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
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...
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
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...
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
Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ...
at age 65.
See also
*
List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
* ''
A Step Away''
References
External links
Database Olympics (archived)*
1954 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia in Mexico
Mexican male divers
Divers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic divers for Mexico
Olympic silver medalists for Mexico
Sportspeople from Mexicali
Olympic medalists in diving
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games gold medalists in diving
Pan American Games silver medalists in diving
Pan American Games bronze medalists in diving
Divers at the 1975 Pan American Games
Divers at the 1979 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
20th-century Mexican sportsmen
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