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Carlos Armando Girón Gutiérrez (3 November 1954 — 13 January 2020) was a Mexican diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, winning one medal. At the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 19 ...
in
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, he finished ninth in the 3 metre springboard event and eighth in the 10 metre platform event. In 1976 he repeated the position in the platform diving while advancing to a seventh place in the springboard. At the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in Moscow, USSR he finally won a silver medal in 3 metre springboard, and came close to another medal with a fourth place in the 10 metre platform. His final Olympic performance came in
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where he placed twelfth. On 13 January 2020, Girón died from
pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severit ...
at age 65.


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* 1954 births 2020 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in Mexico Mexican male divers Divers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic divers of Mexico Olympic silver medalists for Mexico Sportspeople from Mexicali Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 1975 Pan American Games Divers at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub