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Prince Albert II Head of State of Monaco, is an ardent supporter of the Olympic Movement. He is president of Olympic Committee Monaco and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2007, he visited the sites construction in Beijing. "China has already contributed significantly the Olympic movement. I hope this not only success of the Games (Beijing 2008), but which embodies the spirit, "he said. Prince Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi likes all kinds of sports: rugby, football, handball, tennis, squash, golf and volleyball. He participated in the Winter Olympics bobsleigh Canada (1988), France (1992), Norway (1994), Japan (1998) and the U.S. (2002). HSH Prince Albert II was born March 14, 1958 in Monaco.
The Principality Monaco has participated in the Olympics for the first time in the 1920 Olympic Games in Belgium. He became a member 25 of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The most popular sports are: Sebastian Gatusso put (100m, 200m, 4x100m / Athletics), Alexandra Coletti (downhill), Christophe Verdino (swimming) Juan Carlos Seneca (fencing), François Boisson (photography), Brice Are (800m / Athletics), Patrice Servelle (bobsleigh), Lahcen ESSOUSSI (10,000 m / athletics) Jean-Luc Adorno (Aquatic), Irène Tiendrébéogo (high jump / Athletics) Joe Barral (pictured), Irina Kazakova (10,000 m / athletics), Fabienne Pasetti (Photography), Jean Laurent Ravera (swimming), Sylvain Faure (water), Olivier Jenot (downhill) Jeremy Bottin (bobsleigh), Mustapha Tantan (10,000 m / athletics).
Monte Carlo (Monaco) hosted the FINA Water Polo World Cup in 1947. Final Rating: 1.Italy, 2.Sweden, 3.Belgium.
The Principality of Monaco – is the second smallest country has not participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics Games in Moscow (USSR / Union Soviet). Why? European countries boycotted the Games to protest the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.
The most popular sports are aquatic Monaco football, tennis, judo, fencing, boxing, basketball, athletics, …
This European country hosted the 2nd Session IOC in 1927.
Sebastien Gattuso is one of the best sprinters of Monaco. Sebastian was the bearer of the team Monaco 2004 Olympics in Athens. He also participated on the track and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka on the ground (Japan).
This country in Europe has sent eight athletes to the Olympics in 1984 in California (USA). He participated in five sports: athletics (1), Fencing (1), wrestling (1), shooting (4) and swimming (1).
Monaco's Olympic Committee was founded in 1907.
Monte Carlo has hosted Fencing World Cup in 1950.
The Principality of Monaco was one of 80 countries that participated in the Olympics Winter 2006 Turin (Italy). Monaco debut at the Winter Games were held in Sarajevo in 1984 (now Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the current time).
This country has won a bronze medal at the Mediterranean Games in 1963 in Naples (Italy).
In 2007, Games of the Small States of Europe took place in Monaco (Monaco). For the second time the Games were held in this European country. In total, some 1,200 athletes from eight countries competed in 12 sports (water sports, athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, bocce, gymnastics, judo, sailing, shooting, table tennis, tennis, volleyball). This was the beginning of a new era in the history of sport in Monaco. In an interview, Yvette Lambin-Bertin (Chairman of the Games Organizing Committee) said: "The idea for the Games of the Small States of Europe was born during a meeting between the leaders of these countries in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Next year, this sporting event again. Focusing on friendship, brotherhood and solidarity, has launched in San Marino. European countries with less than a million people in a population recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the European Olympic Committees (EOC) to participate in this case, eight countries: Germany, Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland. Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino. Held every two years, the second edition of the Games of the Small States of Europe held in Monaco in 1987 … "
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Ranking Gold ………. … … Silver Bronze Total …
1.Cyprus ………. 36 ……… 33 …….. 24 ……. 93
2.Iceland ………. 31 ……… …….. 23 24 ……. 78
3.Luxembourg … 20 ……… 25 …….. 36 ……. 81
4.Monaco ………. 19 ……… 16 …….. 17 …… 52
5.Malta ………….. 4 ………… 9 …….. 17 …… 30
6.Andorra ………. 4 ………… 6 ………. 7 ……. 17
Marino 7.San …… 4 ……….. 6 ………. 6 ……. 16
8.Liechtenstein … 3 ……….. ………. May 5, 1913 …….
Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry. 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. Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latin America.
He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), José Gamarra (former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee ,1970- 1982), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). Alejandro said: “The person who I admire the most is José Gamarra . He devoted his professional and personal life to sport. José played an important role in the promotion of Olympism in Bolivia -it is one of the Third World`s poorest countries- and Latin America. His biography is interesting”. The sportspeople he most admire is Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. “This African-American sportswoman is my idol… “
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