Galo Edmundo Miño Jarrín (6 February 1953 – 11 September 1986) was an Ecuadorian

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. Miño won a gold medal at the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games, officially known as the IX Pan American Games () and commonly known as Caracas 1983, were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to inclu ...

in Caracas, as a member of Ecuador's three-man side in the team competition of the

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. It was Ecuador's only medal of the games. At the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

, Miño competed in the

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event. He finished equal 23rd, from the 56 shooters in the field. A police captain, Miño was killed aged 33, during a shootout with bank robbers in Quito.

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