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The department's headquarters complex is located in Santurce on the banks of the Martín Peña Channel in Santurce, Puerto Rico. In January 2025, sports journalist Hector Vazquez Muñiz was designated by Governor Jennifer González as Secretary of the department .
Puerto Rico competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the territory's twentieth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. It was also the fourth consecutive games in which Puerto Rico earned at least one medal, it being the first time this happened in Puerto Rico's Olympic Games history.
Puerto Rico's performance was underscored by two major accomplishments. Jaime Espinal achieved a historic milestone by securing a silver medal in the 84 kg men's freestyle wrestling event. This marked Puerto Rico's initial wrestling Olympic medal; Espinal's silver was just the country's second silver in Olympic history, the first one being in 1984.
The IMSS was founded by Mexican President Manuel Ávila Camacho on January 19, 1943 to satisfy the legal precepts established in the Article 123 of the Mexican Constitution. It is constituted by representations of the workers, employers, and the federal government. It is the largest social welfare institution in all Latin America. [citation needed]
Puerto Rico competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2] The Puerto Rican team consists of two athletes (one male and one female) competing in two sports. [3] Skeleton racer Kellie Delka and alpine skier William Flaherty were named as the Puerto Rican flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
Puerto Rico entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Yankiel Rivera finished among the top five of the men's flyweight category to book his place in the Puerto Rican squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. [8]
The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR, Spanish: Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico) is the National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico. It oversees Olympic-sports in Puerto Rico, and selects the Olympic team which represents the island. It was founded by Julio Enrique Monagas, [2] and was officially recognized in 1948. COPUR operates the Casa ...
Puerto Rico competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico, COPUR) sent a team of 40 athletes, 13 men and 27 women, to compete in 15 sports at the ...