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Téofilo Colón
Personal information
Full name	Téofilo Colón Molinaris
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Born	(1914-09-20)20 September 1914 Guayama, Puerto Rico
Died	31 January 2004(2004-01-31) (aged 89) Carolina, Puerto Rico
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	110 metres hurdles

Téofilo Colón Molinaris (20 September 1914 – 31 January 2004) was a Puerto Rican hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1] Colón was the flag bearer for Puerto Rico in the 1976 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Puerto Rico
1950	Central American and Caribbean Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	4th	110 m hurdles	15.5
1952	Olympic Games	Helsinki, Finland	19th (h)	110 m hurdles	15.48
1959	Central American and Caribbean Games	Caracas, Venezuela	2nd	110 m hurdles	15.95
1960	Ibero-American Games	Santiago, Chile	8th (h)	110 m hurdles	15.5
1962	Central American and Caribbean Games	Kingston, Jamaica	12th (h)	110 m hurdles	15.6

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Téofilo Colón Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
↑ "Flagbearers for Puerto Rico". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

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