Sergio Escobedo (10 January 1931 – 10 May 2009) was a Mexican

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anci ...

and fencer. He competed in the modern pentathlon and the team

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ...

at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. He also served as a colonel in the Mexican army.

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* 1931 births 2009 deaths Mexican male épée fencers Mexican male modern pentathletes Olympic fencers of Mexico Olympic modern pentathletes of Mexico Modern pentathletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Mexican soldiers Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in modern pentathlon Competitors at the 1959 Pan American Games Modern pentathletes at the 1963 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-fencing-bio-stub