DID YOU KNOW …

Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets in the NBA (National Basketball Association). Like Dikembe Mutombo (DRC), Tracy McGrady (United States) and Luis Scola (Argentina) is one of the best players in the world.

Liu Xiang won the the gold medal in 110 meter hurdles Mena Athens 2004 Olympic Games. It was the Asian man to win an Olympic gold medal in track, and his victory in Greece was hailed in his country as a cultural leap forward because it ran counter to the stereotypes of what a big press conference hurdler.At the medal, after the 110-vallistas Mena meters, Liu said: "My victory has proved that athletes with yellow skin can run as fast as those of black and white skin." Born July 13, 1983 Shanghai, China.

The Delegation of China participated in the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney (Australia) and won 28 gold medals in events such as athletics, badminton, diving, gymnastics, judo, shooting, taekwondo, table tennis and weightlifting.

Kuoshu is the national sport in the People `s Republic of China.

Lang Ping played volleyball at the Summer Olympics 1984 for China. In the 1980s, was the best volleyball player in the world. In 2004, became the head coach of U.S. women 's national volleyball team. "Lang Ping is a person who has been extraordinarily successful in every phase of his career as player and coach, and his accomplishments are unequaled, "USA executive director, Doug Beal said." She won every major event such as China player during his career and was clearly the dominant player in the world in the 1980s. "And she's smooth transition rather than almost anyone in the history of their role as volleyball coach, China's most important for a silver medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and successfully as a professional coach in Italy for many years. "

China sent 246 athletes to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (Spain). She participated in gymnastics, athletics, boxing, cycling, fencing, diving, judo, shooting, swimming, table tennis, archery, badminton, sailing, weightlifting, wrestling, modern pentathlon, basketball and volleyball. The Republic of China peoplee finished 4th in the medal table with 54 (16 gold), behind (112 the Unified Team), United States (108) and Germany (82).

The Chinese metropolis has hosted the Asian Games 11 in 1990. More than 6122 athletes from more than 35 countries participated, along with 1,000 coaches. It was the largest multi-sport event in the Third World in 1990.

Beijing has hosted the 1990 World Championship FIVB Women. This is the capital city of China.

The country Asia has had many famous athletes in the last century: Tuang Kuo-Jung (table tennis), Lu Li (gymnastics), Chen Yueling (track and field), Fu Mingxia (diving), Zheng Meizhu (volleyball), Gao Min (diving), Zheng Haixia (basketball), Yang Xilan (volleyball), Zhuang Xiaoyan (judo), Hong Qian, (swimming), Gu Jun (badminton), Chuang Tse-tung (table tennis), Wang Huifeng (fencing), Hsie-ting (table tennis), Wei-Qiang (softball), Zhuang Yong (swimming), He Ying (archery), Ge Fei (badminton), Le Jingyi (swimming), Wang Junxia (track and field), Xu Yanmei (diving), Sun Fuming (judo), Li Duihong (shooting), Mo Huilan (gymnastics) and Qu Yunxia (athletics).

Zhu Jianhua was one of the most famous athletes in China and Asia. He was an Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holder in the high jump.

The Chinese team won the Women `s World Cup volleyball by defeating Cuba (3-1) in 1985. World 2d is victory for the people `s Republic of China.

Porcelain was not involved in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, USSR (now Russia). Many Chinese athletes, in particular, the hurdler Tsu Lin, High jumper Ni Chih-chin, long jumper Hsia Chieh-ping, the corridor Sung Mei-hua, and volleyball players Liang Yan, Zhang Rongfang, Xiaolan Zhou and Zhu Ling, lost their Olympic opportunities.

Li Ning won three gold medals in gymnastics, 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California (USA). Like Nadia Comaneci (Romania) and Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus), was one of the best gymnasts of the 20th century. Li Ning was born on September 8, 1963 in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China.

From 1993 to 1996, Wang Junxia was one of the largest brokers in China and Asia. He set three world records in 1993 (3.000 – 10,000 events subway and metro). This year won a gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the World Championships in Stuttgart (Germany). In 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta (Georgia, USA), were reported worldwide its ability to win championships gold medal in the 5,000-meter race.

China won the silver medal in softball at the Olympics 1996 in the UK states.

Diver Fu Mingxia won 5 gold medals at three consecutive Olympics: Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). She is an idol in his hometown of Wuhan, China.

Chuang Tse-tung, was one of the best known players in the history of table tennis (also known as ping-pong). In the 1960s, was an idol in peoplee's Republic of China.

China has competed in the Winter Olympics 8 times and has won a total of 33 medals. It has more Olympic medals that Iceland, Hungary, Australia and Poland combined.

Michael Chang, who had won a Grand Slam, plans to open an academy for young players in China. He once said: "I have a desire which is to contribute my experience accumulated from playing in tournaments in the world for the development of tennis in China. "

China sent 219 athletes to the 1984 Olympics, held in Los Angeles, California, USA. The delegation China had athletes competing in 16 sports: archery (6), athletics (22), basketball (22), boating (4), cycling (7), fencing (17), gymnastics (14), Handball (15), wrestling (10), rowing (9), shot (17), swimming (35), tennis (1), volleyball (22), weightlifting (10) and sailing (4).

Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writerAlejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry. He studied political science and journalism.He has published more than seventy-five research paper in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, concerning the world issues, olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called “The Dictator and Alicia Alonso”. He is an expert on foreign affairs. Futhermore, Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latina America.

He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). His favorite film is “Gorillas in the Mist”.Some of his favorite books are “The Return of Eva Peron and the Killings in Trinidad” (by V.S.Naipaul), “Las Mujeres de los Dictadores” (by Juan Gasparini) and “Murder of a Gentle Land” (by John Barron and Anthony Paul).His personal motto is “The future is for those people who believe in the beauty o f their dreams” by Eleanor Roosevelt.

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