Tito Steiner (1 May 1952 – 2 May 2024) was a Paraguayan-Argentine decathlete who represented Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s. He is the current Argentine record holder in the event.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Athletics | ||
Representing  Argentina
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1982 Santa Fe | Shot put |
Career
editSteiner set a national record in 1981, collecting 8,279 points at a meet in Baton Rouge, United States (1981-06-03). He bested this with a score of 8,291 points, set on 23 June 1983, which is still the national record. Steiner won the silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Steiner finished fourth at the 1975 Pan American Games and 22nd at the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1977, while competing for Brigham Young University he earned All-American honors and the NCAA title with a score of 7,659 points. He went on to win the honor three more times, a rare athlete to achieve All-American all four competitive years. He set the national record while winning the Texas Relays in 1979, defeating the meet record by C.K. Yang.[1] He later improved upon the record in 1983 at Provo, but the meet was hand timed, common for all but the top level decathlons of that era. Decades later, hand timed marks are not as respected as fully automatic timing.
Death
editSteiner died from pneumonia on 2 May 2024, at the age of 72.[2]
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Argentina
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| 1974 | South American Championships | Santiago, Chile | 2nd | Decathlon | 6964 pts |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 8th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.64 s |
| 9th | Shot put | 15.18 m | |||
| 4th | Decathlon | 7572 pts | |||
| South American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Decathlon | 7615 pts | |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 22nd | Decathlon | 7052 pts |
| 1977 | South American Championships | Montevideo, Uruguay | 2nd | Pole vault | 4.30 m |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2nd | Decathlon | 7638 pts |
| South American Championships | Bucaramanga, Colombia | 2nd | Pole vault | 4.60 m | |
| 1981 | South American Championships | La Paz, Bolivia | – | Decathlon | DNF |
| 1982 | Southern Cross Games | Santa Fe, Argentina | 2nd | Shot put | 15.29 m |
| 4th | Discus throw | ||||
| 1983 | Pan American Games | Caracas, Venezuela | – | Decathlon | DNF |
| South American Championships | Santa Fe, Argentina | 4th | Decathlon | 6617 pts | |
References
edit- ^ "Tito Steiner Athlete Profile | The Official Site of BYU Athletics". byucougars.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011.
- ^ Murió Tito Steiner, el atleta más completo de la historia del deporte argentino (in Spanish)
External links
edit- 1981 Year List
- Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 January 2005)
- Olympics Profile
- Tito Steiner at World Athletics
- Tito Steiner at Olympedia
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