Ernesto Canto
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| Full name | Ernesto Canto Gudiño | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1959 Mexico City, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 November 2020 (aged 61) Mexico City, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernesto Canto Gudiño (18 October 1959 – 20 November 2020) was a Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometer walk.
He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometer walk event.
Canto died in 2020 at the age of 61 from pancreatic and liver cancer.[1][2]
Personal bests
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Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Muere Ernesto Canto, medallista olímpico mexicano, tras perder la batalla contra el cáncer". 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Ernesto Canto fallece a los 61 años". 20 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Ernesto Canto at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ernesto Canto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24.
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