Teodoro Palacios Flores (7 January 1939 – 17 August 2019) was a

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er 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 ...

and won the silver medal at the

1963 Pan American Games The 1963 Pan American Games, officially known as the IV Pan American Games () and commonly known as São Paulo 1963, were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963, in São Paulo, Brazil. Host city selection For the first time, two cities submitted b ...

. Teodoro's son is Grammy nominated American composer Marcos "Kosine" Palacios, of the production group,

Da Internz Da Internz are an American music production team originating from Chicago and currently based in Los Angeles. The duo is composed of Marcos " Kosine" Palacios and Ernest Tuo Clark. Da Internz describe their sound as "gourmet ratchet", meaning ...

. Palacios died on 17 August 2019 at 15.10 CET in Krankenhaus Roosevelt in Guatemala. He was 80.

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* * * 1939 births 2019 deaths Athletes from Guatemala City Guatemalan male athletes Guatemalan high jumpers Male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Guatemala Pan American Games athletes for Guatemala Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Guatemala Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games 20th-century Guatemalan sportsmen {{Guatemala-athletics-bio-stub