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Born | San Luis, Cuba | January 10, 1924
Died | Colón, Cuba | January 26, 2017 (aged 92)
Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Mario Cesar Quintero Padron (10 January 1924 – 26 January 2017) [1] was a Cuban basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. [2]
Quintero coached the national team at the 1959 Pan American Games and 1967 Pan American Games, as well as qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics. [3] He became an international referee in 1953. [4]
Quintero died in Colón on 26 January 2017.
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner.
Marlene Ahrens Ostertag-Ebensperger was a Chilean athlete. She won the silver medal in Javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a distance of 50.38 metres. She was the mother of journalist Karin Ebensperger.
Mario César Kindelán Mesa, best known as Mario Kindelán, is a Cuban former amateur boxer. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having competed in the lightweight division at the 2000 and 2004 events and defeated world champion boxer Amir Khan to win Olympic gold in 2004. His cousin is baseball player Orestes Kindelán.
Ioamnet Quintero Alvarez is a former high jumper from Cuba.
Cuba competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 8 sports.
Mário Sabino Júnior was a Brazilian judoka, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division (–100 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games. In the final he defeated Canada's Nicolas Gill. He represented his native country a year later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Agustín Mario Cejas was an Argentine football goalkeeper. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Brazil and has the all-time record number of appearances for Racing Club de Avellaneda.
Fernando Acevedo Portugues was a Peruvian track and field athlete, who won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres at the 1971 Pan American Games. He represented his native country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. He is still the Peruvian National record holder in the 200 metres and the 400 metres and was the anchor man of the 4x400 metres relay team, the 400 and relay set in a 4-day period at the Pan American Games. Acevedo died on 29 January 2024, at the age of 77.
Hortensio Fucil Herrera was a track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the short- and in the middle-distances. Fucil represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was second in the 1963 Pan American Games 4 × 400 metres relay. In the 1963 Pan American Games Fucil finished fifth in the 400 metres.
Anita Lallande was a Puerto Rican Olympic swimmer, who holds the record for the most medals won at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Teodoro Palacios Flores was a Guatemalan high jumper who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games. Teodoro's son is Grammy nominated American composer Marcos "Kosine" Palacios, of the production group, Da Internz.
Victor Mário Barcellos Borges was a Brazilian volleyball player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He played on the teams that won a gold medal at the 1963 Pan American Games and a silver medal at the 1967 Pan American Games. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte was a Salvadoran judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category (81 kg). He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Juan Joya Borja, better known by his stage name El Risitas, was a Spanish comedian and actor. He gained widespread popularity in 2015 thanks to a series of memes based on a television interview recorded in 2007 on Jesús Quintero's TV show Ratones Coloraos.
Mario Sánchez was a Mexican sports shooter. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Events in the year 2017 in Cuba.
Óscar Asiáin was a Mexican basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Carlos Burga was a Peruvian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Burga also competed in the welterweight class at the 1975 Pan American Games. Burga died in January 2021 from COVID-19 during the pandemic in Peru.
Irma Cordero was a Peruvian volleyball player. Cordero competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. She was the captain of the Peruvian team in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro is a Colombian track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events. He has won numerous medals in continental games and championships, as well as competed at the 2018, 2019 and 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He most notably won the Keirin at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.