Colonel Alberto Larraguibel Morales (May 30, 1919 – April 12, 1995) was a

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officer born in

Angol Angol is a commune and capital city of the Malleco Province in the Araucanía Region of southern Chile. It is located at the foot of the Nahuelbuta Range and next to the Vergara River, that permitted communications by small boats to the Bío- ...

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. He remains as the record holder for highest jump, one of the longest-running unbroken sport records in history – years .

Biography

He was born on May 30, 1919. Then-

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Larraguibel broke the equestrian high jump record at , riding Huaso, formerly called "Faithful", at the Official International Event in

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, Chile on February 5, 1949. The Committee of Records ratified this record on May 28, 1949, and stated that a height of at least must be cleared to beat it. Larraguibel died in

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at the age of 75.

References

1919 births 1995 deaths Chilean Army officers Chilean male equestrians Chilean people of Basque descent Show jumping riders People from Angol Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile Pan American Games medalists in equestrian Sports world record holders Equestrians at the 1951 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games 20th-century Chilean people {{chile-equestrian-bio-stub