About Ernesto Canto
Lived 1959 – 2020 (aged 61). Ernesto Canto was a Mexican athletics competitor.
Ernesto Canto Gudiño (18 October 1959 – 20 November 2020) was a Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometer walk.
He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometer walk event.
Canto died in 2020 at the age of 61 from pancreatic and liver cancer.
Personal bests 20 km: 1:19:37 hrs – Xalapa, Spain, 5 April 1987 50 km: 3:52:16 hrs – Prague, Czech Republic, 12 April 1982
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Who was Ernesto Canto?
athletics competitor (1959–2020)
When was Ernesto Canto born?
Ernesto Canto was born on 18 October 1959 in Mexico City.
When did Ernesto Canto die?
Ernesto Canto died on 20 November 2020 in Mexico City.
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Ernesto Canto was an athletics competitor.
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Ernesto Canto was Mexican.
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