Galo Miño

Galo Edmundo Miño Jarrín (6 February 1953 - 11 September 1986) was an Ecuadorian sports shooter.

Galo Miño
Personal information
Birth nameGalo Edmundo Miño Jarrín
NationalityEcuadorian
Born(1953-02-06)6 February 1953
Guaranda, Bolívar, Ecuador
Died11 September 1986(1986-09-11) (aged 33)
Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country Ecuador
SportShooting

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

  1. Olderr, Steven (2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999 (Reprint ed.). McFarland. p. 198. ISBN 9780786443369.
  2. "Men's Free Pistol - Final results". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 30 July 1984. p. 23. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. "Datos Biográficos" (in Spanish). Policia Nacional del Ecuador. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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