Héctor Thomas
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Full name | Héctor Thomas Martínez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | El Callao, Bolívar, Venezuela | October 10, 1938||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | December 23, 2008 Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela | (aged 70)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1960 Summer Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Héctor Thomas Martínez (born October 10, 1938 in El Callao, Bolívar, died December 23, 2008 in Caracas, Distrito Capital) is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela, who competed in the decathlon. He represented his country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1960. Thomas twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during the 1960s.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Venezuela | |||||
1961 | Bolivarian Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 3rd | High jump | 1.75 m |
2nd | Shot put | 13.93 m | |||
2nd | Discus throw | 45.42 m | |||
2nd | Javelin throw | 66.43 m | |||
1st | Pentathlon | 3161 pts | |||
1965 | Bolivarian Games | Quito, Ecuador | 3rd | Pole vault | 4.10 m A |
1st | Long jump | 7.48 m A | |||
2nd | Shot put | 14.12 m A | |||
2nd | Discus throw | 42.57 m A | |||
3rd | Javelin throw | 60.56 m A | |||
1st | Pentathlon | 3376 pts A | |||
1970 | Bolivarian Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | Pole vault | 4.15 m |
1st | Shot put | 14.91 m | |||
1st | Decathlon | 7091 pts | |||
1973 | Bolivarian Games | Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá | 2nd | Pole vault | 4.30 m |
References
Categories:
- 1938 births
- Living people
- People from Bolívar (state)
- Venezuelan decathletes
- Olympic athletes of Venezuela
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Venezuelan athletics biography stubs