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Nationality | Belgian |
Born | Berlin, Germany | 17 January 1944
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Sport | Gymnastics |
Veronica Grymonprez (born 17 January 1944) is a Belgian gymnast. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics. [1]
Gymnastics is a sport that includes exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Alertness, precision, daring, self-confidence, and self-discipline are mental traits that can also be developed through gymnastics. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills.
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from August 25 to September 11, 1960, in Rome, Italy. The city of Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, Rome had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to London.
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 10 to 24 October 1964. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's invasion of China, before ultimately being cancelled because of World War II.
The Solomon Islands sent a delegation to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13–29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games since their debut in the 1984 Summer Olympics. The Solomon Islands sent two athletes to these games, both in track and field: Francis Manioru and Jenny Keni. Manioru competed in the men's 100 meters and Keni in the women's event of the same distance. Neither advanced out of their event's heats.
Belize sent a delegation to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13–29 August 2004. This was the Central American country's ninth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of two track and field athletes: Michael Aguilar and Emma Wade; neither advanced beyond the first round of their events.
Veronica Cochelea is a retired Romanian rower. She competed in different events at the 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics and won two gold, three silver and one bronze medals. Since the 1989 World Rowing Championships, she has competed under her married name. After retiring from competition she worked as a rowing coach, and since 2015 trains the national team.
Andrea Verónica Ávila is a retired long and triple jumper from Argentina.
Verónica G. Ribot de Cañales is a retired female diver from Argentina. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984. Ribot claimed a silver and a bronze medal in the Women's 10m Platform at the Pan American Games.
Verónica Arbo is an Argentine sprint canoer. Arbo competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where she was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event.
Veronica Smith is an American fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Veronica Necula is a retired Romanian rower. Competing both in coxed fours and eights she won two medals at the 1988 Olympics and two world titles in 1987. After retiring from competitions she worked as a rowing coach at her native club CSA Steaua Bucuresti.
The British Virgin Islands sent a delegation to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, which took place between 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation in London marked its eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 1984 Summer Olympics. The British Virgin Islands delegation included two track and field athletes, 100 meter sprinters J'maal Alexander and Tahesia Harrigan-Scott. Alexander failed to progress through the heats whilst Harrigan-Scott was eliminated in her event's quarterfinals.
Verónica Artica is an Argentine former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Veronica Vdovicenco is a Moldovan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Vdovicenco qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 26.30 from the Belarus Championships in Minsk. She challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including returning Olympian Ellen Lendra Hight of Zambia. She raced to fifth place by 0.28 of a second behind Christel Simms of the Philippines, with a time of 26.92 seconds. Vdovicenco failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fiftieth out of 92 swimmers in the preliminary heats.
Verónica Abigail Colindres García is a female Salvadoran race walker. She won a silver medal for the 20 km at the 2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup in San Salvador, with a time of 1:39:45.
Veronica Calabrese is an Italian taekwondo practitioner. She won two bronze medals for the 57 and 59 kg classes at the European Taekwondo Championships. She also captured a silver medal in the same division at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, losing out to China's Hou Yuzhuo. Calabrese is a member of the taekwondo team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Yoon Soon-Cheul. She is engaged to two-time Olympic medalist Mauro Sarmiento.
Veronica Ruiz was a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.
Ana Veronica Rodean is a Romanian race walker. She competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Veronica Cummings is a swimmer who represented Guam. She competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Jannette Veronica Roscoe is a British sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Veronica Findlay is a Jamaican sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Veronica Bawuah is a Ghanaian sprinter. She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Verónica de Paoli is an Argentine hurdler. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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