Oscar Galíndez
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Triathlon | ||
Representing  Argentina
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| Pan American Games | ||
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1995 Mar del Plata | Individual |
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2003 Santo Domingo | Individual |
| Duathlon World Championship | ||
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1995 Cancun | Elite Individual |
| Ironman World Championship 70.3 | ||
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2007 Clearwater | Elite Individual |
Oscar Saul Galíndez (born June 5, 1971, in Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina) is a triathlete.[1][2] He competed in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics, obtaining the twenty-eighth place with a total time of 1:50:59.48.
Galíndez, began in triathlon when his was 16 year old. He soon was able to win the Hexa-championship "Trofeu Brasil de Triatlo" and Duathlon World Championship. In 1995, Galíndez decided to move and live in Brazil, where the training and races conditions were better than in Argentina.
Oscar has won innumerable victories that have made him build a great sporting career with more than 29 years of victories, becoming the foremost Argentinean in his specialty and one of the best triathletes in Latin America, as well as in the world.[peacock prose]
In 2000, Galíndez had a good performance at the Olympic games in Sydney. By the year 2001 he started his preparation for long-distance races, as Ironman.
Oscar is the creator and founder of OG Design (Sports brand of high-performance and style to be using in races and training), in addition to his brilliant career as triathlete, is the principal researcher and field test pilot, where with his extremely demanding perfectionist and approves every new product that will launch the brand.[peacock prose]
He won almost all the Argentine triathlon, Brazilian triathlon, and several triathlon competitions around the world Pan American bronze medal in 1995 and 2003, Duathlon World Championship in 1995 and silver medal in Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2007.Oscar Galindez main titles
He was also awarded best athlete of the province of Cordoba 1994 and awarded by the Konex Foundation within the top 100 athletes of Argentina of all time.
References
- ^ Heyes, Karl (4 February 2013). "Argentina's Oscar Galindez and Canada's Heather Wurtele win Ironman 70.3 Panama". Trizone.
- ^ Mastri, Maria Eugenia (September 17, 2020). "Oscar Galíndez, a 20 años de Sídney 2000: "Me di el gusto y tuve el honor de ir a unos Juegos Olímpicos"" [Oscar Galíndez, 20 years after Sydney 2000: "I indulged myself and had the honor of going to the Olympic Games"]. La Voz del Interior.
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