Sports Trivia

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Ethiopia, an African country is the birthplace of one of the best runners in the 20th Century: Abebe Bikila, the next Olympic marathon gold medals in 1960 and won 1964.Haile Gebrselassie, who is a famous runner once said "In Africa before Bikila, there were no successful runners, and do not believe most of us will never be.Now there are thousands of us to win races all over the world and sets new standards and records.

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as "Pele" is a Latin American soccer by many as the greatest footballer of all time icon.Considered, became a world star at the age of seventeen, he won Brazil for the first time FIFA World Cup in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

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The Mexican delegation was in 2002 and Caribbean Sports Games has Salvador Central America in San Salvador, El, and won138 gold, 111 silver and 102 bronze medals in events like swimming, athletics, wrestling and boxing.

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Argentine tennis player Guillermo Vilas is one of the greatest players in tennis history.

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The city of Puerto Rican hosted the Pan American Games VIII in 1979.

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Archery is the national sport of Bhutan, a Buddhist country in Asia.

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Jesse Vassallo is one of the most famous swimmers in American history. He, on August 9 was born in 1961 in Ponce, Puerto Rico.In won the 1970 Jesse Vassallo medals.Yet several international was given the opportunity, his world record (200 and 200 meters individual mixed) to defend the Member U.S. boycotted the Moscow Olympics.

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Peru hosted the 1982 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. There are 24 big favorites teams.Thewas in the United States, China and Japan. Under the leadership of Cecilia Tait Villacorta Peru defeated the U.S. 3-0. Surprisingly, Peru captured the silver medal.

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South Korea is the birthplace of Taekwondo, an Olympic sport since 2000.

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Maria de Lourdes Mutola was one of the best riders of the last century. She was born in Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony in Africa.Mutola Olympic 800 meters gold medal won in 2000.She is a heroine of Mozambique, one of the poorest countries in the world.

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Colombia has hosted the World Cup of Baseball The 1965th was the first South American country since 1952, was held for the third time the event in Colombia, the first time in 1947.Baseball is the most popular sport in Colombia over the years 1950 and 1960.

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Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan is one of the best players in tennisWorld.

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The 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games were required to participate in San Salvador, El Salvador, with 9 countries.

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Uruguay hosted the FIBA World Basketball Championship for Men in 1967.The USSR (now Russia) beat Yugoslavia to win the first place. The USSR and the Soviet Union won the championship for the first time

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Malaysia has hosted the FIH Men's HockeyWorld Cup in March 1975. The 15-day tournament with 12 participating countries, has helped to win back the hearts of hockey fans in the country.