Óscar Soto

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Soto and the second or maternal family name is Carrillo.
Óscar Soto
Personal information
Full name Óscar Soto Carrillo
Nationality  Mexico
Born (1983-06-09) 9 June 1983
Mexico City, Mexico
Residence CdMx
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Modern pentathlon
Coached by Gabriel Gil Marin, Akhenatón Hernandez, Gearnys Francoi, Fernando Lopez and Pavel Estrada
Retired 2012

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". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  2. "Óscar Soto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. "Modern Pentathlon: Mexico wins first Gold Medal". Terra (English). 16 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2012.


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