Horacio E. Esteves Orihuela

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(6 July 1941 – 26 July 1996) was a

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sprinter who jointly held the 100 metres world record at 10.0s from 1964 to 1968. His record time was run on 15 August 1964 at the Estadio Nacional de "El Paraíso" in Caracas (now

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), matching the time set by

Armin Hary Armin Hary (; (born 22 March 1937) is a retired German sprinter who won the 1960 Olympic 100 meters dash. He was the first non-American to win the event since Percy Williams of Canada took the gold medal in 1928, the only German to ever win t ...

in 1960 and

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in 1962. He was also a record holder in the

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, at 9.2s. He reached the semi-finals in the 100m at the 1960 Olympics, and the same year competed in the heats for Venezuela in the 4 X 100 m relay. A muscle strain prevented him from going to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He did not go beyond the heats in the 1968 Olympics 100m. Esteves competed in the 4×100 metres Relay at the

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winning a silver medal with

Arquímedes Herrera Arquímedes Herrera (8 August 1935 – 30 May 2013) was a Venezuelan track and field athlete who competed in the sprint events and was ranked #4 in the world in the 100 m in 1963. As a teenager Herrera spent time in the Venezuelan military, tak ...

Héctor Thomas Héctor Tomás Thomas Martínez (10 October 1938 – 23 December 2008) was a decathlon, decathlete from Venezuela. Career He won more than ten medals in various athletics events at the Bolivarian Games from 1961 to 1973, as well as three meda ...

, and Rafael Romero. He finished fourth in the 100 meters at the

. He went to high school at the Aplicación Lyceum and Luis Espelozín schools. He received a degree in physical education from the Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas (now part of the

Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (Libertador Experimental Pedagogical University, UPEL) is the main public university institute, dedicated to the formation of teachers and professors in Venezuela. Its main headquarters is on Cara ...

. He did an MA in science, specializing in Planning and Nutrition, and then studied physiology of exercise at the Universidad de Los Andes and growth and development at the Universidad Simón Bolívar.

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