Oscar Saul Galíndez (born June 5, 1971, in Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentinian 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.
| 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 |
Galíndez began in triathlon at the age of 16. He soon was able to win the Hexa-championship "Trofeu Brasil de Triatlo" and Duathlon World Championship. In 1995, Galíndez moved to Brazil, as Brazilian training and racing conditions were better than those in Argentina.
Following his participation in the 2000 Olympics, Galíndez began preparation for longer-distance races, such as the Ironman.
Oscar is the creator and founder of the sportswear brand OG Design.
In the Pan American games, he won the bronze medal in triathlon in both 1995 and 2003. In addition, he won the gold medal in the 1995 Duathlon World Championship and the silver medal in the 2007 Ironman World Championship.[3]
Galíndez was awarded Best Athlete for the Argentinian province of Córdoba in 1994, and was declared one of the top 100 Argentinian athletes of all time by the Konex Foundation in 2010.[4]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Oscar Galindez Main Titles". OscarGalindez.com. 2010. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011.
- ^ Factory, Troop Software. "Oscar Galindez | Fundación Konex". www.fundacionkonex.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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