Héctor Eugene Méndez (1 August 1897 – 13 December 1977) 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 ...

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 th ...

professional

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who competed in the 1920s. He won a silver medal at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

, losing against Jean DeLarge 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 (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

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 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-boxing-bio-stub