Iván Rodríguez (sprinter)
Appearance
Iván Rodríguez Padilla (15 January 1937 – 13 August 2022)[1] was a Puerto Rican sprinter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico. He finished third in the 1959 Pan American Games 4×400 metres Relay (with Ramón Vega, Frank Rivera, and the non-Olympian Cains[who?]). In the 1959 Pan American Games 400 metres Rodríguez finished fifth.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Iván Rodríguez's obituary (in Spanish)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iván Rodríguez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2022 deaths
- People from Yauco, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican male sprinters
- Olympic track and field athletes for Puerto Rico
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico
- Competitors at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Puerto Rican athletics biography stubs