Apolonio Castillo Díaz (23 May 1921 – 11 March 1957) was a Mexican swimmer who competed in the

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and

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in butterfly stroke. Castillo was a close friend of Ramón Bravo, he taught the photographer and underwater filmmaker to dive. Díaz died in Acapulco at the age of 35, after diving in the waters of the bay trying to rescue the bodies of Joseph Arthur Mitchel and Edith Hallock, two elder American tourists who were victimized by the

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Rudy Fenton Cavalzono and the boatman Daniel Ríos Ozuna days before in the Bay of Acapulco and whose approximate depth is . In the last search Castillo floated but suffered a decompression accident and three days later he was taken to the

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of the Naval Base, where on March 11, 1957, Díaz died.

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1921 births 1957 deaths Mexican male swimmers Sportspeople from Guerrero Mexican male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Mexico Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming {{Mexico-swimming-bio-stub