Álvaro Gaxiola

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gaxiola and the second or maternal family name is Robles.
Álvaro Gaxiola

Álvaro Gaxiola (left) at the 1969 Olympics
Personal information
Born 26 January 1937
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Died 18 August 2003 (aged 66)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Alma mater University of Michigan
Sport
Sport Diving
Club Michigan Wolverines, Ann Arbor
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City 10 m platform
Pan American Games
1959 Chicago 10 m platform
1963 São Paulo 10 m platform

Juan Álvaro José Gaxiola Robles (26 January 1937 – 18 August 2003) was a Mexican diver. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform and won a silver medal in the platform in 1968, in Mexico City. He also finished fourth in the springboard in 1960.[1]

Gaxiola lived for many years in the United States and returned to Mexico only in the 1990s. He competed in diving for Ann Arbor High School and then for the University of Michigan, where he studied civil engineering.[2]

Gaxiola died of cancer in his native Guadalajara, aged 66. He was survived by wife Sylvia Wydell and two children, Michelle and Annikka.[2]

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  1. ↑ Álvaro Gaxiola. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 Fallece el clavadista Álvaro Gaxiola. elsiglodetorreon.com.mx. 18 August 2003
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