Ivar Sisniega Campbell (born 29 May 1958) is a Mexican

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, politician, and businessman. He competed at the 1980,

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

and

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. He was formerly the head of

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under

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Ernesto Zedillo Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (; born 27 December 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was 61st president of Mexico from 1 December 1994 to 30 November 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from t ...

from 1994 to 2000, where he created the National Youth Olympics, as well as Executive President of

C.D. Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divi ...

from 2002 to 2006. In 2015, he was briefly the interim President of the Pan American Sports Organization, following the death of former president

Mario Vázquez Raña Mario Vázquez Raña (7 June 1932 – 8 February 2015) was a Mexican businessman and sports administrator, who served on both national and Olympic committees. He served as a member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC ...

. His son, Pablo Sisniega, is a goalkeeper for

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* 1958 births Living people Mexican male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Mexico Modern pentathletes at the 1980 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1984 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1988 Summer Olympics Mexican people of Basque descent Mexican people of Scottish descent Mexican people of Spanish descent {{Mexico-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub