Chilean 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Athletes

According to Chilean newspaper, El Mercurio and Chile’s Association of Olympic Athletes, there will be 27 Chilean athletes participating in 16 different sports at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

Events

Chileans will be in the following events:

Athletics:

Roberto Echeverría (men’s marathon)
Natalia Duco (women’s shot put)
Marco Antonio Verni (men’s shot put)
Gonzalo Barroilhet (men’s decathlon)
Ignacio Guerra (men’s javelin throw)
Cristián Reyes (men’s 200 m)

Canoeing:
Pablo McCandless (Slalom)

Cycling:
Marco Arriagada (Track)
Patricio Almonacid (Road race)
Gonzalo Garrido (Road race)
Francisca Campos (Cross-country mountain bike)
Cristóbal Silva (Cross-country mountain bike)

Equestrian:
Ricardo Stangher
Sergio Iturriaga

Fencing:
Paris Inostroza (Individual épée)

Judo:
Felipe Novoa (66 kilos)

Pentathalon:
Cristián Bustos

Rowing:
Soraya Jadue (Single sculls)
Óscar Vásquez (Single sculls)

Sailing:
Matías del Solar (Laser)

Shooting:
Jorge Atalah (skeet)

Swimming:
Kristel Köbrich (women’s 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 10 km)
Oliver Elliot (men’s 50 m freestyle)

Tennis:
Fernando González (Singles and Doubles)
Nicolás Massú (Singles and Doubles)

Triathlon:
Bárbara Riveros

Weightlifting:
Elizabeth Poblete (75 kilos)

Olympic Results

You can track Chile’s Olympic results on Wikipedia’s Chile and the 2008 Summer Olympics page.

Posted August 6th, 2008 in In the News.

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