Sporting achievements
National team
- 1995
Universiade
Venancio Costa (born 23 August 1967) is a Spanish former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]
Universiade 
Costa Rica competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Five competitors, four men and one woman, took part in nine events in four sports.
Spain was the host nation for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The Games were quite exceptional for Spain because their athletes were competing not only in their home country, but also in the home city of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch. 422 competitors, 297 men and 125 women, took part in 195 events in 29 sports.
Costa Rica competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 16 competitors, 11 men and 5 women, took part in 18 events in 6 sports. They did not win any medals.
Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez is a former high jumper from Cuba.
Uruguay competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 21 competitors, all men, took part in 8 events in 5 sports.
Costa Rica competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Three competitors, all men, took part in four events in three sports. The Costa Rican contingent did not win any medals.
Costa Rica sent a delegation to compete at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States from 13–24 February 1980. This was Costa Rica's debut appearance at a Winter Olympic Games, after five prior appearances at Summer Olympics. The only athlete sent by the country was alpine skier Arturo Kinch. In the only event he finished, the men's downhill, he placed 41st.
Héctor José "Guanaco" Costa Massironi was a Uruguayian basketball player.
Luís Miguel Fastudo e Costa is a former Angolan professional basketball player. He played for C.R.D. Libolo at the Angolan major basketball league BIC Basket until 2015. He is a former member of the Angola national basketball team. He is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) in height and 93 kg in weight. He represented Angola at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the FIBA Africa Championship 2007 and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Venancio José Murcia is a Spanish former sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.
Frutos Feo Pérez is a retired Spanish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
Tiago André Venâncio is a Portuguese freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the individual 100 m and 200 m events with the best result of 26th place in 2004.
The African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1996. Two track and field athletes, Christopher Lima da Costa and Lecabela Quaresma were selected to the team by wildcard places, without having qualified at any sporting event. Quaresma was selected as flag bearer for the opening and closing ceremonies. Neither of the two athletes progressed beyond the first round of their respective events.
Ivan Mráz was a Czechoslovak football player and manager. A forward, he competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Scored five goals in that Olympics Football Tournament. Besides Czechoslovakia, he played in the Netherlands. Mráz later suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He died at Saint Paul's Hospital in Heredia, Costa Rica, on 18 May 2024, at the age of 82, six days before his 83rd birthday.
Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid,, also known as Melani Costa, is a Spanish competition swimmer.
Scylla Venâncio is a former Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated at one Summer Olympics for her native country. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, she swam the 100-metre and 400-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.
Liliana Venâncio is an Angolan handball player for club Primeiro de Agosto and the Angolan national team.
The following teams and players took part in the men's volleyball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona.
Cláudia de Paula Costa Magalhães is a Brazilian gymnast. She competed in five events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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