Luis Velásquez

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Luis Humberto•Velásquez
Used name	Luis•Velásquez
Born	30 December 1919 in Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City), Guatemala	GUA
Died	9 February 1997 (aged 77 years 1 month 10 days) in Middlesex County, Massachusetts	USA
NOC	Guatemala	GUA

Biography

Luis Velásquez had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1951 Pan American Games Marathon, 3rd in the 1955 Pan American Games Marathon.

Personal Bests: 10000 – unknown; Mar – 2-33:28 (1952).

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
1952 Summer Olympics	Athletics	GUA			Luis Velásquez
	10,000 metres, Men (Olympic)		31
	Marathon, Men (Olympic)		DNF

List mentions

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (0–0–2 1951 Buenos Aires ATH bronze: marathon; 1955 Ciudad de México ATH bronze: marathon)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games (2–1–0 1946 Barranquilla ATH silver: half-marathon; 1950 Ciudad de Guatemala ATH gold: 10000 m and half-marathon)