Former Mexican athlete Mercedes Román, who participated within the 1968 Mexico Olympics within the lengthy soar, pentathlon and 4×100-meter relay occasions, died on Wednesday on the age of 78.
To this point, she has been the one tricolor athlete to compete in three completely different occasions in the identical version of the summer season competitors.
Román participated in Mexico 68 when she was 23 years previous. Within the 4×100 meter relay she teamed up with the emblematic Enriqueta Basilio, in addition to with Esperanza Girón and Alma Rosa Martínez, who completed in seventh place of their qualifying rounds.
Within the lengthy soar, his finest outcome was 5.75 meters, however he didn’t qualify for the ultimate and completed in twentieth place.
Within the pentathlon he scored 3,604 factors and positioned thirty first.
Throughout his profession as an athlete, he gained one silver medal and three bronze medals on the Central American and Caribbean Video games, between the 1970 Panama and 1974 Santo Domingo Video games.
After retiring from the monitor, “Meche” Román, who was born in Madrid, Spain, and arrived within the nation on the age of seven, continued to be concerned in sports activities by changing into a world athletics coach and decide.
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– 2024-07-25 21:21:07
