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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
Bronze medal – third place 1935 San Salvador Triple jump
Men's volleyball
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 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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