Alfonso de Gortari

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlfonso•de Gortari Pérez
Used nameAlfonso•de Gortari
Born11 January 1904 in Morelia, Michoacán (MEX)
Died16 March 1983 in Benito Juárez, Ciudad de México (MEX)
Measurements173 cm
NOC Mexico

Biography

Mexican track and field athlete Alfonso de Gortari won gold in the long jump at the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games with 6.70 metres. Two years later Gortari competed in the same event at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics where he was eliminated in the qualifying round. He was also scheduled to compete in the pole vault and the discus at the Amsterdam Games but did not start in either event.

Personal Best: LJ – 7.05 (1928).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Athletics MEX Alfonso de Gortari
Pole Vault, Men (Olympic) DNS
Long Jump, Men (Olympic) 16 r1/2
Discus Throw, Men (Olympic) DNS

Special Notes