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Carlos Girón

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Carlos Girón
Carlos Girón at Olympic Games 1980
Personal information
Born3 November 1954 (1954-11-03)
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Died13 January 2020(2020-01-13) (aged 65)
Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow 3m Springboard
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1975 Mexico City 10m Platform
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 10m Platform
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Mexico City 3m Springboard
Bronze medal – third place 1979 San Juan 3m Springboard

Carlos Armando Girón Gutiérrez (3 November 1954 — 13 January 2020) was a Mexican diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, winning one medal.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, he finished ninth in the 3 metre springboard event and eighth in the 10 metre platform event. In 1976 he repeated the position in the platform diving while advancing to a seventh place in the springboard.

At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR he finally won a silver medal in 3 metre springboard, and came close to another medal with a fourth place in the 10 metre platform. His final Olympic performance came in 1984 where he placed twelfth.

On 13 January 2020, Girón died from pneumonia at age 65.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Saldago, Carlos Daniel (13 January 2020). "Olympian Carlos Girón passes away". El Universal. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

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