Antonio Nava Castillo (September 9, 1905 – March 28, 1983) was a Mexican

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player who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. Born in

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, he was part of the Mexican polo team, which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches in the tournament. Afterwards Nava entered politics and, from 1965 to 1966, he was the Governor of Puebla.

External links

Antonio Nava's profile at databaseOlympics
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Antonio Nava's profile at Sports Reference.com
1905 births 1983 deaths Mexican polo players Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Olympic polo players for Mexico Polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Puebla Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in polo Governors of Puebla {{Polo-bio-stub