Carlos Girón
Carlos Armando Girón Gutiérrez (born November 3, 1954 in Mexicali , † January 13, 2020 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican water diver who competed in four Olympic Games and won a silver medal. In 1975 he won the Pan American Games in front of a home crowd.
Carlos Girón made his debut at the 1972 Olympics ; he took ninth place in jumping and eighth place in the tower. At the Pan American Games in Mexico City in 1975, Girón jumped from the three-meter board to third place behind the Americans Tim Moore and Phil Boggs ; from the ten-meter tower, Girón won ahead of Tim Moore and Kent Vosler , both USA, and thus won his most important title. The following year at the 1976 Olympic Games , Girón finished seventh from the board and again eighth from the tower.
At the Pan American Games in San Juan in 1979 , the American Greg Louganis dominated water jumping. He won both competitions by a clear margin; from the board, Girón won bronze behind Phil Boggs, on the tower Girón took silver after having one point ahead of Boggs in the end. In the 1980 Olympic Games Louganis and Boggs were missing due to the Olympic boycott . Girón entered the final from the three-meter board as the leader, but was only 0.92 points ahead of the Soviet jumper Alexander Portnow . In the final, the largely unknown Portnow ultimately had the better nerve and in the end won gold with almost thirteen points ahead of Girón, who in turn was over twenty points ahead of Franco Cagnotto . The final from the tower reached three jumpers each from the Soviet Union and the GDR, the Austrian Niki Stajković and Carlos Girón represented the rest of the world. While Stajkovic finished eighth and last in the final, Girón was able to improve by one place from fifth place in the preliminary battle, but was more than seven points behind the bronze medal.
Four years later at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, not eight, but twelve jumpers qualified for the final. Carlos Girón reached the final once again in jumping and finished twelfth.
Girón died in Mexico City in January 2020 at the age of 65.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .
Web links
- Carlos Girón in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
- Carlos Girón in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Medalist at Pan American Games
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Girón, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Girón Gutiérrez, Carlos Armando (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican diver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd November 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexicali |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2020 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |