Guillermo Solá
Chilean athlete (1929–2020)
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Born | July 25, 1929 Valparaiso, Chile | ||||||||||||||
Died | February 24, 2020(2020-02-24) (aged 90) Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||
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Guillermo Solá Aravena (July 25, 1929 – February 24, 2020) was a middle- and long-distance runner from Chile. He won the gold medal in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase event at the 1955 Pan American Games, and he won silver medal in the men's 1,500 meters steeplechase event at the 1951 Pan American Games. Solá represented his native South American country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guillermo Solá". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Guillermo Solá's obituary Archived 2020-03-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Guillermo Sola's Biography at Olympics.com
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- 1951:
Curt Stone (USA)
- 1955:
Guillermo Solá (CHI)
- 1959:
Phil Coleman (USA)
- 1963:
Jeff Fishback (USA)
- 1967:
Chris McCubbins (USA)
- 1971:
Mike Manley (USA)
- 1975:
Mike Manley (USA)
- 1979:
Henry Marsh (USA)
- 1983:
Emilio Ulloa (CHI)
- 1987:
Adauto Domingues (BRA)
- 1991:
Adauto Domingues (BRA)
- 1995:
Wander Moura (BRA)
- 1999:
Joël Bourgeois (CAN)
- 2003:
Néstor Nieves (VEN)
- 2007:
Joshua McAdams (USA)
- 2011:
José Peña (VEN)
- 2015:
Matthew Hughes (CAN)
- 2019:
Altobeli da Silva (BRA)
- 2023:
Jean-Simon Desgagnés (CAN)
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