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| | in the final medal rankings...
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| James Gilkes was one of the best
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| sprinters of South America in the 20th
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| | Venezuela won the gold medal in baseball
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| century. At the 1975 Pan American Games
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| | in the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago
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| in Mexico, James won the gold medal in
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| | (USA).
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| the 200-meters with a time of 20.4
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| seconds. He is an idol in his native
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| | El Salvador sent 112 athletes to the 1975
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| Guyana, an ex-British colony in South
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| | Pan American Games, which were held in
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| America.
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| | Mexico City,Mexico.The Salvadoran
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| | delegation had athletes competing in 15
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| In 1987, Sylvia Poll made history when
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| | sports: basketball (12), baseball (20),
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| won eight medals (3 gold, 3 silver,and 2
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| | boxing (4), cycling (4), equestrian (5),
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| bronze) in the Pan American swimming
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| | fencing (9), soccer (19), gymnastics (4),
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| pool. She became the first Latin American
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| | judo (4), wrestling (3), weightlifting
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| to win eight medals in a single Pan
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| | (5), swimming (1),tennis(2), shooting(9),
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| American Games. After her victory,she was
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| | and volleyball (12).
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| acclaimed in San Jose, the capital city
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| of Costa Rica, as a national heroine.
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| | Buenos Aires, Argentina´s capital,
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| Latin America has produce many swimmers,
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| | hosted the I Pan American Games. The
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| but none as Sylvia Poll Arenhs...
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| | winner was Argentina with 147 medals.
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| Belize competed in the 1967 Pan American
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| | Diver Joaquin Capilla won 4 gold medal at
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| Games for the first time ever.
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| | two successive Pan American Games: Buenos
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| | Aires (1951) and Mexico City (1955). He
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| Jorge Delgado Panchana was an Ecuadorian
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| | is a hero in Mexico.
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| swimmer who won the gold medal in the
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| 200m butterfly at the 1975 Pan American
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| | Doroteo Flores won the gold medal at the
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| Games in Mexico. From 1970 to 1978, Jorge
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| | 1955 Pan American Games in the marathon
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| Delgado won several international medals.
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| | competition. Like Atila Solti (shooting)
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| He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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| | and Fernanda Portocarrero (gymnastics),
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| | he is one of the Guatemala´s best known
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| Argentina has competed in the Pan
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| | and well-loved athletes.
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| American Games 14 times and has won a
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| total of 247 gold medals.It has more Pan
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| | The Brazilian delegation participated in
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| American medals that Peru, Puerto Rico,
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| | the 1971 Pan American Games held in Cali
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| Bolivia and Colombia combined.
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| | (Colombia), and won 30 medals in such
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| | events as basketball, rowing, shooting,
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| Bolivia sent 44 athletes to the 1975 Pan
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| | volleyball and sailing.
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| American Games, which were held in
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| | DID YOU KNOW THAT... Haiti has competed
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| Mexico...Bolivia is one of the two
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| | in the Pan American Games 11 times:
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| poorest countries in Latin America.
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| | Buenos Aires (1951), Chicago (1959), Cali
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| | (1971), Mexico City (1975), San Juan de
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| Peru has won a silver medal in women´s
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| | Puerto Rico (1979), Caracas (1983),
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| volleyball five times at the Pan American
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| | Indianapolis (1987), La Havana (1991),
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| Games: Winnipeg (1967), Cali (1971),
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| | Buenos Aires (1995), Winnipeg (1999), and
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| Mexico City (1975), San Juan de Puerto
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| | Santo Domingo (2003). Haiti is one of
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| Rico (1979), and Indianapolis (1987).
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| | the world´s poorest countries. Its per
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| | capita income is only slightly above $160
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| Ecuador sent 39 athletes to the 1975 Pan
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| | U.S.
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| American Games.It finished 8th position
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