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La Havana 1930
Are you aware- By 1930, the group from Honduras captured the bronze medal -after Cuba (gold) and Costa Rica (silver)-- in Adult males's football at the next Central American and Caribbean Game titles in Havana, Cuba. Understandably, soccer is the most popular sport in Honduras.
Mexico Town 1975
Were you aware- By October 1975,the Republic of Honduras sent a crew of fourteen athletes, led by its youthful athlete Santiago Fonseca, into the United Mexican States, dwelling to your VII Pan American Video games. This Spanish-speaking nation competed in athletics ( 4), boxing (4), cycling (five), and taking pictures (1). Curiously Tegucigalpa -as Belize, Bolivia, and Paraguay-did not ship sportswomen to Mexico Town. On the flip side, the countrywide delegation, once again, did not gain Pan American medals. Nonetheless, the ideal athlete was Santiago Fonseca, the "star with the Honduran Olympic team", who finished sixth from the Males's 20-kilometer stroll ( in a very time of one.forty four.ten,64), ahead of Ernesto Alfaro (Colombia, South American champ) and José Valle (Nicaragua). Before 1975, Honduran athletes had concluded past put during the Pan American Online games.
Puerto Rico 1979
Do you realize- By 1979, the Honduran Olympic Committee had sent Santiago Fonseca, a racewalker, into the Pan American Online games in Puerto Rico. Through that function, he came in fourth put inside the Males's twenty-kilometer wander. On the other hand, Fonseca's notable overall performance was interrupted when he couldn't head over to Moscow, house into the Summertime Olympics in July and August 1980. In Tegucigalpa, the nation's funds, Mr Fonseca utilized his image as being a countrywide champ to raise consciousness regarding the potential of sport that will help adolescents.
Moscow 1980
Were you aware- Due to the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, like lots of anti-Communist nations, Honduras declined to deliver an nationwide delegation into the 1980 Summer time Olympic Online games in Moscow, USSR (existing-working day Russia). The decision was One more blow to Activity in Honduras, with one of the worst Olympic techniques from the Western Hemisphere.
Havana 1982
Were you aware- As a result of its anti-Soviet coverage, Honduras, in conjunction with El Salvador and Colombia, boycotted the XIV Central American and Caribbean Game titles in Havana, Cuba, in the early 80s. At that time, Tegucigalpa experienced not diplomatic ties with Cuba as well as other Communist states.
Seoul 1988
Do you know- The nation's swimmer Ana Fortin came in 33rd place within the Females's 100-meter backstroke on the 1988 Summer loroco flower season Video games, among Chi Wang (Taiwan) and Tricia Duncan (US Virgin Islands).
Mar del Plata 1995
Are you aware- The Latin American region won its initial Pan American medal inside the Continental Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in the mid-nineteen nineties.
Atlanta 1996
Do you realize- In 1996, Darwin Angeles, a boxer, was the flag-bearer for that region's Olympic delegation inside the Games of your XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta (Ga, U.S.).