Editing Costa Rica (section)

=== Sports ===
{{main|Costa Rica at the Olympics|Football in Costa Rica}}
[[File:Uruguay - Costa Rica FIFA World Cup 2014 (29).jpg|thumb|Costa Rica supporters at the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] in Brazil]]

Costa Rica entered the [[Summer Olympics]] for the first time in 1936.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mallon |first=Bill |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301358310 |title=Historical dictionary of the Olympic movement |date=2006 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |others=Ian Buchanan |isbn=978-0-8108-6524-2 |edition=3rd |location=Lanham, Md. |pages=58 |oclc=301358310 |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203170256/https://search.worldcat.org/title/301358310 |url-status=live }}</ref> The sisters [[Silvia Poll|Silvia]] and [[Claudia Poll]] have won all four of the country's [[Olympic Medals]] for swimming; one Gold, one Silver, and two Bronze.<ref>{{cite web |title=Costa Rican Medals and Results in the Olympic Games |url=https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=28331&L=1 |website=Olympian Data Base |access-date=16 February 2022 |archive-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217032801/https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=28331&L=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Costa Rican Olympic Medalists – list of medalists from Costa Rica |url=https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=28333&L=1 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=www.olympiandatabase.com |archive-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217034756/https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=28333&L=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Tcrn |date=2018-09-21 |title=Sylvia Poll's Record: 30 Years of A Historical Feat |url=https://thecostaricanews.com/sylvia-polls-record-30-years-of-a-historical-feat/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=The Costa Rica News |language=en-us |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518042743/https://thecostaricanews.com/sylvia-polls-record-30-years-of-a-historical-feat/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Association football|Football]] is the most popular sport in Costa Rica. The [[Costa Rica national football team|national team]] has played in five [[FIFA World Cup]] tournaments and reached the quarter-finals for the first time in [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]].<ref>{{cite news|title=World Cup: Costa Rica defies the odds in winning Group D|author=Griffiths, F.|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/2014/06/24/world_cup_costa_rica_defies_the_odds_in_winning_group_d.html|date=24 June 2014|access-date=29 June 2014|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|archive-date=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132821/http://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/2014/06/24/world_cup_costa_rica_defies_the_odds_in_winning_group_d.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Navas Carries Costa Rica to World Cup Quarters|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|author=Martel, B.|date=29 June 2014|access-date=29 June 2014|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/navas-carries-costa-rica-world-cup-quarters-24358976|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630082929/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/navas-carries-costa-rica-world-cup-quarters-24358976|archive-date=30 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its best performance in the regional [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] was runner-up in [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]]. [[Paulo Wanchope]], a forward who played for three clubs in England's [[Premier League]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s, is credited with enhancing foreign recognition of Costa Rican football.<ref>{{cite news|title=World Cup 2014: Paulo Wanchope, the player who put Costa Rica on the map, has warning for England|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/costa-rica/10681889/World-Cup-2014-Paulo-Wanchope-the-player-who-put-Costa-Rica-on-the-map-has-warning-for-England.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/costa-rica/10681889/World-Cup-2014-Paulo-Wanchope-the-player-who-put-Costa-Rica-on-the-map-has-warning-for-England.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=4 June 2019|newspaper=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Costa Rica, along with [[Panama]], was granted the hosting rights of 2020 [[FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]], which was postponed until 2021, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/costa-rica-and-panama-to-host-fifa-u-20-women-s-world-cup-2020|title=Costa Rica and Panama to host FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2020|access-date=20 December 2019|website=FIFA.com|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120185402/https://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/costa-rica-and-panama-to-host-fifa-u-20-women-s-world-cup-2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/bureau-of-the-fifa-council-decisions-on-fifa-events|title=Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events|access-date=12 May 2020|website=FIFA.com|archive-date=12 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512172426/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/bureau-of-the-fifa-council-decisions-on-fifa-events|url-status=live}}</ref> On 17 November 2020, [[FIFA]] announced that the event would be held in Costa Rica in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/update-on-fifa-club-world-cup-2020-and-women-s-youth-tournaments|title=Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments|access-date=17 November 2020|website=FIFA.com|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127094253/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/update-on-fifa-club-world-cup-2020-and-women-s-youth-tournaments|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of late 2021, [[Costa Rica's women's national volleyball team]] has been the top team in [[Central America]]'s AFECAVOL (Asociación de Federaciones CentroAmericanas de Voleibol) zone.<ref>{{cite news |title=Belize drops game to Nicaragua, drops to 1–4 at Central American Senior Women's Volleyball Championship |url=https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2021/10/23/belize-drops-game-to-nicaragua-drops-to-1-4-at-central-american-senior-womens-volleyball-championship/ |accessdate=28 December 2021 |work=[[Breaking Belize News]] |date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404035656/https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2021/10/23/belize-drops-game-to-nicaragua-drops-to-1-4-at-central-american-senior-womens-volleyball-championship/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Costa Rica featured a women's national team in [[beach volleyball]] that competed at the [[2018–2020 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Continental Cup Finals start in Africa |url=https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/continental-cup-finals-start-in-africa?id=94414 |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=[[FIVB]] |date=22 June 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807141038/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/continental-cup-finals-start-in-africa?id=94414 |url-status=live }}</ref>