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La Havana 1930
Do you know- By 1930, the team from Honduras captured the bronze medal -following Cuba (gold) and Costa Rica (silver)-- in Adult men's football at the next Central American and Caribbean Game titles in Havana, Cuba. Understandably, soccer is the most popular sport in Honduras.
Mexico Metropolis 1975
Are you aware- By October 1975,the Republic of Honduras sent a workforce of 14 athletes, led by its young athlete Santiago Fonseca, towards the United Mexican States, home into the VII Pan American Online games. This Spanish-speaking nation competed in athletics ( four), boxing (4), biking (5), and capturing (1). Curiously Tegucigalpa -as Belize, Bolivia, and Paraguay-didn't ship sportswomen to Mexico City. However, the nationwide delegation, Yet again, didn't gain Pan American medals. Nonetheless, the ideal athlete was Santiago Fonseca, the "star of your Honduran Olympic workforce", who concluded sixth in the men's twenty-kilometer wander ( inside of a time of one.forty four.10,64), in advance of Ernesto Alfaro (Colombia, South American champ) and José Valle (Nicaragua). Ahead of 1975, Honduran athletes experienced completed previous spot while in the Pan American Video games.
Puerto Rico 1979
Do you know- By 1979, the Honduran Olympic Committee had despatched Santiago Fonseca, a racewalker, on the Pan American Online games in Puerto Rico. For the duration of that function, he came in fourth put from the Gentlemen's 20-kilometer wander. Even so, Fonseca's notable performance was interrupted when he couldn't visit Moscow, home to your Summer season Olympics in July and August 1980. In Tegucigalpa, the country's money, Mr Fonseca used his symbol as a nationwide champ to lift consciousness concerning the opportunity of sport that will help adolescents.
Moscow 1980
Were you aware- Due to the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, like quite a few anti-Communist nations, Honduras declined to deliver an nationwide delegation into the 1980 Summer time Olympic Online games in Moscow, USSR (present-day Russia). The decision was A different blow to Activity loroco food in Honduras, with one of many worst Olympic devices in the Western Hemisphere.
Havana 1982
Do you know- Resulting from its anti-Soviet plan, Honduras, along with El Salvador and Colombia, boycotted the XIV Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana, Cuba, inside the early 80s. At that time, Tegucigalpa had not diplomatic ties with Cuba and also other Communist states.
Seoul 1988
Were you aware- The country's swimmer Ana Fortin arrived in 33rd area from the Women of all ages's a hundred-meter backstroke within the 1988 Summer months 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 during the Continental Online games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, while in the mid-nineties.
Atlanta 1996
Do you know- In 1996, Darwin Angeles, a boxer, was the flag-bearer for the state's Olympic delegation during the Online games in the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta (Georgia, U.S.).