Porfirio Veras
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Porfirio Veras Mercedes |
Nationality | Dominican |
Born | Concepción de la Vega, Dominican Republic | 15 July 1943
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Sprinting |
Event | 100 metres |
Porfirio Veras Mercedes (born 15 July 1943) is a Dominican Republic sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Veras was also a member of the Dominican Republic national baseball team and was appointed the country's commissioner of baseball in 2004.[3]
Personal bests
[edit]- 100 metres – 10.51 (1968)
- 200 metres – 21.53 (1968)
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Porfirio Veras Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "Dominicano 'Popo' Veras recuerda hazañas en Juegos Olímpicos de México'68 … y algún disparo" [Dominican 'Popo' Veras remembers feats in the '68 Mexico Olympic Games... and some shots]. El Dia. 21 April 2018.
- ^ "On a needle ride to the bigs". The Toronto Star. 14 May 2005. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
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Categories:
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Dominican Republic male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for the Dominican Republic
- People from La Vega, Dominican Republic
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- 20th-century Dominican Republic sportsmen
- Dominican Republic sportspeople stubs
- Central America and Caribbean athletics biography stubs