Olegario Vázquez Raña (born 10 December 1935) is a Mexican entrepreneur, businessman, owner of several companies, and the chairman and principal shareholder of

Grupo Empresarial Ángeles Grupo Empresarial Ángeles (GEA) is a Mexican corporation owned by Olegario Vázquez Raña and founded in 1998. It owns assets in the communications, healthcare, tourism and financial services industries. Its director general is Olegario Vázque ...

. He is married to María de los Angeles Aldir and he is the father of Olegario Vázquez Aldir, one of the richest businessman in Mexico.

Sports career

Vázquez Raña was a member of Mexico's shooting team at all

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from 1964 to 1976 and all world championships from 1966 to 1979. He is the national record-holder in many shooting disciplines and the world record-holder in

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(1973 and 1975).

Sports administration

*President of the Mexican Shooting Federation (1975 - 1992). *Lifelong Honorary President (1992 - ). *Vice-President of the Mexican Sports Confederation (1983 - 1992). *Permanent member of the

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(NOC) (1969 - ). *President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) (1980 - 2018). *President of the Shooting Confederation of the Americas (1979 - ). *Member of

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(ASOIF) Council (1987 - ).

References

External links

Official Website of the Olympic Movement

"Grupo Empresarial Angeles" Website
* 1935 births Living people Mexican businesspeople International Olympic Committee members Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Mexican male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Mexico Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Shooters at the 1963 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1967 Pan American Games {{Mexico-sportshooting-bio-stub