Humberto Mariles Cortés

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Humberto Mariles Cortés medal table

Equestrian Jumping pictogram.svgShow jumping , eventingEquestrian Eventing pictogram.svg

MexicoMexico Mexico
Olympic Summer Games
gold 1948 Show jumping, singles
(with Arete )
gold 1948 Show jumping, team
(with Arete )
bronze 1948 Eventing, Team
(with Parral )

Humberto Mariles Cortés (born June 13, 1913 in Parral ; † December 6/7 , 1972 in Paris ) was a colonel in the Mexican army and a successful show jumping and eventing rider . At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 he won the team and individual gold medals in show jumping, as well as the bronze medal with the team in eventing.

successes

  • 1948 Summer Olympics in London
    • Show jumping: gold medal team, gold medal individual on Arete
    • Versatility: bronze medal team on parral

Criminal offenses

  • On August 14, 1964, Mariles Cortés shot a man from his car at the intersection because it had previously pushed him off the street.
  • In November 1972, Mariles Cortés was arrested in Paris with 7 other people for heroin smuggling. He died in a prison in Paris a few days after his arrest.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report on the arrest in Paris in "The Bulletin" of November 28, 1972.
personal data
SURNAME Mariles Cortés, Humberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mariles, Humberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Parral , Chihuahua , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1972
Place of death Paris , France