Leonardo Basurto

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Leonardo•Basurto Padilla
Used name	Leonardo•Basurto
Nick/petnames	La Pulga
Born	14 March 1928 in Ciudad de México (Mexico City), Ciudad de México (MEX)
Died	30 September 2009 (aged 81 years 6 months 16 days) in Columbia, Missouri (USA)
NOC	Mexico

Biography

Leonardo Basurto had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1951 Pan American Games freestyle bantamweight -57 kg, 3rd in the 1955 Pan American Games freestyle bantamweight -57 kg.

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
1952 Summer Olympics	Wrestling	MEX			Leonardo Basurto
	Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)		AC

List mentions

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (0–0–2 1951 Buenos Aires WRE bronze: freestyle bantamweight -57 kg; 1955 Ciudad de México WRE bronze: freestyle bantamweight -57 kg)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games (1–0–0 1954 Ciudad de México WRE gold: freestyle bantamweight -57 kg)