Galo Miño
Galo Edmundo Miño Jarrín (6 February 1953 - 11 September 1986) was an Ecuadorian sports shooter.
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| Birth name | Galo Edmundo Miño Jarrín | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ecuadorian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1953 Guaranda, Bolívar, Ecuador | |||||||||||||
| Died | 11 September 1986 (aged 33) Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Country |  Ecuador | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Miño won a gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, as a member of Ecuador's three-man side in the team competition of the Air Pistol. It was Ecuador's only medal of the games.[1]
At the 1984 Summer Olympics, Miño competed in the 50 meter pistol event. He finished equal 23rd, from the 56 shooters in the field.[2]
A police captain, Miño was killed aged 33, during a shootout with bank robbers in Quito.[3]
References
- Olderr, Steven (2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999 (Reprint ed.). McFarland. p. 198. ISBN 9780786443369.
- "Men's Free Pistol - Final results". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 30 July 1984. p. 23. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- "Datos Biográficos" (in Spanish). Policia Nacional del Ecuador. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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