Rolando Cruz
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Born | September 17, 1939 (1939-09-17) (age 84) Salinas, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rolando Cruz (born September 17, 1939, in Salinas, Puerto Rico) is a former pole vaulter from Puerto Rico. He trained under Jimmy Curran at Mercersburg Academy and Jim 'Jumbo' Elliott at Villanova University.[1][2] He competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956 and was the flag bearer for Puerto Rico in the 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[3] He is a three-time gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games: 1959, 1962 and 1966.
Cruz later became a lawyer and president of a life insurance company. From 1977 to 1981 he served as Commissioner Of Insurance of Puerto Rico.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rolando Cruz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019.
- "1963 Video". britishpathe.com.
External links
- Rolando Cruz at World Athletics
- Rolando Cruz at Olympics.com
- Rolando Cruz at Olympedia
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- 1926: José Sanjurjo (CUB)
- 1930: Humberto Villa (CUB)
- 1935: José Sabater (PUR)
- 1938: Rigoberto Pérez (MEX)
- 1946–1950: José Vincente (PUR)
- 1954: José Barbosa (PUR)
- 1959–1966: Rolando Cruz (PUR)
- 1970: Juan Laza (CUB)
- 1974: Roberto Moré (CUB)
- 1978: Augusto Perdomo (CUB)
- 1982–1986: Rubén Camino (CUB)
- 1990: Ángel García (CUB)
- 1993–1998: Edgar Díaz (PUR)
- 2002: Dominic Johnson (LCA)
- 2006: Robison Pratt (MEX)
- 2010: Giovanni Lanaro (MEX)
- 2014: Lázaro Borges (CUB)
- 2018: Lázaro Borges (CUB) / Walter Viáfara (COL)
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