Rodolfo Mijares

Rodolfo Mijares Garza (17 July 1938 – 2 April 2018) was a Mexican track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1959 Pan American Games, finishing seventh. He won the athletics pentathlon at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games, becoming the second Mexican to do, so after Amador Terán.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Mexico
1959 CAC Games Caracas, Venezuela 8th Long jump 6.25 m
1st Pentathlon 2723 pts
Pan American Games Chicago, United States 7th Decathlon 5213 pts
1960 Olympic Games Rome, Italy 21st Decathlon 5413 pts
Ibero-American Games Santiago, Chile 16th (h) 100 m 11.1
– Decathlon DNF

References

  1. ↑ "Rodolfo Mijares". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rodolfo Mijares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Central American and Caribbean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 19 June 2016.