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Joaquín Capilla

1928 - 2010

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Joaquín Capilla Pérez (December 23, 1928 – May 8, 2010), was a Mexican diver who won the largest number of Olympic medals among Mexican athletes. Together with his elder brother Alberto he competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals, finishing fourth in the two remaining competitions. He also won four medals at the Pan American Games, in 1951 and 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joaquín Capilla has received more than 37,761 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Joaquín Capilla is the 1,469th most popular athlete (down from 870th in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 295th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Joaquín Capilla ranks 1,469 out of 6,025. Before him are Juris Silovs, Emilio Lunghi, Paul Günther, Louis Hostin, Kenjiro Shinozuka, and Curtis Stevens. After him are Igor Paklin, Don Finlay, Maurice Verdonck, Béla Szepes, Hayes Jones, and Paul Pilgrim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Joaquín Capilla ranks 512. Before him are Bano Qudsia, Douglas Rain, Wanda Hendrix, Ellen Niit, Sheila Jordan, and Surya Bahadur Thapa. After him are Beniamino Andreatta, Christian Poncelet, Yakov Rylsky, Maggie McNamara, Jerome Biffle, and Bruce Ames. Among people deceased in 2010, Joaquín Capilla ranks 372. Before him are Harry Schwarz, Loris Kessel, Pete Quaife, Wilma Mankiller, Jacinto Villalba, and Shunpei Uto. After him are Kenneth Lane, Roman Dmitriyev, Park Yong-ha, Sally Menke, Gheorghe Fiat, and Joseph Serge Miot.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Joaquín Capilla ranks 351 out of 729. Before him are Miguel Alcubierre (1964), Alfonso Zamora (1954), Gabriel Núñez (1942), Alaska (1963), Alfonso Herrera (1983), and Benito Archundia (1966). After him are Susana González (1973), Jesús Castro (1908), Felipe Rosas (1910), Humberto Mariles (1913), Rodolfo Choperena (1905), and Jorge Salinas (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Mexico

Among athletes born in Mexico, Joaquín Capilla ranks 3. Before him are Ricardo Delgado (1947), and Enriqueta Basilio (1948). After him are Humberto Mariles (1913), Ernesto Canto (1959), Raúl González (1952), Pilar Roldán (1939), Carlos Girón (1954), Ana Guevara (1977), Jaime Ordiales (1963), Bernardo Segura (1970), and Soraya Jiménez (1977).

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