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unusual facts about Home Soil


Carolyne Barry

Carolyne has performed in over 400 national television commercials, thirty-two theatrical productions and approximately one hundred television shows and movies, including appearances in the classic Star Trek episode "Arena" and the Next Generation episode "Home Soil".


Pedro María Artola

He won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy as the best goalkeeper in 1977–78, adding the season's Copa del Rey with the Catalans, one of seven team honours with the team; he was also in goal in one of the two UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals won by Barça, the 1982 2–1 win against Standard Liège, played on home soil.


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Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior

Baltazar played for the Brazilian national team at the 1989 Copa América which was held on home soil, appearing in three group stage matches for the eventual winners (including the 0–0 against Colombia as a starter).

Diego Colotto

Colotto was part of the Argentine under-20 team that competed at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship on home soil.

Erik Guay

The 2010 Winter Olympics took place on home soil for Guay and he competed at the events in Whistler where he narrowly missed the podium finishing in fifth place.

Kitch Christie

The victory on home soil in 1995 touched people far beyond rugby's normal constituency, and will be best remembered for Nelson Mandela, wearing the captain's No 6 shirt, embracing the captain Francois Pienaar after South Africa's victory, a scene recreated in the movie Invictus.

Kitti Gróz

In 2008 she participated on the first ever Youth European Beach Handball Championship that was held in Nagyatád, and led the Hungarian team to win the title on home soil.

Michel Tornéus

He competed at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships on home soil in Gothenburg, jumping a new national record of 8.27 metres in the first round, before jumping 8.29 metres in the final round, only two centimetres behind winner Aleksandr Menkov.

Pedro Barbosa

In his last the 34-year-old played 13 matches as the Lions reached the 2005 UEFA Cup Final played on home soil, scoring all of his two goals against Middlesbrough in the round-of-16.