The Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) is the continental governing body for the sports of volleyball in South America. Its headquarters is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Aníbal Villacís was a master painter from Ecuador who used raw earthen materials such as clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors throughout his city when he could not afford expensive artist materials. As a teenager, Villacís taught himself drawing and composition by studying and recreating the illustrated ad posters for bullfights in Quito. In 1952, Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, former President of Ecuador, discovered Villacís and offered him a scholarship to study in Paris.
This is a gallery of flags of South American countries and affiliated international organizations.
Edgardo Simón is an Argentine professional track and road bicycle racer. He rides for the Ironage-Colner squad, having previously competed for the Real Cycling Team on the UCI America Tour. In 2005, Simon won the UCI America Tour. In 2010 he was granted the Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best cyclist of the last decade in Argentina.
Juan Esteban Curuchet is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina.
María Luisa Calle Williams is a Colombian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Medellín.
Hersony Gadiel Canelón Vera is a male professional track and road cyclist from Venezuela. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alongside César Marcano and Andris Hernández in the Men's Track Team Sprint, and won a gold in 2010. He competed in men's track cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Games in Rio.
Fernando Antogna is a male professional track and road cyclist from Argentina.
Arles Antonio Castro Laverde is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Jairo Pérez and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
The men's cross-country competition of the cycling events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 15 at the Pan American Mountain Bike Circuit in Tapalpa. The defending Pan American Games champion is Adam Craig of the United States, while the defending Pan American Championship, champion is Hector Paez of Colombia.
There is a significant Argentine diaspora in Mexico. According to the 2010 census, there were 13,696 registered Argentine citizens living in Mexico, an increase from the 6,465 registered in the 2000 census. Argentine immigrants constitute the second largest community of South Americans in Mexico and the fifth largest immigrant community overall.
Nanque S.A. is an Argentine sports equipment brand. The former manufacturing company was based in Banfield, Buenos Aires. Founded in 1969, its goal was to manufacture clothing and sportswear for professional and amateur sports, focusing on the association football market, where the company sponsored several teams not only in Argentina but in South and Central America. One of the Nanque's owners, Carlos Portell, was also president of Club Atlético Banfield from 1998 to 2012.
Nahomys Acosta Batte is a Cuban judoka. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52 kg event.
Rosalba Patiño is a Colombian chess player, Colombian Women's Chess Champion (1977).
Chantal Wright is an American judoka, though she has previously competed for both Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The 2022 FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship was an international under-18 basketball tournament that was held from 13 to 19 June 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The thirteenth edition of the biennial competition, this was also the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas in the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain.
Keagan Young is a Canadian judoka who competes in the men's 90 kg category and formerly in the 81 kg category. Young was raised and lives in Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Leslie Xcaret Soltero García is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's welterweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
