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The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad and commonly known as Antwerp 1920, were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Soria is a municipality and a Spanish city, located on the Douro river in the east of the autonomous community of Castile and León and capital of the province of Soria. Its population is 38,881, 43.7% of the provincial population. The municipality has a surface area of 271,77 km2, with a density of 144.97 inhabitants/km2. Situated at about 1065 metres above sea level, Soria is the second highest provincial capital in Spain.
Cuba competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Australia's largest city, Sydney. 229 competitors, 147 men and 82 women, took part in 135 events in 24 sports.
The Olympisch Stadion or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball (demonstration) events. Following the Olympics it was converted to a football stadium. Its current tenant is K Beerschot VA, a Belgian football club. There are no remnants of the Olympic athletics track.
Samuel Matete is a retired male track and field athlete from Zambia, who competed mainly in 400 metres hurdles.
Bolivia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Four competitors, all men, took part in five events in four sports.
Sixto Soria Savigne is a Cuban boxer, who won the silver medal in the men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. As the top favourite he lost in a close fight to Leon Spinks of USA. Two years later he captured the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade. He lost in the quarter-finals of the 1979 Pan American Games to American Tony Tucker.
Joakim Agustín Soria Ramos is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Toronto Blue Jays from 2007 to 2021.
Rose Jelagat Cheruiyot is a runner from Kenya. She competed in the 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Ayad Lamdassem El Mouhcine is a long distance runner. Born in Morocco, he competes for Spain internationally. He has represented Spain twice in the 10,000 metres at the Summer Olympics as well as the European Athletics Championships.
Jesús Garrido Escobar is a Spanish former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was one of the Spanish best volleyball players during the 90s.He was 250 times international with the Spanish National Team and is an Olympic Diploma in the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games. Also with the Spanish National Team he won a Bronze Medal in the Mediterranean Games of Athens 91 and Silver in those of France 93. In turn, he has played in several editions of the World League .In 1995 he was elected Best Player of the European Cup Winners' Cup. With the Group Duero San José of Soria, he won two Spanish League titles, a King´s Cup, Super Cup, Runner-up of the European Cup Winners' Cup and then played three seasons in the powerful Lega Pallavolo Serie A in Italy.
Philippe Soria is a French sailor who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Sports Reference, LLC is an American sports statistics company that operates databases of several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, FBref for association football (soccer), and pages for college football and basketball. Sports Reference also operate the online sports trivia game Immaculate Grid and the statistics-based subscription service Stathead. From 2008 to 2020 the Web site included Olympic Games statistics from the first Games to the most recent.
Marco Soria is a Bolivian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and 1000m time trial events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Florencio Gascón Álvarez is a retired Spanish athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics as well as the 1991 World Indoor Championships.
Sergio Munoz is a Spanish male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He also competed at world championships, including the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Gerardo Ortega de Francisco is a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 to 31 July 1976. 18 boxers from 18 nations competed.
Wolfgang Gruber is a German boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics, defeating Frederick Sabat of Kenya before losing to Sixto Soria of Cuba.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuliseny Soria". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
