Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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The Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Félix Sánchez
Felix Sanchez
Félix Sánchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States who competes for The Dominican Republic...

 won the nation's first ever Olympic gold medal.

Gold

  • Félix Sánchez
    Felix Sanchez
    Félix Sánchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States who competes for The Dominican Republic...

     — Athletics
    Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

    , Men's 400 metre Hurdles

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:
  • Juan Sainfleur
    Juan Sainfleur
    Juan Luis Sainfleur Hernández is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic specializing in the 100 metres.He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he failed to finish in his 100 metre heat, thus failing to make it through to the second...

  • Round 1 — DNF (3 silver metals)


Men's 400 metres:
  • Carlos Santa
    Carlos Santa
    Carlos Johelín Santa is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic who specializes in the 400 metres.He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2005, and finished fifth at the 2005 World Athletics Final.In 2006 he finished fifth in 4 x 400...

  • Round 1 — 45.31
  • Semifinal — 45.58 ( 2 gold metals)


Men's 400 metre Hurdles:
  • Félix Sánchez
    Felix Sanchez
    Félix Sánchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States who competes for The Dominican Republic...

  • Round 1 — 48.51
  • Semifinal — 47.93
  • Final — 473 (→ Gold Medal)


Women's High Jump:
  • Juana Arrendel
    Juana Arrendel
    Juana Rosario Arrendel is a female high jumper from the Dominican Republic.Arrendel originally won the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, but lost the gold medal after testing positive for stanozolol. In 2006 she became the sixth woman to win three Central American and Caribbean Games titles in...

  • Round 1 — 189 m (4 bronze metal)


Women's Shot Put:
  • Fior Vásquez
    Fior Vásquez
    Fior Vásquez is a female shot putter from the Dominican Republic. Her first name is sometimes also spelled as Flor.-Career:...

  • Round 1 — 100 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
  • Juan Carlos Payano
    Juan Carlos Payano
    Juan Carlos Payano is a boxer from the Dominican Republic best known for winning a silver medal at flyweight at the Pan-Am Games twice.-Career:At the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo he lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa and won silver....

  • Round of 32 — Defeated Bato Vankeev of Belarus
    Belarus
    Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

    , 26-18
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Jérôme Thomas
    Jérôme Thomas
    Jérôme Thomas is a boxer from France, competing in the flyweight division....

     of France
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

    , 36-17


Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
  • Argenis Mendez
    Argenis Mendez
    Argenis Alexander Méndez Zapata is a Dominican boxer best known for winning the silver medal at the junior world championships 2004.-Amateur:...

  • Round of 32 — Lost to Maksym Tretyak
    Maksym Tretyak
    Maksym Volodymyrovych Tretyak is a boxer from Ukraine. Tretyak competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and lost in the quarterfinals of the men's bantamweight division to bronze medalist Aghasi Mammadov.Tretyak qualified for the Athens Games by finishing 2nd at the 1st AIBA...

     of Ukraine
    Ukraine
    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

    , 30-24


Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
  • Manuel Felix Diaz
    Manuel Félix Díaz
    Manuel Félix Díaz Guzman is a professional boxer from the Dominican Republic who won Olympic Gold in 2008.Díaz Guzman had also won the bronze medal in the same division in 2003, at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo....

  • Round of 32 — Bye
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Serik Yeleuov
    Serik Yeleuov
    Serik Samatovich Yeleuov is a Kazakhstani boxer who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China...

     of Kazakhstan
    Kazakhstan
    Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

    , 28-16


Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)
  • Isidro Mosquera
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Hicham Nafil of Morocco
    Morocco
    Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

    , 42-40


Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
  • Juan José Ubaldo
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Hassan Ndam Njikam of Cameroon
    Cameroon
    Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

    , by decision (22-22)

Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight (– 60 kg):
  • Modesto Lara
    Modesto Lara
    Modesto Lara Arias is a male judoka from the Dominican Republic, who won the silver medal in the men's extra lightweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...

  • defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32


Men's Half-Lightweight (– 66 kg):
  • Juan Carlos Jacinto
  • defeated in round of 32


Men's Half-Middleweight (– 81 kg):
  • José Miguel Boissard
  • defeated in round of 32


Men's Middleweight (– 90 kg):
  • José Vicbart Geraldino
  • defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32


Men's Half-Heavyweight (– 100 kg):
  • José Eugenio Vásquez
  • defeated in round of 32

Shooting

Men's Skeet
  • Julio Dujarric — finished in 21st place with a score of 119 points.

Table tennis

Men's Singles
  • Ju "Luis" Lin


Women's Singles
  • Xue "Nieves" Wu

Taekwondo

Men's Flyweight (– 58 kg)
  • Gabriel Mercedes
    Gabriel Mercedes
    Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes is a Dominican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the – 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after tying with Guillermo Pérez of Mexico, but losing by a judge's decision.-References:* *...

  • Round of 16 — defeated by Oscar Francisco Salazar of Mexico
    Mexico
    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

     1-10 (→ did not advance)

  • Yacomo García
  • Scheduled to compete, but did not

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Russia 0-3 (17-25 13-25 16-25)
  • Lost to China 0-3 (20-25 16-25 16-25)
  • Defeated United States 3-2 (26-24 22-25 27-25 23-25 19-17)
  • Lost to Cuba 0-3 (23-25 17-25 23-25)
  • Lost to Germany 0-3 (16-25 19-25 21-25)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Did not advance
  • Team Roster
  • Annerys Vargas
    Annerys Vargas
    Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won three consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.-2003:...

  • Yudelkys Bautista
    Yudelkys Bautista
    Yudelkys Bautista is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #3 jersey. There, she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team...

  • Evelyn Carrera
    Evelyn Carrera
    Evelyn Carrera Pichardo is a retired female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #5 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team...

  • Alexandra Caso
    Alexandra Caso
    Alexandra Caso Sierra is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #6 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team...

  • Sofía Mercedes
    Sofia Mercedes
    Sofía Esmeralda Mercedes Heredia is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...

  • Juana Saviñón
    Juana Saviñon
    Juana Saviñón Pérez is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #8 jersey....

  • Milagros Cabral
    Milagros Cabral
    Milagros Cabral De La Cruz is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who won the 1998 silver and three consecutive gold medals in 2002, 2006 and 2010 at the Central American and Caribbean Games....

  • Juana Miguelina González
    Juana Miguelina Gonzalez
    Juana Miguelina González Sánchez is a female volleyball and basketball player from the Dominican Republic. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #11 jersey. There, she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's...

  • Francia Jackson
    Francia Jackson
    Francia Jackson Cabrera is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic....

  • Prisilla Rivera
    Prisilla Rivera
    Prisilla Altagracia Rivera Brens is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic.-2001:She played with the Girls National Team at the 2001 Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship in Pula, Croatia, helping her team to reach the 8th place...

  • Cosiri Rodríguez
    Cosiri Rodriguez
    Cosiri Rodríguez Andino de Dionicio is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #15 jersey...

  • Kenya Moreta
  • Head Coach
  • Jorge Garbey
    Jorge Garbey
    Jorge Garbey is a Cuban fencer. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Weightlifting

Women's Heavyweight (– 75 kg)
  • Wanda Rijo
    Wanda Rijo
    Wanda Rijo Contreras is a female weightlifter from the Dominican Republic. She twice competed at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. Rijo won the only gold medal for the Dominican Republic at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada...

  • Group A — finished 10th with a weight of 215 kg (→ did not advance)

Wrestling

Men's Greco Roman Featherweight (– 55 kg)
  • Jansel Ramírez
  • Pool A — defeated by Istvan Majoros
    István Majoros
    István Majoros is a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Career:Majoros competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class...

     of Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

    , 0-3
  • Pool A — defeated by Masatoshi Toyota of Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

    , 0-4 (→ did not advance)
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