jueves, 15 de agosto de 2013

Carlos Carsolio. Mountain climber. Climbed all mountains over 26,000 feet


He was the fourth mountain climber, and the youngest of them, to climb all fourteen mountains over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) above sea level:

MountainHeight (m)
Nanga Parbat8.1281985
Shisha Pangma8.0271987
Makalu8.4631988
Monte Everest8.8481989
Kangchenjunga8.5861992
K28.6111993
Cho Oyu8.2011994
Lhotse8.5061994
Broad Peak8.0471994
Annapurna8.0911995
Dhaulagiri8.1671995
Gasherbrum II8.0351995
Gasherbrum I8.0681995
Manaslu8.1631996

He received the National Prize for Sports of Mexico in 1985

Carlos Carsolio in Wikipedia
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jueves, 8 de agosto de 2013

Rufino Tamayo. Painter. Belisario Dominguez medal 1988, Officer of the Legion of Honor of France 1970


Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France, 1957

Honorary member of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters of the United States, 1961

National Prize of Arts and Sciences in Fine Arts of Mexico, 1964

Officer of the Legion of Honor of France, 1970

Knight Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 1971

Honorary doctorate by the National University of Mexico, 1978

Honorary doctorate by the University of Southern California, 1985

Gold medal of Merit in Fine Arts of Spain, 1985

Belisario Domínguez Medal granted by the Mexican Senate, 1988

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 1989

Honorary member of the National College of Mexico, 1991



Rufino Tamayo at Wikipedia
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lunes, 5 de agosto de 2013

Fernando Valenzuela. Pitcher. Best pitcher NL MLB 1981


Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea

In 1981 he received the Cy Young award as best pitcher of the National League of Major League Baseball
1981 Rookie of the Year of the National League
Silver Sluger Award in 1981 and 1983 (granted to pitchers for their batting)
In 1981, he won the World Series at Los Angeles Dodgers. He won and pitched the complete third game of the series
Was selected to the All-Star Game for six consecutive years from 1981 to 1986
In 1986 he won 21 games and led the National League in wins and complete games
In 1986 he received the Gold Glove for best fielding performance as pitcher at the National League
In 1990 he pitched a no-hitter game

Fernando Valenzuela in Wikipedia
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