Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente (25 January 1917 – 14 February 1956) was an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

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and

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

. He was born in

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...

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. He won the silver medal in

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at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

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. He competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

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, where he placed fourth. Valiente also won the

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in 1947. He won the 1955 Buenos Aires 1000 km sport cars race (co drove José María Ibañez) driving a Ferrari 375 plus. He was killed in a crash involving an airplane he was piloting in 1956.

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* 1917 births 1956 deaths Argentine male sport shooters Sportspeople from Mar del Plata Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent Argentine racing drivers Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Argentina Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in shooting Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub

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