Mario Cesar Quintero Padron (10 January 1924 – 26 January 2017) was a

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player who competed in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

and in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

Career

Quintero coached the national team at the

1959 Pan American Games The 1959 Pan American Games, officially known as the III Pan American Games and commonly known as Chicago 1959, were held in Chicago, Illinois, United States between August 28 and September 7, 1959. Host city selection One city initially su ...

and

1967 Pan American Games The 1967 Pan American Games, officially known as the V Pan American Games () and commonly known as Winnipeg 1967, were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on ...

, as well as qualified for 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 became an international referee in 1953. Quintero died in Colón on 26 January 2017.

References

1924 births 2017 deaths People from Colón, Cuba Sportspeople from Matanzas Province Cuban men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Cuba Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1951 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Cuba Competitors at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in basketball 21st-century Cuban people 20th-century Cuban sportsmen {{Cuba-basketball-bio-stub