Juan Muguerza Explained

Juan Muguerza
Nationality:Spanish
Sport:Middle-distance running
Event:1500 metres
Birth Date:6 May 1900

Juan Muguerza Sasieta (6 May 1900  - 5 May 1937) was a Spanish middle-distance runner.[1] He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2]

Muguerza was a multiple-time national champion. He was killed in 1937 during the battle of Mungia in the Spanish Civil War. The Juan Muguerza Cross-Country annual cross country running race is named in his honor.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Juan Muguerza . Olympedia . 10 July 2021.
  2. Juan Muguerza Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417184506/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/juan-muguerza-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 October 2017.
  3. http://www.mintxeta.com/RECOMENDADA/html/historia/historia_cas.html 1943 nace el Cross Memorial Juan Muguerza