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Ernesto Canto

1959 - 2020

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Ernesto Canto Gudiño (18 October 1959 – 20 November 2020) was a Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometer walk. He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometer walk event. Canto died in 2020 at the age of 61 from pancreatic and liver cancer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernesto Canto is the 1,460th most popular athlete (up from 1,646th in 2024), the 317th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 373rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ernesto Canto ranks 1,460 out of 6,025. Before him are Émile Wegelin, Robert Benson, Giuseppe Crivelli, Gábor Benedek, Vitold Kreyer, and Leonid Bartenyev. After him are Barbara Burke, Bengt Nilsson, Antonio Spallino, Konrad Granström, Georges Gandil, and Erik Hansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ernesto Canto ranks 361. Before him are James LoMenzo, Ramón Calderé, Luis Pérez-Sala, Clayton Anderson, and Peter Doig. After him are Iakoba Italeli, Judd Nelson, François Chau, Urs Meier, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Jayne Atkinson, and Salvador Sánchez. Among people deceased in 2020, Ernesto Canto ranks 590. Before him are Stephen F. Cohen, Olga Tass, Edmond Baraffe, Richard Corben, Otto Leodolter, and Vitold Kreyer. After him are Arturo Chaires, Francisco Aguilar, Ram Vilas Paswan, Ivan Bohdan, José Luis Cuerda, and Vladimir Andreyev.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Ernesto Canto ranks 317 out of 729. Before him are Carlos Vela (1989), Isidoro Díaz (1938), Gabriel Núñez (1942), Manuel Robles Pezuela (1817), José Luis González Dávila (1942), and Manuel María Lombardini (1802). After him are Arturo Chaires (1937), Javier Valdivia (1941), Guillermo Ortiz (1939), Cecilia Suárez (1971), Melissa Barrera (1990), and Jaime Belmonte (1934).

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Among ATHLETES In Mexico

Among athletes born in Mexico, Ernesto Canto ranks 3. Before him are Enriqueta Basilio (1948), and Ricardo Delgado (1947). After him are Joaquín Capilla (1928), Humberto Mariles (1913), Pilar Roldán (1939), Raúl González (1952), Carlos Girón (1954), Joel Sánchez (1966), Arturo Barrios (1962), Jaime Ordiales (1963), and Bernardo Segura (1970).

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