{"id":2124,"date":"2023-12-24T00:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T03:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2023-12-24T00:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T03:23:05","slug":"2124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/2023\/12\/24\/2124\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;min-height:635px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-168\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/elreportivodeolimpia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sports-tools.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06-NOVEDADES-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2125 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06-NOVEDADES-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06-NOVEDADES-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06-NOVEDADES-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06-NOVEDADES-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06-NOVEDADES-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\n\n<p><strong>Manuel Plaza, Primer Medallista Ol\u00edmpico Chileno -Autor: Sergio Guarda E. &#8211; Entrenador Nacional de Atletismo<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Chile fue uno de los 14 pa\u00edses participantes en los I Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos de la Era Moderna, Atenas 1896, gracias al joven Luis Subercaseaux Err\u00e1zuriz que corri\u00f3 los 100 m planos, pero que no se present\u00f3 al punto de partida en los 400 y 800 m, pruebas en las que tambi\u00e9n figuraba inscrito.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Nuestro pa\u00eds estuvo ausente en los JJ.OO. de Par\u00eds 1900, San Luis 1904 y Londres 1908; volvi\u00f3 al escenario ol\u00edmpico en Estocolmo 1912, se hizo presente en Amberes 1920 donde Juan Jorquera clasific\u00f3 en el trig\u00e9simo tercer en el marat\u00f3n con 3.17.47 horas y en los dos siguientes JJ.OO. estuvo representado en los 42.195 m por Manuel Plaza. Los Juegos de Par\u00eds 1924, Manuel Plaza con un registro de 2.52.54 horas, obtuvo el sexto lugar y, seg\u00fan se dijo, despu\u00e9s de haberse extraviado en la ruta dise\u00f1ada para esta prueba pedestre.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Reci\u00e9n en los Juegos de \u00c1msterdam 1928, se registra la primera medalla obtenida por Chile en un Juego Ol\u00edmpico, gracias a la notable actuaci\u00f3n del maratonista MANUEL JES\u00daS PLAZA REYES que, el 05 de agosto de ese a\u00f1o, arrib\u00f3 en el segundo lugar a la meta de los 42.195 metros con un registro de 2.33.23 horas, adjudic\u00e1ndose la medalla de plata, prueba en la que fue superado por el corredor argelino, representante de Francia, Ahmed Boughera El Ouafi que cronometr\u00f3 2.32.57 horas en dicha distancia.<\/p>\n<p>Naci\u00f3 en Lampa, hijo de Camilo Plaza y Mar\u00eda Reyes. Posteriormente su familia se traslada a Santiago, y cursa estudios b\u00e1sicos en la escuela de Desiderio Araneda, ubicada en la calle San Alfonso. M\u00e1s tarde comienza a trabajar como suplementero, oficio en el que, de acuerdo a sus palabras, le permiti\u00f3 formarse como atleta.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Su admiraci\u00f3n por corredores como Martiniano Becerra, Benjam\u00edn Flores y Juan Jorquera, entre otros, lo llev\u00f3 a interesarse por las carreras de resistencia. Primero, comenz\u00f3 a auto entrenarse en el Parque Cousi\u00f1o y despu\u00e9s, acompa\u00f1ando a Alfonso S\u00e1nchez, atleta consagrado que lo estimul\u00f3 a participar en competencias atl\u00e9ticas de pista y pedestres. Su primera competici\u00f3n fue a los 16 a\u00f1os de edad y consisti\u00f3 en una vuelta al Parque Cousi\u00f1o, prueba que gan\u00f3. Como atleta federado, integr\u00f3 los clubes Atl\u00e9tico Centenario, Pietro Dorando y Green Cross.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Manuel Plaza, de 1,71 m de estatura y 60 kg de peso, es el primer atleta medallista ol\u00edmpico de Chile; fue el abanderado de la delegaci\u00f3n nacional en las ceremonias de apertura de los Juegos de Par\u00eds 1924 y \u00c1msterdam 1928. Falleci\u00f3 el 9 de febrero de 1969, a los 68 a\u00f1os de edad, aquejado de una diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-ast-global-color-5-color has-background has-vivid-red-background-color has-medium-font-size\"><time 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