Francisco Checa (4 February 1940 – 13 April 2008) was a

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

nian

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player who competed in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

. He was born and died in

Panama City Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific Ocean, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, i ...

.Francisco Checa's obituary

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1940 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Panama City Panamanian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Panama Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Panama Pan American Games bronze medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games {{Panama-basketball-bio-stub