Atilio Vásquez (born November 9, 1959) is an

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. He competed in the mid to late 1980s. At the

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, Vásquez was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and K-1 1000 m events. Four years later in

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, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1 1000 m event.

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1959 births Argentine male canoeists Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-canoe-bio-stub