Argentina - Sports & Women!

">silver medal in the women's singles in the Olympiad in
Road to London 2012!1988. Together with Guillermo Vilas and José Luis
Ana Maria SchultzClerc, she was one of the most popular tennis players
Did you know- Argentina's swimmer Ana Mariain Latin America in the 80s. Tennis is very popular
Schultz won two golds, 200m freestyle and 400mthroughout the country.
freestyle, in the First Pan American Games in 1951.Georgina Bardach
BasketballDid you know- Swimmer Georgina Bardach captured
Did you know- Toward the end of the 1940s, thethe bronze medal in the women's 400m individual
women's basketball team of Argentina captured themedley at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Two years
Second South American Tournament.later, between November 9 and November 19, 2006, at
Field Hockeythe VII South American Games, she picked up a total
Did you know- The team from Argentina finishedof five gold medals for Argentina.
second in the 1974 Field Hockey World Cup in Europe,Jeanette Campbell
behind Holland. From then onwards, it became one ofDid you know- Jeanette Campbell began to make a
the most successful squads in the Westernname for herself in swimming in 1936 when she
Hemisphere. Over the next decades, it won manycaptured a silver medal in the Summer Olympics in
international tournaments. By the mid-1990s, they, forGermany.
example, captured the gold medal in the Pan AmericanLos Angeles 1984
Games in Mar del Plata. On that occasion, it earnedDid you know- The Latin American nation sent
the continental title at the expense of America (silver)11sportswomen,led by its high-profile athlete Gabriela
and Canada (bronze). In the next century, ArgentinaSabatini, to the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,
-an independent nation for over 190 years-came in firstCalifornia (USA). These women competed in aquatics
place in the global competition and was runner-up at(3), athletics (3), fencing (4), and tennis (1).
the 2000 Olympics. Two years later, they earned theVolleyball
universal title in Australia; in that time the SouthDid you know- By 2009,the women's volleyball squad
American squad was all but unbeatable in the world.of Argentina was runner at the South American
Field hockey is one of the most popular sports in theChampionship in Brazil. In the semi-finals, they beat Peru
nation.3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 19-25, and 21-25) and won the right to
Gabriela Sabatinicompete in the finals. In recent decades, like many
Did you know- Argentina's player Gabriela Sabatini,Peruvians, some players from Argentina have played
known as "Gaby" to her family and friends, won thein Italy.