José Vicente

José Ignacio Vicente Chandler (3 February 1922 – 5 July 2022) was a Puerto Rican pole vaulter and academic. His first career medal was a gold medal earned at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games, where he won it again at the subsequent Games. He has also competed for Puerto Rico at the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1952 Summer Olympics. After his sporting career, he became an academic and specialized in the study of coffee.

Biography José Ignacio Vicente Chandler was born on 3 February 1922 in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. As an athlete, he competed in athletics for Puerto Rico. His first major international medal was earned at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia. He won the gold medal in the men's pole vault with a height of 3.98 metres.

Vicente was selected to compete for Puerto Rico at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, England, for the Puerto Rico's first appearance at any of the Summer Games. There, he was designated as the flag bearer for Puerto Rico during the opening ceremony. In the same year, he set a personal best in the event with 4.14 metres.

Upon retiring from sport, Vicente became an academic and became an expert in agriculture, especially in coffee. He worked for forty years at the Puerto Rican Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and was inducted into the ARS Hall of Fame in 1988. During his academic career, he examined multiple factors of coffee production in Puerto Rico such as picking efficiency and how it affects production. He later died on 5 July 2022 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the age of 100.