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15 unusual facts about Viña del Mar


1986 South American Games

The III South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1986 in Santiago, Chile, with some events in Concepción and Viña del Mar.

Francisca Imboden

Francisca María Imboden Fernández, (b. Viña del Mar, July 31, 1972) is a Chilean actress (film, theater and television).

Together with her sisters Catalina and Ignacia, she studied at College Français of Viña del Mar, an institution now known as Alliançe Française Jean D'Alambert.

Gonzalo Boye

Gonzalo Boye (Viña del Mar, 1965) is a human rights lawyer, based in Spain, notable for trying to use Spanish law to charge Bush administration officials for their roles in war crimes committed against citizens or residents of Spain while the US held them in extrajudicial detention.

Harold P. Gilmour

There, Gilmour met a lady belonging to the Chilean aristocracy, María Teresa Correa Santa Cruz great-granddaughter of the Counts of La Conquista, from Viña del Mar, Chile at a US Consulate reception.

Judith Westphalen

After participating in a collective exposition in Viña del Mar in 1946, she had her first individual show in Lima in 1947.

King África

His act spread quickly across the continent after the Viña del Mar event.

In Chile, where King África had a particularly high rating, was invited to the 1995 International Song Festival of Viña del Mar, where he played together with a large band and won the sympathy of the public, as well as critical acclaim.

La Cenicienta

In 1967, a production of La Cenicienta went on a tour through several cities in Chile: Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Concepción and Santiago, the capital.

Marco Oneto

Marco Antonio Oneto Zúñiga (born June 3, 1982 in Viña del Mar, Chile) is a professional handball player, and a captain of Chilean handball team.

Miguel Najdorf

He took second place at Viña del Mar 1945, with 10½/13, behind Guimard, then won Mar del Plata 1945 with 11/15, ahead of Ståhlberg, and repeated at Mar del Plata 1946 with 16/18, ahead of Guimard and Ståhlberg.

Peter Oundjian

In 1980, Oundjian won First Prize at the International Violin Competition in Viña del Mar, Chile.

Reyli

During this time, the band would represent Mexico in the famous Chilean festival Viña del Mar.

Rodolfo Moya

At 15 years, 4 months, and 21 days, Moya made his professional debut with Chilean club Everton in Viña del Mar against Unión Española.

The Thirst

At the start of 2010, The Thirst were invited to compete in a songwriting competition as representatives of England at the Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar, in Viña del Mar, Chile.


2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel

The women's field was led by Viña del Mar champion, three-time Acapulco finalist and 2005 titlist Flavia Pennetta, Dnipropetrovsk Satellite winner Alizé Cornet, and Viña del Mar finalist Klára Zakopalová.

2008 BMW Open

The announced draw was led by Marseille semifinalist Paul-Henri Mathieu, Viña del Mar champion Fernando González, Auckland winner and BMW Open defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber.

2008 Estoril Open

The women's draw was headlined by Viña del Mar and Acapulco champion Flavia Pennetta, Auckland quarterfinalist Maria Kirilenko, and Antwerp runner-up Karin Knapp.

2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana

The singles field featured ATP No. 5, 2007 Tennis Masters Cup runner-up and Australian Open quarterfinalist David Ferrer, Viña del Mar runner-up Juan Mónaco, and 2007 Metz titlist Tommy Robredo.

2008 Ordina Open

Other top seeds were Dubai semifinalist Francesca Schiavone, Viña del Mar and Acapulco winner Flavia Pennetta, Maria Kirilenko, Katarina Srebotnik and Alona Bondarenko.

2008 Tennis Channel Open

The singles field featured Viña del Mar champion Fernando González, former World No. 1 and 2007 Cincinnati Masters semifinalist Lleyton Hewitt, and Marseille semifinalist Marcos Baghdatis.

Arturo Sanhueza

Born in Concepción, Bío-Bío Region, Sanhueza started his career at hometown club Fernández Vial before moving to Everton, where he would spend an entire season in the team of Viña del Mar.

Balneario

Acapulco and Puerto Vallarta are balneario city-destinations, for example, while San Alfonso del Mar is a more planned resort community and Viña del Mar is a city that also happens to be a balneario.

Claro Open Colombia

The Claro Open Colombia is the fifth tournament affiliated with the ATP held in Latin America, after the tournaments in Viña del Mar (Chile), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Acapulco (México) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Giancarlo Monsalve

Monsalve started his vocal studies the 2001 in Viña del Mar at the Conservatory "Izidor Handler" and from the 2004 continued his studies in Italy learning the technique of Ettore Campogalliani, teacher of Renata Tebaldi, Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Scotto, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Ruggero Raimondi, and other big singers,and also with the soprano Mirella Freni.