Osvaldo Suárez

Personal information

Born

March 17, 1934

Medal record

Men's Athletics
Representing Argentina
Pan American Games
	1955 Mexico City	5.000 metres
	1955 Mexico City	10.000 metres
	1959 Chicago	10.000 metres
	1963 Sao Paulo	5.000 metres
	1959 Chicago	5.000 metres
	1963 Sao Paulo	10.000 metres

Juan Osvaldo Roberto Suárez (born March 17, 1934 in Wilde) is a long-distance runner from Argentina who won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1960 and 1964. After his active career, he became a professional athletics coach.

References

(Spanish) Interview
sports-reference

Awards
Preceded by Pedro Dellacha	*Olimpia de Oro* 1958	Succeeded by Luis Thompson

Pan American Games champions in men's 5000 metres

1951: Ricardo Bralo (ARG)
1955: Osvaldo Suárez (ARG)
1959: Bill Dellinger (USA)
1963: Osvaldo Suárez (ARG)
1967: Van Nelson (USA)
1971: Steve Prefontaine (USA)
1975: Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)
1979: Matt Centrowitz (USA)
1983: Eduardo Castro (MEX)
1987–1991: Arturo Barrios (MEX)
1995: Armando Quintanilla (MEX)
1999: David Galván (MEX)
2003: Hudson de Souza (BRA)
2007: Ed Moran (USA)
2011–2015: Juan Luis Barrios (MEX)

Pan American Games Champions in Men's 10000 m

1951: Curt Stone (USA)
1955 – 1959: Osvaldo Suárez (ARG)
1963: Pete McArdle (USA)
1967: Van Nelson (USA)
1971: Frank Shorter (USA)
1975: Luis Hernández (MEX)
1979: Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)
1983: José Gómez (MEX)
1987: Bruce Bickford (USA)
1991: Martín Pitayo (MEX)
1995: Armando Quintanilla (MEX)
1999: Elenilson da Silva (BRA)
2003: Teodoro Vega (MEX)
2007: David Galván (MEX)
2011: Marílson dos Santos (BRA)
2015: Mohammed Ahmed (CAN)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.