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Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Born | 14 March 1955 |
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Sport | Wrestling |
Benjamin Varela (born 14 March 1955) is a Puerto Rican wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 62 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]
Togo competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The country's participation at Athens marked its seventh appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich, West Germany. The delegation included two track and field athletes and a single canoeist; Jan Sekpona in the men's 800 metres, Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni in the women's 400 metres, and Benjamin Boukpeti in the men's K-1. Both Sekpona and Thiébaud-Kangni were eliminated in the first round of their competitions, while Boukpeti progressed to the semi-finals.
Solomon Islands sent a delegation to compete at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea from 17 September to 2 October 1988. This was the island nation's second time participating in a Summer Olympic Games, following their debut four years earlier. Solomon Islands competed at these games in track and field, archery, boxing, and weightlifting, with one competitor in each category. Only Benjamin Fafale, the weightlifter, completed an event final, finishing 22nd in the middleweight category.
Edwin Benjamin Salmon is a former field hockey player from New Zealand who competed at two Olympic Games.
Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland was the nation's ninth appearance out of twelve editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1952 Summer Olympics its sixth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee, 123 athletes, who competed in 77 events in 15 sports They brought home five medals: 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. The flag bearer was Delfo Cabrera, the gold medalist in the immediately previous Summer Olympic Games marathon.
Uruguay competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 27 competitors, 21 men and 6 women, took part in 31 events in 8 sports.
Maikro Romero is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Yan Barthelemy Varela is a Cuban-American amateur boxer, who won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Carlos Varela González is retired male wrestler from Cuba. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games during his career.
Alberto Varela was a Uruguayan fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Segundo Castillo Varela was a Peruvian footballer who played in Peru, Chile, Argentina and Colombia and for the Peru national football team. He was part of Peru's team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Benjamin Collier is a New Zealand field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Raúl Pérez Varela was an Argentine former basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Javier Varela is a Mexican former field hockey player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Mexico City.
Benjamin Savšek is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002, specializing in the C1 discipline. With an Olympic gold, 2 individual world titles and 4 individual European titles, he is one of the most successful C1 paddlers of his generation.
José Manuel "Conny" Varela Fernández is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 1997 representing District 32.
The following lists events that happened in 1994 in Iceland.
Manuel Varela was an Argentine wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman flyweight at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Luis Varela is a Venezuelan wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 82 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Tomás Varela is a Cuban field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.