Óscar Soto Carrillo (born 9 June 1983 in
Mexico City
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) is a two-time Olympic
modern pentathlete
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from Mexico. He also won silver medal at the
2002 Junior World Championships in
Sydney
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, Australia, also individual and team gold medals at the
2006
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and
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010.
Bid
It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...
in
Cartagena, Colombia, and
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and at the
2011 Pan American Games
The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...
in his home nation,
Guadalajara
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, Mexico.
Soto achieved his best results, and performed consistently in each of the five sporting disciplines for the men's event at the Olympics, when he finished eighth in
2008
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, and fourteenth in
2012
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.
References
External links
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archived page from Pentathlon.org
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Living people
1983 births
Mexican male modern pentathletes
Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic modern pentathletes for Mexico
Modern pentathletes at the 2011 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
Sportspeople from Mexico City
Pan American Games medalists in modern pentathlon
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in modern pentathlon
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
21st-century Mexican people
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