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Pedro Orlando Castellano Arrieta, is a Venezuelan former Major League Baseball third baseman/first baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Colorado Rockies. He also played one season in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants in 1997.
Venezuela competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 50 competitors, 36 men and 14 women, took part in 49 events in 17 sports.
Venezuela competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 39 competitors, 34 men and 5 women, took part in 36 events in 12 sports.
Diadenis Luna Castellano is a Cuban judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal in the women's Half Heavyweight (–72 kg) category, together with Ylenia Scapin.
Venezuela competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. The Venezuelan Olympic Committee selected 38 competitors, 36 men and two women, to take part in 37 events across eight sports. This was a much greater turnout than 1948, Venezuela's only previous entry, which had only one athlete. For the first time, women represented Venezuela at the Summer Olympics. Women have been absent in the Venezuelan team on four occasions, including the next Summer Games held in Melbourne.
Venezuela competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, and in the equestrian events held in Stockholm, Sweden. Twenty-two competitors, all men, were selected by the Venezuelan Olympic Committee to take part in sixteen events across five sports. The delegation featured no female competitors, for the second time, and won no medals. While most of the Venezuelan athletes did not advance past the qualifying rounds of their sports, there were some good placings in the shooting, with Germán Briceño and Carlos Monteverde finishing in the top 10 of their events.
Venezuela sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10 to 26 February 2006. This was the third time Venezuela had competed at a Winter Olympic Games. The Venezuelan delegation consisted of one luge athlete, Werner Hoeger. He finished 32nd in his only event, the men's singles.
Venezuela sent a delegation to compete in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 7–22 February 1998. The delegation consisted of a single luge competitor, Iginia Boccalandro. In the women's singles she came in 28th place out of 29 competitors.
Guatemala competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Eight competitors, all men, took part in ten events in three sports.
Honduras competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Ten competitors, seven men and three women, took part in 25 events in 4 sports.
The ninth edition of the men's football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from 15 August to 27 August 1983. Ten teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a semifinal and a final.
Venezuela competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.
Andreina del Valle Pinto Pérez is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.
Marianella P. Machado is a Venezuelan writer and composer.
Santiago Castellanos is a Spanish former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Venezuela national team.
Víctor Manuel Castellanos Barrios was a Guatemalan sports shooter. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Plutarco Castellanos is a Honduran swimmer. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
References
- ↑ "Marianella Castellanos Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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