Hortensio Fucil

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Hortensio Fucil
Personal information
BornFebruary 8, 1939
DiedApril 30, 2018(2018-04-30) (aged 79)[1]
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Venezuela
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 1962 Kingston 400 metres

Hortensio Fucil Herrera (February 8, 1939 – April 30, 2018) was a track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the short- and in the middle-distances. Fucil represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was second in the 1963 Pan American Games 4 × 400 metres relay (with Víctor Maldonado, Aristides Pineda and Leslie Mentor). In the 1963 Pan American Games Fucil finished fifth in the 400 metres.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Falleció Hortensio Fucil, un grande del atletismo venezolano" (in Spanish). 800Noticias. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2023.