Luis Velásquez

Luis Velásquez (30 December 1919 – 9 February 1997) was a Guatemalan long-distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was third in the 1951 Pan American Games marathon and third in the 1955 Pan American Games marathon.^[1]

References

Central American and Caribbean Games champions in men's marathon

1946–1966: Half marathon 1970–present: Marathon

1938: José Thompson (PAN) 1946: Mateo Flores (GUA) 1950: Luis Velásquez (GUA) 1954: Mateo Flores (GUA) 1959: Pedro Peralta (MEX) 1962: Hernán Barreneche (COL) 1966: Valentín Robles (MEX) 1970: Alfredo Peñaloza (MEX) 1974: Gilberto Serna (COL) 1978: Radamés Vega (PUR) 1982: Jorge González (PUR) 1986: Jesús Amariles (COL) 1990: Jorge González (PUR) 1993: Benjamín Paredes (MEX) 1998: Juan Camacho (MEX) 2002–2006: Procopio Franco (MEX) 2010: José Amado García (GUA) 2014: Richer Pérez (CUB)

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