Swimming
Do you know- By March 1939, in opposition to all odds,Ecuador,with solely 4 swimmers(the smallest delegation), received the Swimming South American Championships in Lima, Peru, outpacing Brazil and Argentina. The heroes had been Carlos Luis Gilbert, Ricardo Planas, Luis Alcivar Elizalde y Abel Gilbert. Due to the World Battle Second, they may not compete to the Summer time Olympics within the 40s.
Pan American Video games
Do you know- On the 2007 Pan American Video games, a pre-Olympic occasion, in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the Olympic group of Ecuador completed eleventh within the rely medal, with 19 medals, outpacing Jamaica (thirteenth), Peru (twentieth) and Uruguay (twenty second). The nation’s medal tally for Rio 2007 included 5 gold medals. In that occasion, for the primary time within the historical past of the Pan American Video games, the group from Ecuador received the soccer event, forward of Jamaica, Mexico and Bolivia. Within the gold-medal recreation, they beat Jamaica 2-1.
Baseball
Do you know- The group from Ecuador -made of largely Ecuadorian of Panamanian descent– received the Baseball South American Event in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1963. The nationwide group received all its matches, and defeated Argentina (20-1), Chile (20-2), Brazil (10-0) and Peru (6-0).
1976 Montreal Olympics
Do you know- The Nationwide Olympic Committee despatched 5 athletes to the 1976 Summer time Video games in Montreal (Quebec, Canada). Curiously the delegation of Ecuador to Montreal was one of many smallest despatched by a rustic on the earth.
Girls’s Basketball
Do you know- The nationwide group completed in twelfth place within the ladies’s Basketball World Championship in Brazil within the early 70s.
Ecuador Vs U.S.A
Do you know- On October 18, 1960, Ecuador’s participant César Muñoz Vicuña made worldwide headlines when he defeated Bobby Fisher (America), one of many best gamers of all time. Like Jefferson Perez (monitor & discipline), Galo Legarda (cue sports activities), Rolando Vera (athletics), Alberto Spencer (soccer) and Jorge Delgado Panchana (aquatics), Mr Muñoz was some of the revered athletes in Ecuador, an oil-rich nation in South America.
Host Nation
Do you know- By the mid-Nineties, the Underneath-17 World Championship, backed by the nation’s then-President Sixto Durán Ballén (1992-96), was held in Guayaquil and Quito (Ecuador). The African group of Ghana was the champion, adopted so as by Brazil (runner-up), Argentina (third place) and Oman. Additionally competed Australia, Nigeria, Portugal, Germany, Canada, Costa Rica, Spain, USA, Guinea, Japan, Qatar, and the host nation.
Taking pictures
Do you know- On October 9, 1934, Ecuador’s shooter Juan Orús Madinya set a brand new world file.
