Costa Rica sent a team of 8 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. No Costa Rican athlete won a medal. Athletics: Nary Brenes, Allan Segura, Gabriela Trana
Cycling: Federico Ramirez, Henry Raabe
Swimming: Mario Montoya, Marianela Quesada
Taekwondo: Kristopher Moitland
Yes, Costa Rica first competed in the Summer Olympics in 1936 and has competed in every Summer Games since 1964. Costa Rica has also competed in 5 Winter Olympics (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2006). Costa Rica has won 4 Olympic medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), all in the Summer Games: 1) Silvia Poll - silver in women's 200 meter freestyle in 1988. 2) Claudia Poll - gold in women's 200 meter freestyle in 1996, bronze in women's 200 meter and 400 meter freestyle in 2000. Silvia and Claudia are sisters.
The duration of Costa Rican Summer is 1.55 hours.
Costa Rican Summer was created on 2010-05-24.
No. There is no great enthusiasm or funding for the Olympics there. After returning to Olympic competition in 1964, Costa Rica won its first gold medal at Atlanta in 1996.
According to Baseball Almanac, through the 2007 season there has never been an MLB player who was born in Costa Rica.
Costa Rican Summer - 2010 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:M Portugal:M/12 USA:R (certificate #46006)
Brazil first competed in the Olympics at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. The team won three medals that year, a gold by Guilherme Paraense in 25 meter rapid fire pistol shooting, a silver by Afranio da Costa in 50 meter pistol shooting and a bronze by the shooting team in 50 meter army pistol shooting.
Spain, Argentina, Venezuela and Costa Rica
Costa Rica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Thailand, Virgin Islands, Venezuela. All of these countries were represented by one athlete at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin. The country of Serbia and Montenegro, which sent 6 athletes to the 2006 Winter Games, no longer exists. The union between the two states ended in 2006 and now there are two sovereign states (Serbia, Montenegro). Serbia sent 10 athletes to compete in the 2010 Games and Montenegro sent 1.
Yes. The 1936 Games were the first that Costa Rica participated in. They sent one athlete, Bernardo de la Guardia, who competed in men's individual Sabre fencing. He finished in 7th place.
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The cast of A Summer at the Seaside - 2008 includes: Ettore Costa as himself Cristiano Morroni as Cristiano