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| The 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games | | | | This country won 107 gold medals at the XX Central |
| will be held in Veracruz, Mexico. | | | | American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena de |
| Mexico competed in the Summer Olympic 20 times ( | | | | Indias (Colombia). |
| Paris-1900, Paris-1924, Amsterdam-1928, Los | | | | Mexico won the NORCECA Women´s |
| Angeles-1932, Berlin-1936, London-1948, Helsinki-1952, | | | | Continental Championship in 1971 in Havana, Cuba. It |
| Melbourne-1956, Rome-1960. Tokyo-1964, Mexico | | | | also won the gold medal at the 1970 Central American |
| City-1968, Munich-1972, Montreal-1976, Moscow-1980, | | | | & Caribbean Games in Panama City. |
| Los Angeles-1984, Seoul-1988, Barcelona-1992, | | | | The Mexican women's basketball team finished 6th at |
| Atlanta-1996, Sydney-200 and Athens-2004). | | | | the World Championship in 1975 in Cali |
| Belem Guerrero is undoubtedly one of the best cyclists | | | | (Colombia).Furthermore, they won the silver medal at |
| in the world.This Mexican sportswoman won a silver | | | | the Pan American Games in Mexico City.Cristina |
| medal at the 2004 Olympics. | | | | Betancourt and Pilar Saavedra were the best Mexican |
| From 1975 to 1979, Olegario Vazquez was one of the | | | | players. |
| best shooters in the world. He competed at the Pan | | | | Mexico sent only one sportsman to the Winter |
| American Games in 1975, where he won a gold medal | | | | Olympics in Norway in 1994. |
| (air rifle). | | | | Fernando Platas was the flag bearer of the Mexican |
| Derek Parra has Mexican ancestry. Who is Derek? | | | | Olympic team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens |
| He is one of the greatest American speed skaters in | | | | (Greece). Who is Fernando Platas? Like Joaquin |
| the 21st century. At he 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt | | | | Capilla, Alvaro Gaxiola and Carlos Giron, he is a |
| Lake City (Utah,USA ), he finished first in the 1,500 | | | | diver.He won two gold medals at the 1995 Pan |
| metres. | | | | American Games in Mar del Plata (Argentina). This |
| Rafael Herrera Osuna won the US Open 1963 Men`s | | | | Mexican is considered one of the greatest divers in |
| Singles Tournament defeating Frank Froehling. He was | | | | the Third World. |
| the first Mexican to win the American Open. Rafael | | | | Adriana Fernandez Miranda is one of the best runners |
| also helped Mexico reached the finals of Davis Cup. | | | | in Latin America.At the 2003 Pan American Games in |
| Mexico hosted at the FIVB Volleyball Men´s | | | | Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), she placed first in |
| World Championship.The host country finished in 10th | | | | the 5,000m and 10,000m events. She was born on |
| place. | | | | March 4, 1971 in Mexico City. |
| From 1986 to 1994, Arturo Barrios was a famous | | | | This country sent 209 athletes to the 1972 Summer |
| Mexican runner. At the World Track and Field Cup in | | | | Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The Mexican |
| 1992, he finished second in the 5,000 metres. He also | | | | team had athletes competing in : athletics (12), boxing |
| competed for his home country at the Olympic | | | | (8), Wrestling (11), judo (3), weightlifting (3), gymnastics |
| Games in 1988 and 1992. However, he became an | | | | (15), cycling (8), shooting (12), archery (9), fencing (6), |
| American citizen in 1994. | | | | equestrian (12), modern pentathlon (4), swimming (38), |
| Liliana Allen Doll became a Mexican citizen and | | | | soccer (19), field hockey (18), rowing (12), kayak (10) |
| competed in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. This | | | | and sailing (9). |
| sprinter won two gold medals at the 2002 Central | | | | The I Central American & Caribbean Games |
| American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador (El | | | | were held in Mexico in 1926. The best Mexican |
| Salvador). She was born on May 24, 1970 in Holguin, | | | | sportspeople were Mariano Aguilar (athletics), Juan de |
| Cuba. She represented Cuba in the 1992 and 1996 | | | | Icaza (swimming),Manuel Guzman (track and field), Luis |
| Olympics. | | | | Scherer (swimming) and Alfonso Unda (tennis). |
| Like Ana Mozer (Brazil), Luisa Fuentes (Peru) and | | | | The Mexican water polo team finished 9th at the 1975 |
| Debbie Green (United States), Blanca Garcia was one | | | | FINA World Cup in Cali, Colombia.This team won the |
| of the best volleyball players in the 1970s and 1980s. | | | | gold medal at the VII Pan American Games. |
| The 10th Summer Universiade, which took place from | | | | Oscar De la Hoya has Mexican origin. This famous |
| 2nd to 13rd September 1979 in Mexico City, comprised | | | | American boxer won a gold medal at the 1992 |
| a programme of 10 Olympic sports. 712 sportswomen | | | | Olympics in Spain. |
| participated in the Games.The host country won 5 | | | | Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is the greatest |
| medals.Overall, Mexico ranked 14th ,after the USSR, | | | | Mexican sportswoman of all time.She has been a |
| USA, Romania, West Germany, East Germany, Great | | | | member of the Mexico national team since 1997.Ana |
| Britain, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Holland, Poland, | | | | was named Mexico's Athlete of 2003.Certainly, she is |
| Czechoslovakia and France. | | | | an idol in the United Mexican States. For many |
| From 1948 to 1968, Mexico won six Olympic gold | | | | reasons, she has contributed greatly to the |
| medals.The Olympic champions were:Antonio Roldan | | | | development of sport in her country. Ana has won |
| (boxing), Humberto Mariles (equestrian), Joaquin Capilla | | | | several international medals in the 1990s and the |
| (diving), Felipe Muñoz (swimming), Ruben Uriza | | | | 2000s. |