Carlos Girón

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Girón and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.
Carlos Girón

Carlos Girón at Olympic Games 1980
Personal information
Born 3 November 1954 (1954-11-03) (age 61)
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Medal record
Men's diving
Competitor for  Mexico
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow 3m Springboard
Pan American Games
1975 Mexico City 10m Platform
1979 San Juan 10m Platform
1975 Mexico City 3m Springboard
1979 San Juan 3m Springboard

Carlos Armando Girón Gutiérrez (born 3 November 1954 in Mexicali, Baja California) is a Mexican diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, winning one medal.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics he placed ninth in the 3 metre springboard event and eighth in the 10 metre platform event. In 1976 he repeated the position in the platform diving while advancing to a seventh place in the springboard.

At the 1980 Olympics he finally won a silver medal in 3 metre springboard, and came close to another medal with a fourth place in the 10 metre platform. His final Olympic performance came in 1984 where he placed twelfth.

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