The practice of sports in Argentina is varied due to the population's diverse European origins and the mostly mild climate. Association football is the most popular discipline and other sports played both professionally and recreatively athletics, auto racing, basketball, boxing, cycling, field hockey, fishing, golf, handball, mountaineering, mountain biking, padel tennis, polo, roller hockey, rowing, rugby union, sailing, skiing, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Argentine achievements can be found in team sports such as association football, basketball, field hockey and rugby union, and individual sports such as boxing, golf, tennis and rowing. Pato, the national sport, is not very popular.
Ricardo Juan Antonio Saprissa Aymá was a lifelong athlete, coach, and promoter of sports. After being raised in El Salvador, he spent many years in Costa Rica, playing and coaching football. In 1935 he was co-founder of Deportivo Saprissa, a highly successful football team based in San Juan de Tibás. He also represented Spain at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Movistar Arena is a 17,000-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in Santiago, Chile. It is located inside O'Higgins Park, in downtown Santiago. Its main structure was built in 1956, but it remained unfinished until 1999 when the roof was completed.
Luis Lobo is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games.
Ricardo Augusto Amaral Acioly is a former tennis player from Brazil. He has what is considered by many one of the most complete and successful careers in Brazilian tennis having been recognized Internationally as a player, coach, executive, tournament promoter and sports commentator.
Enrique Jorge Morea was an Argentine tennis player.
Jorge Roberto Aguilar Mondaca is a Chilean former professional tennis player.
Oscar Alberto Furlong Chretienneau was an Argentine basketball player, and tennis player and coach. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a basketball player, he was a FIBA World Cup champion in 1950, who also competed at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games, and at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. Furlong was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in September 2007.
Ricardo Ycaza is an Ecuadorian tennis player who was a world top 10 junior, a Davis Cup stalwart, and a world top 100 touring professional.
Edgardo Massa is a former tennis player from Argentina, who turned professional in 1998. Massa plays right-handed, and uses a single-handed backhand.
Ricardo Cano is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Most of his tennis success was in doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up six times.
Guillermo Andrés Rivera Aránguiz is a Chilean professional tennis player. Rivera will be eligible to play in Davis Cup competitions for Chile in March 2011 against the United States. He made his debut in Davis Cup singles for disputing the fifth point of the series against the United States, facing John Isner, losing him 3–6, 7–6, 5–7.
Pablo Arturo Garretón is a former Argentine rugby union player. He played as a flanker. He is professionally a neurosurgeon.
Pablo González is a retired Colombian tennis player.
Ricardo Herrera is a Mexican former professional tennis player.
Miguel Merz is a Salvadoran former professional tennis player.
Ricardo Chile-Fonte is a Cuban former professional tennis player.
Rafael Moreno is a Dominican Republic former professional tennis player. He is a member of the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame.
Carlos Claverie is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player.
Ricardo Mena is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.
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