Salvador Alanís

Salvador Alanís
Personal information
Full nameSalvador Alanís Duque
Born(1912-11-09)9 November 1912
San Luis Potosí City, Mexico
Died26 July 1998(1998-07-26) (aged 85)
Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Triple jump
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Men's athletics
Central American and Caribbean Games
1935 San Salvador Triple jump
Men's volleyball
Central American and Caribbean Games
1938 Panama City Team

Salvador Alanís Duque[a][1] (9 November 1912 – 26 July 1998)[2] was a Mexican athlete. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1932 Summer Olympics,[3] and was the first Mexican to compete in the event at the Olympics.[4] Alanís also won bronze in the triple jump at the 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games, and a silver in the men's volleyball tournament at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games.[2][5] He served as the vicepresident of the Mexican Athletics Federation (FMA) during the 1968 Summer Olympics,[6] and as the technical director of the Confederación Deportiva Mexicana during the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alanís and the second or maternal family name is Duque.

References

  1. ^ Reyes, Héctor (11 July 2016). "Tras 84 años, México con saltador triple" [After 84 years, Mexico has a triple jumper]. Esto (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Salvador Alanís". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Salvador Alanís". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Alberto Álvarez consigue un histórico noveno lugar en salto triple" [Alberto Álvarez achieves a historic ninth place in the triple jump]. El Sol de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Athletics Results San Salvador (1935)" (PDF). Athletics NACAC. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Mexico 68: News Bulletin / Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad". Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1966. p. 36.
  7. ^ "Historia: Quinta década" [History: Fifth decade] (PDF). Confederación Deportiva Mexicana (in Spanish). 2003. p. 139. Retrieved 19 January 2022.


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