All Teams Announced for the 2014 ISA World Bodyboard Championship in Chile

The National Teams Have Arrived In A Bodyboarding Paradise,The City Of Iquique

A total of 14 countries and over 90 athletes and coaches are confirmed to participate in the historic 2014 ISA World Bodyboard Championship,held at the world-class Bodyboarding Wave, Punta 1, in the northern Chilean city of Iquique. The competition will take place from December 6th to the 14th.

Each National Team consists of up to seven total athletes: three Open Men, one Open Women, one Junior Boys Under-18, one Junior Girls Under-18, one Dropknee, plus Team Officials.

The confirmed countries are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela.

Team Brazil will be looking to defend the Team Gold Medal, but don't count out the host nation, Chile, who will give it their all to win the first ISA World Championship in the country.

"We are just a couple of days away from the Opening Ceremony and the start of the 2014 ISA World Bodyboard Championship in Chile. All National Teams have been announced and the athletes have begun to arrive in the beautiful and historic northern-Chilean city of Iquique," remarked ISA President Fernando Aguerre.

Aguerre continued, "The world's best bodyboarders will be practicing at the world-class waves in preparation for the competition that begins with the Opening Ceremony on Saturday and the competition on Sunday. As I like to remind all athletes, while a few competitors will go home with medals, all of them are already winners, as they are surfing as members of their National Surfing Teams."

Below is a full list of the confirmed teams. Please note team registration closes on Friday and is subject to change.

Argentina

Men:

Patricio Galay

Nicolas Chiara

Gustavo Bartolini

Women:

TBD

Junior Men U-18:

Leandro Ivan Cardozo

Junior Women U-18:

TBD

Dropknee:

Patricio Galay

Team Officials:

TBD

Brazil

Men:

Eder Luciano

Sergio Luis

Lucio Santana

Women:

Neymara Carvalho

Junior Men U-18:

Socrates Santana

Junior Women U-18:

Yumi Vasconcellow

Dropknee:

Eder Luciano

Team Officials:

Wendel Lopes

Chile

TBD

Costa Rica

Men:

Richard Marín

Marlon Sandoval

Reymar Ramírez

Women:

Shamobi Offer

Junior Men U-18:

Alejandro Campos

Junior Women U-18:

Micaela Cubero

Dropknee:

William Fallas

Ecuador

Men:

Adrián Alcívar

Jhonny Alcívar

Jorge Maldonado

Women:

Andrea Monteverde

Junior Men U-18:

Bryan Molina

Junior Women U-18:

TBD

Dropknee:

Pascual Rosales

Team Officials:

Darwin Montes De Oca

France

Men:

Amaury Laverhne

Jeremy Arnous

Maxime Castillo

Women:

Anne Cécile Lacoste

Junior Men U-18:

Alexandre Castillo

Junior Women U-18:

Kim Veteau

Dropknee:

Amaury Laverhne

Team officials:

Nicolas Padois

Thierry Durantel

Mexico

Men:

Ulises Rodriguez Guerrero

Hugo Collins

Panama

Men:

Giovanni Greco

Peru

Men:

Renzo Jesus Fassioli Flores

Jorge Eduardo Hurtado Diaz

Miguel Angel Rodriguez Saldaña

Women and Junior Junior Women U-18:

Carolina Alessandra Botteri Moebius

Junior Men U-18:

Luis Alberto Abanto Quinto

Dropknee:

César Bauer Angues

Team Officials:

Jorge Saavedra

Portugal

Men:

Daniel Fonseca

João Filipe Barciela

Women:

Teresa Almeida

Junior Men U-18:

Miguel Adao

Dropknee:

Diogo Pimenta

Team officials:

Joao Jardim Aranha

Gonçalo Saldanha

Eduardo Birra

Puerto Rico

Men:

Abner De Arce

Javier Cruzado

Women:

Luz M Grande

Junior men U-18:

Abner De Arce

Dropknee:

Javier Cruzado

South Africa

Men:

Iain S Campbell

Tristan L Roberts

Storm R Prestwich

Women:

Pamela L Bowren

Junior Men U-18:

Tristan L Roberts

Junior Women U-18:

Georgene C McKeone

Dropknee:

Iain S Campbell

Team officials:

Patricia D Harris

Clinton M Millard

Spain

Men:

Airam Cabrera

Venezuela

Men:

Alberto Colucci

Jacinto Toro

Angelo Freda

Women:

Yuleiner González

Junior Men U-18:

TBD

Junior Women U-18:

Yannelly Álvarez

Dropknee:

Angelo Freda

Team officials:

Heli Valero

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