Óscar Soto

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soto and the second or maternal family name is Carrillo.
Óscar Soto
Personal information
Full nameÓscar Soto Carrillo
Born (1983-06-09) 9 June 1983 (age 41)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportModern pentathlon
Coached byGabriel Gil Marin, Akhenatón Hernandez, Gearnys Francoi, Fernando Lopez and Pavel Estrada
Retired2012
Medal record
Men's modern pentathlon
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Individual
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Individual
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez Individual
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mayagüez Team

Óscar Soto Carrillo (born 9 June 1983 in Mexico City) is a two-time Olympic modern pentathlete from Mexico.[1][2] He also won silver medal at the 2002 Junior World Championships in Sydney, Australia, also individual and team gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia, and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and at the 2011 Pan American Games in his home nation, Guadalajara, Mexico.[3]

Soto achieved his best results, and performed consistently in each of the five sporting disciplines for the men's event at the Olympics, when he finished eighth in 2008, and fourteenth in 2012.

References

  1. ^ "Oscar Soto". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Óscar Soto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Modern Pentathlon: Mexico wins first Gold Medal". Terra (English). 16 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2012.


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