José ("Chegüi") Torres was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he defeated Willie Pastrano to win the WBC, WBA and lineal light heavyweight championships. Torres trained with the legendary boxing trainer Cus D'Amato. In 1997, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Dara Grace Torres is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games, and at age 41, the oldest swimmer to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 50-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley relay, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and won silver medals in all three events.
Colombia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Two people traveled to represent Colombia; musician Emirto de Lima, and marathon runner Jorge Perry. Colombia did not have an Olympic committee but agreed to sponsor Perry to train in America for four months before the event, but Perry failed to finish after feeling faint after the first 10 km.
Marco Torrès was a French gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The Dominican Republic first participated in the Olympic Games in 1964, when Alberto Torres de la Mota participated in the 10th heat of the 100m competition and ran 10.9sec, finishing 6th, not qualifying for the next round.
Kayra Sayıt is a French-born Turkish European champion female judoka competing in the +78 kg division. Coming from Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron in Brittany, she competed for France until her marriage in Turkey in February 2015. She then changed her name from Ketty Mathé to Kayra Sayıt, and began to compete for Turkey after acquiring the Turkish citizenship.
Todd Torres is a former international breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1992.
Serguey Torres Madrigal is a Cuban Sprint canoeist who mostly competes in flatwater canoe doubles (C-2). He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers and two bronzes. He placed ninth, sixth and sixth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, respectively.
Ketty La Rocca was an Italian artist during the 1960s and 70s. She was a leading exponent of body art and visual poetry movements.
Francisco de la Torre is a Cuban fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre was an Argentine sailor. He won a silver medal in the 6 metre class at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Guillermo Alfredo Torres is a Cuban sport shooter. He competed in skeet shooting events at the Summer Olympics in 1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2012.
Guillermo Torres Cervantes is a Mexican freestyle wrestler. He won a silver medal for the 60-kg division at the 2011 Pan American Games in his home turf, which gave him a qualifying place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the Olympics, Torres competed in the men's freestyle 60-kg class, where he was eliminated in the qualifying round, after being defeated by Iran's Masoud Esmaeilpour, with a technical score of 1–8, and a classification point system of 1–3.
Enrico Torre was an Italian sprinter and long jumper.
José de la Torre was a Mexican sports shooter. He competed in the 50 m rifle event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Alberto Sebastian Torres de la Mota was a Dominican Republic sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Pedro Emilio Torres was a Colombian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth in his heat after falling.
Elisardo de la Torre is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
María Fernanda de la Fuente Torre is a Mexican rower. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Estela de la Torre is a Mexican gymnast. She competed in five events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
