1992 Summer Olympics / Participant (Uruguay)

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Uruguay took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , Spain , with a delegation of 16 athletes (all men).

The Uruguayan delegation was chaired by Julio C. Maglione . As at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Ruben Orozco was Chef de Mission . Eduardo Rienzi acted as the delegation's doctor, the former swimmer Susana Saxlund acted as the delegation's secretary . In addition to the 16 participating athletes, six other athletes who participated in the Olympic pelota competition formed the Uruguayan team.

Flag bearer

The sailor Ricardo Fabini carried the Uruguayan flag during the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Jorge Porley

  Light middleweight: 17th place

• Luis Méndez

  Middleweight: 17th place

Weightlifting

• Sergio Lafuente

  Lightweight: 26th place

Judo

• Jorge Steffano

  Half light weight: 20th place

canoe

• Enrique Leite

  Single kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals

  Single kayak, 1,000 meters: quarter-finals

athletics

• Nelson Zamora

  Marathon: 54th place

• Ricardo Vera

  3,000 meter obstacle: 12th place

Modern pentathlon

• Daniel Pereyra

  Singles: 66th place

Cycling

• Federico Moreira

  Road race, individual: 50th place

• Sergio Tesitore

  Road race, individual: 74th place

rowing

• Jesus Posse

  One: 18th place

shoot

• Fernando Richeri

  Air pistol: 44th place

swim

• Gustavo Gorriarán

  100 meters chest: 40th place

  200 meters chest: 30th place

sailing

• Luis Chiapparro

  Soling: 16th place

• Nicolás Parodi

  Soling: 16th place

• Ricardo Fabini

  Soling: 16th place

Web links

• Uruguayan Olympic team from 1992 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Barcelona ´92, los Juegos del Profesionalismo (Spanish) in La República of July 23, 2004, accessed on August 14, 2012
2. ↑ List of the flag bearers of Uruguay on www.sports-reference.com, accessed on August 18, 2012
3. ↑ Quieren que Suárez sea el abanderado ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in El Observador on June 13, 2012, accessed on August 18, 2012