Street to London 2012!
La Havana 1930
Were you aware- By 1930, the staff from Honduras captured the bronze medal -soon after Cuba (gold) and Costa Rica (silver)-- in Males's football at the 2nd Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana, Cuba. Understandably, soccer is the most well-liked Activity in Honduras.
Mexico Town 1975
Do you know- By October 1975,the Republic of Honduras sent a staff of fourteen athletes, led by its youthful athlete Santiago Fonseca, for the United Mexican States, household to the VII Pan American Game titles. This Spanish-Talking country competed in athletics ( four), boxing (four), biking (five), and taking pictures (one). Curiously Tegucigalpa -as Belize, Bolivia, and Paraguay-didn't send sportswomen to Mexico City. Then again, the nationwide delegation, Yet again, didn't earn Pan American medals. However, the most effective athlete was Santiago Fonseca, the "star on the Honduran Olympic staff", who completed sixth from the Adult males's twenty-kilometer stroll ( in the time of 1.44.ten,sixty four), forward of Ernesto Alfaro (Colombia, South American champ) and José Valle (Nicaragua). Just 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 despatched Santiago Fonseca, a racewalker, to your Pan American Online games in Puerto Rico. For the duration of that occasion, he arrived in fourth position while in the Guys's twenty-kilometer stroll. Nonetheless, Fonseca's noteworthy effectiveness was interrupted when he could not go to Moscow, household for the Summer Olympics in July and August 1980. In Tegucigalpa, the country's capital, Mr Fonseca applied his symbol for a national champ to boost awareness with regard to the likely of Activity to aid teens.
Moscow 1980
Are you aware- Due to Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, like several anti-Communist nations, Honduras declined to send out an national delegation for the 1980 Summer months Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR (present-day Russia). The decision was A further blow to Activity salvadoran pupusas 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
Do you realize- The country's swimmer Ana Fortin came in 33rd area from the Gals's one hundred-meter backstroke for the 1988 Summertime Online games, amongst Chi Wang (Taiwan) and Tricia Duncan (US Virgin Islands).
Mar del Plata 1995
Do you realize- The Latin American place gained its 1st Pan American medal inside the Continental Video games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, within the mid-nineteen nineties.
Atlanta 1996
Were you aware- In 1996, Darwin Angeles, a boxer, was the flag-bearer for that region's Olympic delegation inside the Games in the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta (Ga, U.S.).