Crispin Quispe

Crispin Quispe (13 May 1946 – February 2026) was a Bolivian long-distance runner. He competed in the 10,000 metres and marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Quispe grew up in Potosí and worked in Uyuni, Bolivia. He mostly ate bananas and marraquetas due to not having money while training. He became friends with his other national team members, though he was saddened to see Ricardo Condori leave for the United States following the Games. In 2024, he advised Bolivian authorities to better develop their athletes and to make more use of the word "atleta" in general.

After retirement, Quispe moved to a small town about 40 kilometres from Uyuni and kept llamas. As he aged, Quispe had health issues concerning his lungs and became blind in one eye due to glaucoma. In April 2020, he was robbed in his house by thieves from Challapata and tied up while being asked for money. After being left overnight tied up, he escaped the next morning to find that the thieves had stolen a picota and his garrafas, and that they had killed his llamas. Quispe had been robbed of 2,500 Bolivianos previously.

His son Ludger Quispe was a national-level boxer.