Costa Rican National Athletes Athletes Read the text and answer the questions found at the end of reading Nery Brenes Nery Antonio Brenes Cárdenas (born September 25, 1985) is a Costa Rican sprinter,
He is one of Costa Rica's most prominent track and field athletes and reached the semifinals at the !! m sprint in the 2!!8 "l#mpic $ames in %ei&in %renes on the old medal in *stanb+l in the 2!12, settin a ne national and championship record %renes impro-ed his personal mark b# appro.imatel# one second, somethin nobod# e.pected on a championship, takin the old medal
Andrey Amador Bikkazakova Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (born 29 /++st 1980) is a Costa Rican professional road
bic#cle racer for the o-istar eam eam He started c#clin professionall# professionall# at the ae of 2! in 2!!0 /mador as selected to carr# the fla for Costa Rica at the 2!11 3an /merican /merican $ames openin ceremon# He is the first Costa Rican to e-er ride the o+r de 4rance *n 2!12, /mador on a mo+ntaino+s stae 1 in the $iro d'*talia after breakin aa# from the ro+p d+rin the final descent riht before the final climb ho+h he as ca+ ht riht at the finish of the climb he on the sprint in the end *n 2!1, 2!1 , he finished 8th o-erall in the irreno6/driatico irreno6/driatico
Claudia Poll
Cla+dia aria 3oll /hrens (born 21 7ecember 192) is a Costa Rican simmer ho competed in the 2!! m to 8!! m freest#le e-ents She is Costa Rica's onl# old6medalist, ha-in on the co+ntr#'s first "l#mpic old medals at the 1990 "l#mpics in the 2!! meter freest#le She is a m+ltiple national record holder in the freest#le e-ents Her sister, Sil-ia, on Costa Rica's first "l#mpic medal at the 1988 $ames /s of 2!1, Cla+dia and Sil-ia are the onl# Costa Ricans to ha-e on a medal at an "l#mpics Cla+dia also competed at the 2!!! "l#mpics, here she on to brone medals oreo-er, she as the first person from Central /merica to in a old medal
anna !a"riel anna !a"riel #alle (/la&+ela, Costa Rica, :an+ar# 1, 198) is a Costa Rican bo.er,
&+nior middleeiht cateor#, she deb+ted in the Gimnasio Nacional , San :ose, Costa Rica, on ;o-ember 1, 2!!, fihtin ;icara+an /oska orld >orld %o.in "raniation >eltereiht >eltereiht $orld $orld Cham%ionshi%& "n arch 1, 2!11, Hanna fo+ht and defeated elisenda 3?re
once aain hile defendin her >orld Championship itle itle d+rin the ina++ration acts of Costa Rica's ne ;ational Stadi+m in front of 1! !! attendees *t took Hanna se-en ro+nds to defeat her ri-al b# knocko+t "n 4ebr+ar# 28, 2!1 she lost her >orld Championship title to ".andia Castillo b# a knocko+t in the 2nd ro+nd
'eylor Navas 'eylor Antonio Navas !am"oa (born 15 7ecember 1980) is a Costa Rican professional
footballer ho pla#s for Spanish cl+b Real adrid and the Costa Rica national football team, as a oalkeeper /fter /fter startin o+t at Sap rissa he mo-ed to /lbacete, and then to @e-ante in @a @ia ;a-as ;a- as has pla#ed o-er 5! times for Costa Rica since makin his deb+t in 2!!8 He made his deb+t in the 4*4/ >orld >orld C+p on 1 :+ne 2!1,appearin in a A1 in aainst Br++a# in 4ortalea, ;a-as as named an of the match se-eral times after se-eral o+tstandin sa-es hich led to Costa Rica reachin the +arter6finals for the first time e-er
!a"riela (r (ra)a a)a !a"riela !erarda (ra)a (rigueros (born arch 198! in /la&+ela, Costa Rica) is
a Costa Rican lon6distance r+nner She competed in the marathon at the 2!!8 S+mmer "l#mpics and the 2!12 S+mmer "l#mpics *n 2!12, she as also the fla bearer be arer for the Costa Rican team d+rin the openin ceremon#
*harolyn *cott *harolyn *cott Norman (born 2 "ctober 198 in @imDn) is a Costa Rican h+rdler /t
the 2!12 S+mmer "l#mpics, she competed in the >omen's !! meters h+rdles
einer +viedo einer +viedo (born 28 7ecember 1988 in San :os?) is a Costa Rican taekondo
practitioner He competed in the 58 k e-ent at the 2!12 S+mmer "l#mpics
Bryan #asquez
%r#an Eas+e Eas+e (San :os? , 1 Costa Rica , /++st 20, 198 ) is a Costa Rican bo.er His career incl+des interim title Champion of the >orld %o.in /ssociation ( >%/ )
,uestions to answer after reading a) >hen as ;er# bornF b) >hen did ;er# in the $old edal c) >hen did /ndre# start c#clinF d) >hat team does /ndre# representF e) >hatGs the name of Cla+diaGs sisterF sisterF f) >hatGs Cla+diaGs reatest accomplishmentF ) >hen as HannaGs deb+tF h) >hen did Hanna in the >%" eltereiht championshipF i) >hen did Hanna lost her eltereiht titleF &) >ho is =e#lor ;a-asF k) Ho old is ke#lor ;a-asF l) *n hich teams has =e#lor ;a-as pla#edF m) >hen as =e#lor ;a-as >orldc+p >orldc+p deb+tF n) >ho is $abriela raaF o) Ho man# times has she participated in the s+mmer ol#mpicsF p) >ho is Sharol#n ScottF ) >ho is He#ner "-iedoF r) >hat is %r#anGs Eas+e reatest accomplishmentsF
