Crisanto Grajales Valencia (born 6 May 1987) is a Mexican triathlete who won gold medals at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2015 Pan American Games. He placed 28th at the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and 12th at the 2016 Rio Games. Grajales took up triathlon aged nine. He served as the flag bearer for Mexico 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, ...

and won the Mexican National Sports Award in 2015. He won the gold medal in the men's triathlon at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

held in Lima, Peru. He also won the bronze medal in the mixed relay event. In 2021, he competed in the men's triathlon at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

held in Tokyo, Japan.

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1987 births Living people Mexican male triathletes Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes of Mexico Sportspeople from Veracruz People from Xalapa Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in triathlon Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Triathletes at the 2015 Pan American Games Triathletes at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in triathlon Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-triathlon-bio-stub