Mario Escobar

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMario•Escobar Gómez
Used nameMario•Escobar
Born14 February 1940
Measurements180 cm / 68 kg
NOC Colombia

Biography

Colombian cyclist Mario Escobar had a brief career in the early 1960s that saw him become the national road race champion in 1961. That same year Escobar won silver in the individual road race at the Bolivarian Games before winning two silvers at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston. Two years later he was selected to compete in the individual road race at the Tokyo Olympics but did not finish the course.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1964 Summer Olympics Cycling Road (Cycling) COL Mario Escobar
Road Race, Men (Olympic) DNF

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