Teodoro Palacios

Teodoro Palacios Flores^[a] (7 January 1939 – 17 August 2019) was a Guatemalan high jumper who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games. Teodoro's son is Grammy nominated American composer Marcos "Kosine" Palacios, of the production group, Da Internz.^[1]

Teodoro Palacios

Personal information
Full name	Teodoro F. Palacios Flores
Born	7 January 1939 (1939-01-07) Guatemala City, Guatemala
Died	17 August 2019 (2019-08-18) (aged 80)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Guatemala Central American and Caribbean Games 1959 Caracas High jump 1962 Kingston High jump 1966 San Juan High jump 1970 Panama City High jump Ibero-American Games 1960 Santiago High jump 1962 Madrid High jump 1963 Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo High jump

Palacios died on 17 August 2019 at 15.10 CET in Krankenhaus Roosevelt in Guatemala.^[2] He was 80.

His personal best in the event was 2.105 metres set in 1960.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Guatemala
1959	Central American and Caribbean Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	1.91 m
	Pan American Games	Chicago, United States	4th	1.98 m
1960	Ibero-American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	1.95 m
1962	Central American and Caribbean Games	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	2.00 m
	Ibero-American Games	Madrid, Spain	1st	2.00 m
1963	Pan American Games	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	2.04 m
1966	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	2.03 m
1967	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	4th	1.99 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	2.05 m
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	22nd (q)	2.06 m
1970	Central American and Caribbean Games	Panama City, Panama	2nd	1.98 m

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palacios and the second or maternal family name is Flores.