Pablo Garrido Lugo (born June 22, 1938) was a Mexican
athlete
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
who competed in the late 1960s. He finished 26th in the
men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in
Mexico City
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. Garrido also took the
Olympic Oath
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at those same games. He was born in
Jilotepec de Abasolo
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,
State of Mexico
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.
References
1968 athletics marathon men's results
IOC 1968 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Mexican male long-distance runners
Living people
1938 births
Olympic athletes for Mexico
Athletes from Mexico City
Oath takers at the Olympic Games
20th-century Mexican people
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