Personal information | |
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Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Born | Kandy, Sri Lanka | 23 September 1933
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Event(s) | Marathon |
Linus Clifford Diaz (born 23 September 1933) is a Sri Lankan former long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1]
The Philippines competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 26 competitors, 24 men and 2 women, took part in 29 events in 9 sports. Stephen Fernandez and Beatriz Lucero won a bronze medal each in taekwondo, but their medals were not included in the official medal tally because taekwondo was only a demonstration event.
Marlene Elejarde Díaz was a sprinter from Cuba. At the 1968 Summer Olympics she helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, the first Olympic medal ever won by Cuban women. At the 1972 Summer Olympics she won another relay medal, this time a bronze. She died in a car accident in 1989.
Uruguay competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nine competitors, seven men and two women, took part in nine events in five sports.
Spain competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 51 competitors, 48 men and 3 women, took part in 35 events in 9 sports.
Ceylon competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Five competitors, all men, took part in five events in four sports.
Manuel Dionysios Díaz Martínez was a Cuban fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Havana and died in Rochester, New York.
East Timor (Timor-Leste) competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China which was held from 8 to 24 August. The country's participation at Beijing marked its second appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The delegation included Augusto Ramos Soares and Mariana Diaz Ximenez, both of whom were marathoners that qualified via wildcard places as the nation had no athletes that met the "A" or "B" qualifying standards. Ximenez was selected as flag bearer for the opening ceremony. Neither of the two athletes finished their events; Soares did not even start.
Hidilyn Francisco Diaz-Naranjo is a Filipino World and Olympic champion weightlifter and airwoman, the first Filipino to ever win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. She is also an Olympic weightlifting record holder by winning the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Alejandro Puerto Díaz is a retired male wrestler from Cuba and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.
María del Carmen Díaz Mancilla is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she finished in 33rd place in the women's marathon event. She set a personal best of 2:29:48 hours for the marathon in 1996.
Edgardo "Edgar" Díaz Díaz is a former pole vaulter from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is also a two-time gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1993 and 1998.
Albrecht Christoph Müller was a rower who competed for West Germany. In 1964 he joined the German coxless four rowing team, winning a European title and finishing sixth at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He served as the president of the RC Germania Düsseldorf from 1990 until his retirement in 2000, at which point the new role of honorary chairman was created for him. He died in 2018.
Mari Cruz Díaz is a retired female race walker from Spain, who won the gold medal over 10 km at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart.
Rodobaldo Díaz Arambarry is a Cuban former sprinter who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
José Ernesto Díaz Correa was a Colombian former footballer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Linus Lichtschlag is a German rower. He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the Men's lightweight double sculls event together with his teammate Lars Hartig. They qualified for the A finals, where they reached a sixth place. The team had previously won gold at the 2010 European Championships in the same event.
José Daniel Díaz Robertti is an amateur Venezuelan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category before moving up to the heavyweight category. He won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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