Apolinar Solórzano | |
Full Name: | Apolinar Solórzano Bustamante |
Nationality: | Venezuelan |
Sport: | Sprinting |
Event: | 200 metres |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1934 |
Apolinar Solórzano Bustamante (23 July 1934 - 2015) was a Venezuelan sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]
Solórzano won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 1954 South American Championships in Athletics and two medals (silver and bronze) in both relays in athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games.
Solórzano is today described as a "legend of athletics".[2] In 2010, Solórzano was inducted into the Venezuelan Athletics Federation Hall of Fame.