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Crisanto Grajales

Crisanto Grajales

Mexican triathlete

Crisanto Grajales Valencia[lower-alpha 1] (born 6 May 1987) is a Mexican triathlete who won gold medals at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2015 Pan American Games. He placed 28th at the 2012 Olympics and 12th at the 2016 Rio Games.[3]

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Grajales took up triathlon aged nine. He served as the flag bearer for Mexico at the 2011 Pan American Games and won the Mexican National Sports Award in 2015.[4]

He won the gold medal in the men's triathlon at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[6] He also won the bronze medal in the mixed relay event.[7]

In 2021, he competed in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[8]

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Grajales and the second or maternal family name is Valencia.

References

  1. [1]
    Juegos Panamericanos Guadalajara - Participantes Triatlón. panamericanos.deporte.org.mx
  2. [2]
    Crisanto Grajales. sports-reference.com
  3. [3]
    Crisanto Grajales Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
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    Crisanto Grajales. nbcolympics.com
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    Crisanto Grajales. london2012.com
  6. [6]
    "Men's Triathlon Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Mixed Relay Triathlon Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Men's Triathlon Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.


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