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2 unusual facts about 1999 Pan American Games


Danys Báez

Báez defected from the Cuban national team at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

Pablo Melgar

Tournaments in which he partaked include the under-17 and under-20 World Cup qualifying, the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2000 Olympic tournament qualifying and the Central American Games of 2002.


Brad Mears

Brad Mears (born 24 December 1970) is an American shot putter, who won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

Charles Clinger

He won the bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

Grande-Digue, New Brunswick

Joël Bourgeois, 3000m steeplechase runner, 2-time competitor at the Olympic Games and gold medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games.

Gregg Troy

He has served as an assistant women's coach at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the men's head coach for the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and the men's assistant head coach for the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Kerron Speid

Kerron Speid (born May 24, 1972) is a retired male boxer from Jamaica, who won the bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, together with Brazil's Marcelino Novaes.

Kris Kuehl

Kuehl was the 2002 USA champion, and won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, after gaining the bronze four years earlier in Mar del Plata.

Marcelino Novaes

Marcelino Novaes Rodrigues Fil (born July 9, 1967, in São Paulo) is a retired boxer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games, together with Jamaica's Kerron Speid.

Margie Goldstein-Engle

At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, she won a silver medal with the U.S. jumping team (riding Alvaretto).

Máximo Rigondeaux

He claimed the silver medal behind compatriot Emeterio González at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

Sergio Vigil

Besides that, Vigil coached Las Leonas to gold medals at the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup, 2001 Champions Trophy and the 1999 Pan American Games.


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