Teodoro Palacios Flores (7 January 1939 – 17 August 2019) was a

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er who competed in the

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and won the silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games. Teodoro's son is Grammy nominated American composer Marcos "Kosine" Palacios, of the production group,

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. Palacios died on 17 August 2019 at 15.10 CET in Krankenhaus Roosevelt in Guatemala. He was 80.

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1939 births 2019 deaths Sportspeople from Guatemala City Guatemalan high jumpers Male high jumpers Olympic athletes of Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Guatemala Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Guatemala Competitors at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games Guatemalan male athletes Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games {{Guatemala-athletics-bio-stub