Juan A. Rodríguez Iglesias (9 July 1928 – 27 September 2019) was a

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

from

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

, who represented his native country twice at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

(1948 and 1952). In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles sculls event. He was born in

Dolores, Uruguay Dolores is a city in the Soriano Department of western Uruguay. Geography The city is located in the west part of the Soriano's department, on the left banks of San Salvador River, about before it discharges into the Uruguay River. It is almost ...

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databaseOlympicsJuan Rodríguez's obituary
1928 births 2019 deaths Uruguayan male rowers Sportspeople from Soriano Department Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Uruguay Olympic bronze medalists for Uruguay Place of birth missing Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists in rowing Pan American Games silver medalists for Uruguay Rowers at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-Olympic-medalist-stub