Héctor Thomas Martínez (October 10, 1938 – December 23, 2008) was a decathlete from

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. He won more than ten medals in various athletics events at the

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in 1961–1973, as well as three medals at the Pan American Games in 1963 and 1967. He competed in the decathlon at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best result of 20th place in 1960. In 1998 he was inducted into the Venezuelan Sports Hall of Fame. He died of cancer aged 70.Héctor Thomas
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1938 births 2008 deaths People from Bolívar (state) Venezuelan decathletes Olympic athletes of Venezuela Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people Death in Caracas {{Venezuela-athletics-bio-stub