The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Spain. In addition, the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap were held immediately after the regular Paralympics in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
Madriz is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 1,602 km² and has a population of 133,300. The capital is Somoto.
Nicaragua competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.
José Madriz Rodríguez was the President of Nicaragua from 21 December 1909 to 20 August 1910.
The United States occupation of Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933 was part of the Banana Wars, when the US military intervened in various Latin American countries from 1898 to 1934. The formal occupation began in 1912, even though there were various other assaults by the U.S. in Nicaragua throughout this period. American military interventions in Nicaragua were designed to stop any other nation except the United States of America from building a Nicaraguan Canal.
Madriz is a Spanish surname.
América Managua is a Nicaraguan football team who last played at the local top level in the 2010/2011 season.
Real Madriz FC is a Nicaraguan football team playing at the top level. It is based in Somoto.
Rwanda has competed in eight Summer Games. They have never competed in the Winter Games.
Nicaragua first participated at the Olympic Games in 1968, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except the 1988 Games which they did not attend due to athletic and financial considerations. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.
China competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, held in Athens, Greece. The country topped the medal table for the first time.
Jéssica Carolina Aguilera Aguilera is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nicaragua.
Samoa competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. The country was represented by two athletes, both competing in track and field. Neither won a medal.
Miguel Ángel Sánchez López is a Nicaraguan footballer who most recently played for Matagalpa.
El Salvador first competed in the Paralympic Games at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. It has participated in the Summer Paralympic Games every four years since that time. El Salvador has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics, and no Salvadorian has ever won a Paralympic medal.
Nicaragua made its Paralympic Games début at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. Its sole representative, wheelchair athlete Mario Madriz, entered two events in athletics. Nicaragua did not take part in the 2008 Summer Games, and has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.
The Philippines made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul and has been fielding athletes up to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games. Powerlifter Adeline Dumapong won her country's first Paralympic medal when she took the bronze medal in the Up to 82.5 kg event, lifting 110 kg in the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.
Nicaragua competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.
Nicaragua sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7–18 September 2016. This was the Central American country's third appearance at a Summer Paralympic Games, having made its debut twelve years earlier at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. They were represented by three athletes, sprinters Jennifer Osejo and Gabriel Cuadra Holmann and powerlifter Fernando Acevedo, who all qualified for the games by achieving the minimum qualifying standard in international competition. Neither Holmann or Osejo claimed a medal in their respective events and Acevado finished fifth in the men's –72kg powerlifting class.
