Juan Botella Medina (4 July 1941 – 17 July 1970) was a Mexican diver. He was born in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

. He competed for Mexico at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

held in

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, where he won the bronze medal in the men's springboard event.

Death

He died on 17 July 1970, in Basurto, Mexico City, working on his thesis on architecture, because of hypertension suffering for a long time.

References

External links

Juan Botella's profile at Sports Reference.com
* 1941 births 1970 deaths Mexican male divers Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Divers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Mexico Divers from Mexico City Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists in diving Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Divers at the 1959 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-Olympic-medalist-stub