{"id":47288,"date":"1998-03-10T01:43:56","date_gmt":"1998-03-10T01:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/pages\/sports-writers-choose-athletes-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"1998-03-10T01:43:56","modified_gmt":"1998-03-10T01:43:56","slug":"sports-writers-choose-athletes-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/1998\/03\/10\/sports-writers-choose-athletes-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports writers choose athletes of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Asociaci&oacute;n de Cronistas Deportivos, the Santo Domingo sports writers association, chose the best athletes of 1997 in a ceremony sponsored by the Cervecer&iacute;a Nacional Dominicana that produces Presidente beer and Malta Morena. Athlete of the year: Pedro Martinez Sport of the year: volleyball Swimming: Guillermo Cabrera, Shaderska Perez Weightlifting: Carlos Holguin, Wanda Rijo Golf: Robert Smith, Dominique Gagnon Volleyball: Jos&eacute; Adames, Nurys Arias Motociclismo: Aris Azcona Auto racing: Adriano Abreu Track and field: Julio Luciano, Elisa Perez Basketball: Franklin Western, Laritza D&iacute;az Chess: Jose Manuel Dominguez, Esther Garcia Portes. Bowling: Victor Richard Jr., Aumi Guerra. Professional baseball: Jose Oliva Soccer: Oscar Mejia Amateur baseball: Robert Acosta Gymnastics: Wilson Balley, Daryelisa Portorreal Karate: Alberto Zabala, Betty Acevedo Tae Kwon Do: Naciri Perez and Wendy Grullon Table tennis: May Hernandez, Mary Rodriguez Skeet: Manuel de Jesus Figuereo, Yuberka Espinal. Shooting: Eduardo Sella Leon Sailing: Jose Adames. Enrique Bonetti: polo Volleyball: Felipe Henriquez, Nurys Arias. Motocross: Franklin Noguera Cycling: Wendy Cruz, Amelia Blanco Triathlon: Roberto Nunez, Judith Hernandez Equestrian: Gabriella Porello Lovaton, Tennis: Rodrigo Vallejo, Glenis Cepeda. Handball: Evelin Soto, Manuel Sepulveda Go Kart: Carlos Arturo Vasquez Professional Boxing: Julio Cesar Green Amateur boxing: Jairo David Gonel. Softball: Modesto Figuereo Racquetball: Leonel Simo, Claudine Garcia. Judo: Jose Vicbart Geraldino, Dulce Maria Pi&ntilde;a. Fishing: Luis Viyella, Ana de Marrero<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Asociaci&oacute;n de Cronistas Deportivos, the Santo Domingo sports writers association, chose the best athletes of 1997 in a ceremony sponsored by the Cervecer&iacute;a Nacional Dominicana that produces Presidente beer and Malta Morena. Athlete of the year: Pedro Martinez Sport of the year: volleyball Swimming: Guillermo Cabrera, Shaderska Perez Weightlifting: Carlos Holguin, Wanda Rijo Golf: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/1998\/03\/10\/sports-writers-choose-athletes-of-the-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}