Álvaro Gaxiola

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Gaxiola and the second or maternal family name is Robles.
Álvaro Gaxiola
Personal information
Born 26 January 1937
Medal record
Men’s Diving
Competitor for  Mexico
Olympic Games
Silver 1968 Mexico City Diving

Juan Álvaro José Gaxiola Robles (born 26 January 1937 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, died 18 August 2003) is a former Mexican diver.[1] He competed for Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico where he won the silver medal in the men's platform event.

Alvaro Gaxiola lived for some years in Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA) where he was a varsity diver for Ann Arbor High School and then for the University of Michigan. His younger brother Alex swam backstroke on the varsity swim teams at both schools.

References

  1. ^ Obit retrieved 24th July 2010