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| Full name | Iohana Cruz Talabera | |||||||||||||
| Born | January 9, 1980 (age 43) | |||||||||||||
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Iohana Cruz Talabera (born January 9, 1980) is a female diver from Cuba. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 (Sydney, Australia). Cruz won a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games alongside Yolanda Ortiz in the Women's 10m Platform Synchro event.
Joaquim Carvalho Cruz is a Brazilian former middle-distance runner, winner of the 800 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of only five men to run the 800 metres in less than 1 minute, 42 seconds.
Earl Jones is an American former middle distance runner who won an 800 meters bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He finished third behind Joaquim Cruz and Sebastian Coe with a time of 1:43.83 minutes.
Teófilo "Teo" Cruz Downs was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. After playing college basketball, Cruz played in Puerto Rico's top-level league, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) with Cangrejeros de Santurce, Indios de Canóvanas, Mets de Guaynabo, Cardenales de Río Piedras, and Taínos de Mayagüez. Cruz also played in Spain with Picadero Damm, and in Belgium with Racing Club Mechelen.
Cape Verde competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Their participation marked their fourth Olympic appearance. Two Cape Verdeans competed in the Olympic games: Nelson Cruz participated as a marathon runner, and Wania Monteiro participated in gymnastics. Another athlete, Lenira Santos, was selected to compete in athletics but was forced to pull out due to injury. Monteiro was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies. Neither of the Cape Verdeans progressed beyond the first round.
Bolivia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. The South American country's delegation was the fifteenth Summer Olympic team and seventeenth overall Olympic team overall sent by the country. Bolivia's National Olympic Committee sent seven athletes–three women and four men–across five sports and seven distinct events. A substantial number of the athletes originated in southern Bolivian cities, most notably Santa Cruz de la Sierra. All athletes except for cyclist Horacio Gallardo finished their events, although no medals were won by the country at these Games. Trap shooter César Menacho was the Bolivian flag bearer at the ceremonies.
Eglis Yaima de la Cruz is a Cuban sports shooter. She won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the first and, as of 2020, only female medalist for her country in the sport. She has competed at five editions of the Olympics, from Athens 2004 to Tokyo 2020.
Yolanda Ortíz Espinosa is a female diver from Cuba. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.
Yanet Cruz Cruz is a female javelin thrower and baseball player from Cuba. She won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships. She also competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games without reaching the final round. Her personal best throw is 63.50 metres, achieved in March 2011 in Havana.
Jacinto "Jumping Jack" Ciria Cruz was a Filipino basketball player and coach. Ciria Cruz played for the University of Santo Tomas men's basketball team and also represented the Philippines at the 1936 Summer Olympics as a member of the country's national basketball team. He later ventured into coaching different collegiate squads.
María Cruz González Álvarez is a former female field hockey player from Spain. She represented her native country at the 1996 Olympic Games. She played club hockey for Real Club de Campo in Madrid.
Beatriz Cruz Nazario is a Puerto Rican female track and field athlete, who competes in the sprints events. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 4x400 metres relay competition, alongside Militza Castro, Sandra Moya and Maritza Salas. Cruz ran the third leg in the heat 2 race.
Anna Cruz Lebrato is a Spanish professional basketball player, currently playing for Spanish team Barça CBS (F.C.Barcelona). She developed her professional career in several clubs in Spain, Russia, Turkey and the United States, and had 178 caps for the Spain's national basketball team from 2009 to 2019, winning a total of eight medals. She also won the 2015 WNBA, the 2017 EuroLeague and the 2017 and 2019 EuroBaskets.
Julio César De La Cruz Peraza is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur he won gold medals at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, and the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships.
Édison Xavier Moreno Cruz is an Ecuadorian racewalker who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Andrés "Andy" de la Cruz was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Montse Cruz is a Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Adilbek Sabituly Niyazymbetov is an Uzbekistani-born amateur light-heavyweight boxer who competes for Kazakhstan. He won silver medals at the world championships in 2011 and 2013 and at the Summer Olympics in 2012 and 2016.
Nádia Vanda Sousa Eloy Cruz is an Angolan former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She represented Angola in all four editions of the Olympic Games since 1988, and later became the chairman of the Angolan Olympic Athletes Association (AAOA) in 2010.
Juan Domingo de la Cruz Fermanelli is an Argentinean-born Spanish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Getúlio Pedro da Cruz, known as just Getúlio, was a Brazilian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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