Hernán Figueroa
Chilean decathlete
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Pan American Games | ||
1951 Buenos Aires | Decathlon | |
1955 Mexico City | Decathlon | |
South American Championships | ||
1952 Buenos Aires | Decathlon |
Hernán Figueroa Bueg (26 August 1927 – September 2013) was a decathlete from Chile.[1] He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951. He is a two-time Olympian (1948 and 1952) for his native South American country. In the mid-1970s, he is credited with instigating development of the sport's division of Masters athletics, encouraging the formation of organizations across South America.[2][3]
References
External links
- Hernán Figueroa at World Athletics
- Hernán Figueroa at Olympedia
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- 1951: Hernán Figueroa (CHI)
- 1955: Rafer Johnson (USA)
- 1959: Dave Edstrom (USA)
- 1963: John David Martin (USA)
- 1967: Bill Toomey (USA)
- 1971: Rick Wanamaker (USA)
- 1975: Bruce Jenner (USA)
- 1979: Bobby Coffman (USA)
- 1983: Dave Steen (CAN)
- 1987: Mike Gonzales (USA)
- 1991: Pedro da Silva (BRA)
- 1995: Kip Janvrin (USA)
- 1999: Chris Huffins (USA)
- 2003: Stephen Moore (USA)
- 2007: Maurice Smith (JAM)
- 2011: Leonel Suárez (CUB)
- 2015: Damian Warner (CAN)
- 2019: Damian Warner (CAN)
- 2023: Santiago Ford (CHI)
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