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Pilar Roldán

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María del Pilar Roldán Tapia (born 18 November 1939 in Mexico City) is a Mexican former foil fencer and the first Mexican woman to win an olympic medal in the history of Olympic fencing. During the 1968 Mexican Olympic Games she was a silver medalist; she was a champion in singles. She competed for Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico, where she won the silver medal in the women's foil event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Pilar Roldán is the 2,120th most popular athlete (up from 2,590th in 2024), the 409th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 496th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Mexican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pilar Roldán ranks 2,120 out of 6,025. Before her are Cathy Freeman, Ercole Olgeni, Roberto Hernández, Zhang Liang, Dagmar Neubauer, and Sabine Braun. After her are Manfred Klein, Dimitrie Popescu, Evelyne Hall, Valentyna Kozyr, Josef Ternström, and Sammy Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Pilar Roldán ranks 578. Before her are Jet Harris, Robert A. M. Stern, Margaret Drabble, Kinuko Tanida, Nanda, and Félix Salinas. After her are Paul Winter, Terry Kiser, Humberto Cruz, Subramanian Swamy, Richard Zare, and Carole Shelley.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Pilar Roldán ranks 409 out of 729. Before her are Arturo Peniche (1962), Comandanta Ramona (1960), Mario Velarde (1940), Alfonso Portugal (1934), Miguel Herrera (1968), and Raúl Jiménez (1991). After her are Carlos Gómez (1952), Cristina Rivera Garza (1964), Silvia Navarro (1978), Jaime Gómez (1929), Jorge Salinas (1968), and Chantal Andere (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In Mexico

Among athletes born in Mexico, Pilar Roldán ranks 6. Before her are Enriqueta Basilio (1948), Ricardo Delgado (1947), Ernesto Canto (1959), Joaquín Capilla (1928), and Humberto Mariles (1913). After her are Raúl González (1952), Carlos Girón (1954), Joel Sánchez (1966), Arturo Barrios (1962), Jaime Ordiales (1963), and Bernardo Segura (1970).

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