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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 31,909 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joaquín Capilla is the 871st most popular athlete (down from 712th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 277th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Joaquín Capilla ranks 871 out of 3,059Before him are Oskar Olsen, Pierre Trentin, Edward Lindberg, Bill Nieder, Henri Deloge, and Max Emmerich. After him are Mirja Hietamies, Ingrid Gulbin, Vilhelm Carlberg, Britt Strandberg, Marita Lange, and Edward Gardère.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Joaquín Capilla ranks 418Before him are Jeanne Cooper, Boris Kuznetsov, Ardico Magnini, Aleksandr Ivanov, William Alexander Morgan, and John Ostrom. After him are Stig Sjölin, Antonio Ozores, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Sheila Jordan, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, and Karin Söder. Among people deceased in 2010, Joaquín Capilla ranks 315Before him are Imre Polyák, Luigi Padovese, José Antonio Labordeta, Abel Muzorewa, Jean Boiteux, and Federico Vairo. After him are Kazimir Hnatow, Yuri Chesnokov, Pavel Kolchin, Antonio Ozores, James MacArthur, and James Gammon.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Joaquín Capilla ranks 296 out of 585Before him are Valentín Canalizo (1794), Rafael Garza Gutiérrez (1896), Martín Luis Guzmán (1887), Carlos Vela (1989), Pedro Nájera (1929), and Miguel Alcubierre (1964). After him are Sergio Obeso Rivera (1931), Alaska (1963), Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez (1942), Anahí (1983), Patricia Reyes Spíndola (1953), and Alfredo Sánchez (1904).

Among ATHLETES In Mexico

Among athletes born in Mexico, Joaquín Capilla ranks 3Before him are Ricardo Delgado (1947) and Enriqueta Basilio (1948). After him are Humberto Mariles (1913), Raúl González (1952), Ernesto Canto (1959), Ana Guevara (1977), Paola Espinosa (1985), Soraya Jiménez (1977), Bernardo Segura (1970), Guillermo Pérez (1979), and Noé Hernández (1979).