Antonio Rosado

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAntonio•Rosado García
Used nameAntonio•Rosado
Born9 March 1931 in Ciudad de México (Mexico City), Ciudad de México (MEX)
Died25 May 2025 (aged 94 years 2 months 16 days)
NOC Mexico

Biography

Antonio Rosado studied dentistry at UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and at college played American Football. He also took up wrestling and was the Collegiate welterweight champion in 1950 and the following year won his first of many national titles between then and 1963.

Rosado competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and in 1958 won a gold medal in the Central American Games at Caracas. He followed that with a bronze medal at the Pan-American Games at Chicago in 1959, adding to the bronze he won in Mexico City four years earlier.

Appointed coach to the UNAM wrestling team, he was later honoured with a life-time captaincy of the team.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Summer Olympics Wrestling MEX Antonio Rosado
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) =16

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