Rodolfo Mijares
Mexican track and field athlete (1938–2018)
Rodolfo Mijares (17 July 1938 – 2 April 2018)[1] was a Mexican track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1959 Pan American Games, finishing seventh.[2] He won the athletics pentathlon at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games, becoming the second Mexican to do, so after Amador Terán.[3]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1959 | CAC Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | Pentathlon | 2723 pts |
1959 Pan American Games | Chicago, United States | 7th | Decathlon | ||
1960 | Olympic Games | Rome, Italy | 21st | Decathlon | 5413 pts |
References
- ^ "Rodolfo Mijares". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rodolfo Mijares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ Central American and Caribbean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 19 June 2016.
External links
- Rodolfo Mijares at Olympedia
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Central American and Caribbean Games champions in men's pentathlon and decathlon
- 1930 – 1966: Pentathlon
- 1970 – 2006: Decathlon
- 1930: Alberto Fernández (CUB)
- 1935: Felipe Orellana (GUA)
- 1938: Salvador Torrós (PUR)
- 1946: Néstor Marchany (PUR)
- 1950: Amador Terán (MEX)
- 1954: Brígido Iriarte (VEN)
- 1959: Rodolfo Mijares (MEX)
- 1962: Héctor Thomas (VEN)
- 1966: Jorge García (PUR)
- 1970–1974: Jesús Mirabal (CUB)
- 1978: Rigoberto Salazar (CUB)
- 1982: Liston Bochette (PUR)
- 1986: Ernesto Betancourt (CUB)
- 1990: Miguel Valle (CUB)
- 1993: Eugenio Balanqué (CUB)
- 1998: Raúl Duany (CUB)
- 2002: Not held
- 2006: Alexis Chivás (CUB)
- 2010: Maurice Smith (JAM)
- 2014: Yordanis García (CUB)
- 2018: Leonel Suárez (CUB)
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