Nestor Jacono

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameNestor•Jacono
Used nameNestor•Jacono
Born15 February 1925
Died4 May 2014
NOC Malta

Biography

Nestor Jacono was a Maltese sprinter who was the only athletics competitor for Malta at the 1948 Olympics. He attended St. Edward’s College, and won multiple national sprint championships. After his retirement from competition, Jacono started the Pegasus Club to give school children a place to train and compete. He also worked in sports administration positions, most notably with the Maltese Olympic Committee. In 2005, Jacono was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Maltese Olympic Committee. Prior to his death in 2014 he was Malta’s oldest living Olympian.

Personal Best: 100 – unknown.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Athletics MLT Nestor Jacono
100 metres, Men (Olympic) 5 h1 r1/4