Juan Botella

Juan Botella Medina (4 July 1941 – 17 July 1970) was a Mexican diver. He was born in Mexico City.

Juan Botella

Personal information
Full name	Juan Botella Medina
Born	(1941-07-04)4 July 1941
Died	17 July 1970(1970-07-17) (aged 29)
Medal record Men's diving Representing  Mexico Olympic Games 1960 Rome 3 m springboard Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 10 m platform

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Botella and the second or maternal family name is Medina.

He competed for Mexico at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, where he won the bronze medal in the men's springboard event.^[1]

Death

He died on 17 July 1970, in Basurto, Mexico City, working on his thesis on architecture, because of hypertension suffering for a long time.^{[citation needed]}