Víctor Mora (athlete)
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Víctor Manuel Mora García (born November 29, 1944) is a retired long-distance runner from Colombia
. He won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres event at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 (Munich
, West Germany
).
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. He won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres event at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 12th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from February 27 to March 13, 1974 and included 1,928 athletes from 23 nations competing in 18 sports.-References:...
, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 (Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
).