Mario Cesar Quintero Padron (10 January 1924 – 26 January 2017) was a Cuban basketball player who competed in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

and in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Career

Quintero coached the national team at the

1959 Pan American Games The 1959 Pan American Games were held in Chicago, Illinois, United States between August 28 and September 7, 1959. Host city selection One city initially submitted a bid to host the 1959 Pan American Games that was recognized by the Pan Ame ...

and

1967 Pan American Games The 1967 Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the 1963 Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago ...

, as well as qualified for the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. He became an international referee in 1953. Quintero died in Colón on 26 January 2017.

References

1924 births 2017 deaths People from Colón, Cuba Sportspeople from Matanzas Province Cuban men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Cuba Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1951 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Cuba Competitors at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in basketball 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-basketball-bio-stub