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Héctor Tomás Thomas Martínez (10 October 1938 – 23 December 2008) was a
decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθΠ...
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Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
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Career

He won more than ten medals in various athletics events at the
Bolivarian Games The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos'', full name ''Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos'') are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (''Organización Deporti ...
from 1961 to 1973, as well as three medals at the Pan American Games in 1963 and 1967. He competed in the decathlon at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, achieving his best result of 20th place in 1960. In 1998, he was inducted into the Venezuelan Sports Hall of Fame. He died of cancer at the age of 70.


International competitions

El mundo de los super atletas
pp 105–111)


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* * * * 1938 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Bolívar (state) Venezuelan decathletes Olympic athletes for Venezuela Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan sportsmen 21st-century Venezuelan people Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Venezuela Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Venezuela Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Venezuela {{Venezuela-athletics-bio-stub