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 Did you know ... Like Kim Un Yong (South Korea), Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah (Kuwait) and Joao Havelange (Brazil), José Gamarra Zorrilla was one of the best Olympic leaders in the Third World. Played an important role in promoting the values of sport in Bolivia and Latin America. Joseph dedicated his life to fighting indifference to sports and the deplorable state of the athletes in Bolivia. His country is one of the Third World `s poorest countries. Moreover, Bolivia has had a record of 194 shot attempts. However, under his leadership, Congress and several international events held in La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Joseph was the President of the Organizing Committee of the Bolivarian Games of La Paz (1977) and for South American Games in Bolivia (1978). As president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee (1970-1982), led to Bolivia for the best result in its history: 106 in the South American Games medals. Headed the delegation of Bolivia at the Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany. Many South Americans consider José Gamarra Zorrilla as the greatest leader of South America's Olympic 20 th century. This country had great athletes: Mario Martinez (tennis), Alan Saunders (Nordic skiing), Milton Coimbra (soccer), María Ortuño (basketball), Giovanna Morejon Irusta (athletics), Ramiro Benavides (tennis), Antonio Iglesias (diving) Johnny Perez (athletics), Sánchez Scott Saunders (Nordic skiing), Oswaldo Morejon (athletics), Guillermo Arencibia (taekwondo), Erwin Sanchez (soccer), Ricardo Ramos (cross country), Guadalupe Yan ez (basketball), Betty Saavedra (basketball ), Juan Rodrigo Camacho (athletics), Marco Etcheverry (football), Katherine Moreno (swimming), Roberto Nielsen Reyes (equestrian) and Billy Farwing Aranoa (Nordic skiing). Bolivia sent seven athletes to the Winter Olympics in 1988. The South American skiers were Manuel Aramayo, Guillermo Avila Paz, Bascom Jaime, Jorge Bejarano, Enrique Montaño, Tichaver Pedro and Luis Vizcaino. Julia Iriarte is Bolivia's biggest athlete of all time. Why? He won five golds and three silvers in the Bolivarian Games 1947 in Lima, Peru. She became the star of the Games. His gold medals were in the 80m hurdles, discus throw, shot put, long jump and high jump. His return was a great success. After she was invited by President Hertzog Enrrique the Government Palace (Palacio Quemado). She also won five gold medals in the South American Championships in Athletics in La Paz in 1948. Under his coach, George VOEG, broke several national records during the 1940's. Unfortunately, she did not compete in 1948 Olympics in Helsinki (Finland). Born in Cochabamba, Bolivia December 20, 1919 and Iriarte Velasco Placido Clara. Bolivia participated in the 1979 Spartakiade Nations of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Between 1980 and 1984, Bolivia's government destroyed the sport. American athletes were not allowed to compete in the Olympics in 1980. Many athletes who had trained for years for the games felt a great frustration. These athletes were: Johnny Perez (athletics), Luis Darío Vásquez (fencing), María Rojas (athletics), Walter Quiroga (shot), spends Linda (track and field), Isidro Guarachi (boxing), Walter Quispe (boxing) Edgar Cueto (cycling), Jean Young Kim Song (judo) and Antoinette Arizaga (swimming). Ironically, the teams of the USSR National Olympic host the Third World supported the Olympic Games (Tanzania, one of the regions of Africa `s poorest countries, sent 41 athletes). For political reasons, Bolivia also not involved in the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas (Venezuela). For the first time since 1971, athletes of Bolivia has not participated in a Pan. Unlike the athletes in Haiti, Nicaragua, Chad and Sierra Leone, Bolivia athletes have had problems going to the Olympics in 1984. Johnny Perez participated in the 1978 Games in South America in La Paz, Bolivia, winning three gold medals in athletics, at 1,500 m, 5,000 and 3,000 m steeplechase. The Olympic Stadium in La Paz is one of the most modern in Latin America and the Caribbean. Among the athletes who have competed in the Olympic Stadium Romario de Souza Faria (football / Brazil), Joao Carlos de Oliveira (track / Brazil), José Luis Chilavert (football / Paraguay), Tito Steiner (athletics / Argentina), Edith Noeding (track and field / Peru) and Carlos Caetano Verri Bledron (football / Brazil). Giovanna Morejon Irusta finished 16th in the 20-kilometer walk at the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris, France. Katherine Moreno was one of the youngest swimmers in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. The Bolivian team won the silver medal in the South American Basketball Championship and qualified for the Women's World Basketball Championship in 1978 in Seoul (South Korea). Bolivia qualified for a world tournament was first time.The heroines: Janeth Blanco Saavedra, Saavedra Betty Zaconeta, Daysy Chucatini Torrico, Liceo Rojas Arteaga, Norma Zambrano Siles, Navia Isabel Ledesma, Guadalupe Yañez Heredia, Tania Vargas Claros, Antoinette Torres Gudmanson Miranda Quiñones, Judith and Vania Justinino clearings. Bolivia sent a single athlete (Inchauste Fernando Montalvo and kayak) to the Summer Olympic Games in 1960. From 1971 to 1979, 500 athletes from Bolivia participated in tournaments and international competitions. As Hortensia Maria de Fatima Marcari (Brazil) and Carol Turney (Canada), Guadalupe Yanez was one of the best basketball players in the Pan American Games 1979 in San Juan de Puerto Rico. Erwin Sanchez was one of the greatest football players in Bolivia in the 1990's. Between 1975 and 1977, more than 25 foreign coaches helped train athletes of Bolivia in the preparation for international competitions (Olympic Games, Bolivarian Games, Pan American and South American Games). The coaches were: Bornj Wangemann (athletics / Germany), Miguel Lucero (basketball / USA), Pablo González (basketball / USA), Stanislav Golubkov (boxing / USSR), Heriberto Diaz (cycling / Mexico), Pedro Escobar (equestrian / Chile), Stanislav Spyra (fencing / Poland), Walter Madel (fencing / Germany), Eduardo Virb (football / Germany), Dale Cutler (gymnastics / USA ), Donald Howorth (gymnastics / USA), Pedro Ortega (gymnastics / Mexico), Jasuhido Takasuka (judo / Japan), Benigno Marquez (fight / Venezuela), Karol Czarkoswki (weightlifting / Poland), Wu Yung Yu (swimming / Taiwan), Yadwiga Czarkoswka (swimming / Poland), Adolfo Coronado (swimming / Ecuador), Francis Conway (shooting / USA), Nikolai Durnev (shooting / USSR), Cselaw Gajdamovicz (volleyball / Poland), Tien Heing Hisch (volleyball / China), Chiu Chi Chiao (volleyball / Taiwan) and Lin Chou Nou (volleyball / China).