colombia, South American champ) and José Valle (Nicaragua). Ahead of 1975, Honduran athletes experienced completed previous spot inside the Pan American Video games.
Puerto Rico 1979
Do you know- By 1979, the Honduran Olympic Committee experienced despatched Santiago Fonseca, a racewalker, for the Pan American Games in Puerto Rico. During that party, he arrived in fourth spot within the men's twenty-kilometer walk. Having said that, Fonseca's noteworthy functionality was interrupted when he could not check out Moscow, property towards the Summer months Olympics in July and August 1980. In Tegucigalpa, the nation's cash, Mr Fonseca employed his image being a countrywide champ to boost recognition with regards to the prospective of Activity to assist teens.
Moscow 1980
Do you know- Due to Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, like numerous anti-Communist nations, Honduras declined to send out an countrywide delegation for the 1980 Summer months Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR (current-day Russia). The choice was another blow to sport in Honduras, with one of several worst Olympic units within the Western Hemisphere.
Havana 1982
Are you aware- As a consequence of its anti-Soviet plan, Honduras, together with El Salvador and Colombia, boycotted the XIV Central American and Caribbean Video games in Havana, Cuba, while in the early 80s. At the moment, Tegucigalpa had not diplomatic types of pupusas ties with Cuba together with other Communist states.
Seoul 1988
Were you aware- The country's swimmer Ana Fortin arrived in 33rd position during the women's a hundred-meter backstroke within the 1988 Summer Game titles, concerning Chi Wang (Taiwan) and Tricia Duncan (US Virgin Islands).
Mar del Plata 1995
Were you aware- The Latin American state received its initially Pan American medal from the Continental Online games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, while in the mid-1990s.
Atlanta 1996
Do you know- In 1996, Darwin Angeles, a boxer, was the flag-bearer for the state's Olympic delegation from the Video games in the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta (Ga, U.S.).