Guillermo Solá
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Born | July 25, 1929 Valparaiso, Chile | ||||||||||||||
Died | February 24, 2020 Santiago, Chile | (aged 90)||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
[edit]- 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
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2020 deaths
- Chilean male middle-distance runners
- Chilean male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Olympic athletes for Chile
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Chilean male steeplechase runners
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Valparaíso
- Chilean athletics biography stubs