DID YOU KNOW THAT...Cecilia Tait Villacorta went to the Olympics

Korean New Game DID YOU KNOW THAT...Cecilia Tait Villacorta went to the Olympics in 1988 in Seoul (South Korea) with the Peruvian volleyball group. Under the initiative of Cecilia, Peru won the silver decoration in ladies' volleyball. In Korea, she was considered as the best female volleyball player on the planet.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...Iceland has never an Olympic gold decoration.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...Japanese designation got an aggregate of 18 decorations in the Sydney 2000 Olympiad: five gold, eight silver and five bonze, finishing fifteenth in the last award table.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...The first time that Burkina Faso (ex-French province in Africa) had its own particular designation at the Olympic Games was in 1972 in Munich, West Germany.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...Kiribati (proclaimed Kiribass) contended at the present day Olympic Games surprisingly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,Greece. The national group had two sprinters (Kakianako Nariki and Kaitinano Mwemweata) and a weightlifter (Meamea Thomas).

DID YOU KNOW THAT...the competitor Esther Brand caught the gold decoration in the high seize the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, turning into the principal lady from an African nation to win an Olympic award. She was conceived in South Africa.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...In 1984, the United States won its first Olympic gold decoration in men`s volleyball and effectively shielded its gold in 1988.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...India completed 72nd position in the award last table at the 1996 Olympic Games.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...The U.S.baseball group won the gold award in baseball at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The Olympic champions were: Mike Kinkade, Marcus Jensen, Shane Heams, Chris George, Ryan Franklin, Adams Everett, Travis Dawkins, John Cotton, Sean Burroughs, Pat Borders, Brent Abernathy, Kurt Ainsworth, Rick Krivda, Doug Mientkiewcz, Mike Neill, Roy Oswalt, Jon Rauch, Anthony Sanders, Bobby Seay, Dean Sheets, Brad Wilkerson, Tim Young, Todd Williams and Ernie Young.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...Angola sent 29 competitors to the 1988 Olympic Games, which were held in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...Helmut Bellingrodt turned into the principal Colombian competitor to win an Olympic award in shooting.He won a silver decoration at the 1972 Olympic Games in Germany.Like Ximena Restrepo (sports), Pablo Restrepo (swimming), Maria Isabel Urrutia (weightlifting), Carlos Valderrama (football), Martin Emilio Rodriguez (cycling) and Bernardo Tovar (shooting), Helmut Bellingrondt was one of the best Colombian competitors of the twentieth century.

DID YOU KNOW THAT....Puerto Rico sent 3 boxers to the 1980 Olympic Games, which were held in Moscow, URSS. They were Alberto Mercado (gold award at the 1979 Pan American Games), Luis Pizarro and Jose Angel Molina.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...The first time that Koreans took part at the Olympic Games was in 1936 in Berlin (Germany), when Koreans were a piece of the Japanese designation. In these Games, Sohn Kee-Chung won the gold award in the marathon.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...The first Turkish to ever win a gold award at the Olympic Games was Yasar Erkan in 1936 for wrestling. He is considered among Turkey's national saints.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...One of the most acclaimed competitors in Moroccan history is Nawal El Moutawakel. She won the gold award in the women`s 400 m obstacles at the 1984 Olympics. Nawal turned into the principal Arab lady Olympic gold medalist and a sample for ladies in her local nation.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...Brazil won the gold decoration in men`s volleyball in the XXIV Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. The Brazilian Olympic group crushed Holland 3-0 in the last. The Olympic champions were: Marcelo Negrao, Jorge Edson Brito, Giovanne Gavio, Paulo Andre Silva, Mauricio Lima, Janelson Carvalho, Douglas Chiarotti, Antonio Carlos Gouveia, Talmo Oliveira, Amauri Ribeiro, Alexandre Samuel and Andre Felippe Ferreira.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...Ethiopia is acclaimed in history as the origin of Haile Gebrselassie, one of the best runners of the twentieth and 21st centuries. He has won two Olympic 10,000 m titles. He is an Olympic image in Africa.