Puerto Rico at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London | Puerto ...

Let the Games begin!

As we all know by now, the 2012 Summer Games of the XXX Olympiad are being held in London from 27 July to 12 August.

For 16 days, over 10,000 athletes representing 204 countries will compete in 36 different sporting categories.

Puerto Rico will be represented by 25 athletes at these Olympic Games. They will be competing in Athletics, Boxing, Gymnastics, Judo, Shooting, Swimming, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.

2012 Summer Olympic Games Live Streaming

Opening Ceremony ? Puerto Rico in the Parade of Nations

Opening Ceremony ? Rebroadcast

Puerto Rico?s Olympic Heritage

Puerto Rico has been competing under its own flag in the Summer Olympics since 1948, and in the Winter Olympics since 1984.

In previous Olympic Games, Puerto Rico?s athletes have garnered 1 Silver and 5 Bronze medals, all in boxing.

• Juan Venegas won Bronze in 1948 in London
• Orlando Maldonado won Bronze in 1978 in Montreal
• Luis Ortiz won Silver in 1984 in Los Angeles
• Ar?stides Gonz?lez won Bronze in 1984 in Los Angeles
• An?bal Acevedo won Bronze in 1992 in Barcelona
• Daniel Santos won Bronze in 1996 in Atlanta

Olympic Training in Puerto Rico

The Comit? Ol?mpico de Puerto Rico (COPUR) (Puerto Rico Olympic Committee) is the National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico. Founded in 1948, it is the official voice of the island to the International Olympic Committee. COPUR oversees Olympic sports on the island, and it selects the teams that will represent Puerto Rico in the Olympic Games. Its headquarters are in Casa Ol?mpico (which is the YMCA building) in Old San Juan.

The primary Olympic training facility in Puerto Rico, operated by COPUR, is the Albergue Ol?mpico (Olympic Hostel). Located in Salinas, the Albergue Ol?mpico was founded in 1983, as a training center for highly competitive athletes. The primary mission of the Albergue is to "build positive and educated minds in healthy bodies that are able to create new expectations of life".

Today, it serves as a training facility, as well as a public use athletic, recreation, and activity center. It has facilities for shooting, mountain biking (MTB), cycling, boxing, swimming, gymnastics, martial arts, baseball, soccer, and track & field events. For recreation, it has a water park, a children?s water park, rock-climbing walls, miniature golf, a botanical garden, and a museum.

Puerto Rico?s 2012 Summer Olympic Medals

To date, Puerto Rico?s athletes have won a total of 0 medals in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Puerto Rico?s Athletes in the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Images used in this article are credited to London 2012 and Comit? Ol?mpico de Puerto Rico (COPUR).

Source material for this article included the London 2012 web site, the Comit? Ol?mpico de Puerto Rico web site, Wikipedia.org, as well as other sources.

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