Antonio Delgado Palomo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Delgado and the second or maternal family name is Palomo.
Antonio Delgado
Medal record
Men's paralympic athletics
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto 100 m F
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Long jump F
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Long jump B1
Bronze medal – third place 1984 New York/
Stoke Mandeville 		Long jump B1

Antonio Delgado Palomo (20 September 1957 – 1 April 2021), also known as Antonio Delgado, was a track and field athlete from Spain. He had a disability. He competed at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in 100 metre race and first in the long jump.[1]

He was born in Seville on 20 September 1957 and died on 1 April 2021 at the age of 63 from throat cancer.[2]

  1. ^ "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  2. ^ Ortega, Francisco José (1 April 2021). "Fallece Palomo, un deportista sevillano con mayúsculas" [Palomo dies, a Sevillian athlete with capital letters]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish).