Alberto Escoto

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlberto•Escoto Valdés
Used nameAlberto•Escoto
Born27 August 1925 in La Habana (Havana), Ciudad de La Habana (CUB)
Died10 December 2019 (aged 94 years 3 months 14 days) in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (PUR)
NOC Cuba

Biography

After the end of World War II Alberto Escoto played basketball for the Cuban national team. In 1946 Escoto was part of the squad that won silver at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. Six years later he was selected to compete at the Olympics in Helsinki, playing in six games and scoring nine points. Escoto was 94-years-old when he died in December 2019.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) CUB Alberto Escoto
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Cuba =13

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