Olegario Vázquez Raña
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Born | Mexico City, Mexico | 10 December 1935
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Sport | Sports shooting |
Olegario Vázquez Raña (born 10 December 1935) is a Mexican entrepreneur, businessman, owner of several companies, and the chairman and principal shareholder of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles. He is married to María de los Angeles Aldir and has three children (María de los Angeles, Mónica and Olegario). He was the President of the International Shooting Sport Federation from 1980 to 2018.[1] In 1995, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[2]
Sports career[]
Vázquez Raña was a member of Mexico's shooting team at all Olympic Games from 1964 to 1976[3] and all world championships from 1966 to 1979. He is the national record-holder in many shooting disciplines and the world record-holder in air rifle (1973 and 1975).[4]
Sports administration[]
- President of the Mexican Shooting Federation (1975 - 1992).
- Lifelong Honorary President (1992 - ).
- Vice-President of the Mexican Sports Confederation (1983 - 1992).
- Permanent member of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) (1969 - ).
- President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) (1980 - 2018).
- President of the Shooting Confederation of the Americas (1979 - ).
- Member of Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council (1987 - ).
References[]
- ^ "ISSF president in Delhi". The H. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 April 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Mr Olegario Vázquez Raña". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Olegario Vázquez". SR/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Owen, David (26 August 2018). "Olegario Vázquez Raña on brotherly love, mixed team events and the importance of discipline". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
External links[]
- Official Website of the Olympic Movement (in English)
- "Grupo Empresarial Angeles" Website (in Spanish)
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- 1935 births
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- Mexican businesspeople
- International Olympic Committee members
- Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Mexican male sport shooters
- Olympic shooters of Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in shooting
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Shooters at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Shooters at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Mexican sport shooting biography stubs