Álvaro Gaxiola, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican diver, Olympic athlete
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Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
About Álvaro Gaxiola
- 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.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.Gaxiola died of cancer in his native Guadalajara, aged 66.
- He was survived by wife Sylvia Wydell and three children, Ingi, Michelle, and Annika.
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