Héctor Eugene Méndez (1 August 1897 – 13 December 1977) was an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the ...
professional
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
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who competed in the 1920s. He won a silver medal at the
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
, losing against
Jean DeLarge
Jean Delarge (6 April 1906 – 7 July 1977) was a Belgian welterweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was born in Liège. Delarge won the gold medal in boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the welterweight
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in the final bout. Héctor was the flag bearer for his country at the opening ceremony of the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...
.
References
External links
Héctor Méndez's obituary
1897 births
1977 deaths
Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Argentina
Olympic silver medalists for Argentina
Welterweight boxers
Place of birth missing
Olympic medalists in boxing
Argentine male boxers
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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