Esteban Bustos

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bustos and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Esteban Bustos
Personal information
Full name Esteban Bustos Rodríguez
Nickname(s) Penta 17[1]
Nationality  Chile
Born (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992
Santiago, Chile
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Modern pentathlon
Club Pentateam (CHI)
Coached by Gerardo Cortes[1]

Esteban Bustos Rodríguez (born December 17, 1992 in Santiago) is a modern pentathlete from Chile.[1][2] He won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and received an automatic qualifying berth for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, following the footsteps of his brother Cristián, who had previously competed in Beijing, four years before.[3][4]

Bustos was selected to be one of the thirty-six athletes to participate in the men's modern pentathlon. During the competition, Bustos performed disastrously at the initial stages, with fair scores in a one-touch épée fencing, and 200 m freestyle swimming, but maintained his pace for the tenth position in horse-riding and newly combined running and laser shooting. After completing all the segments, Bustos finished eighteenth in the men's event at his first Olympics.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Esteban Bustos". London 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  2. "Esteban Bustos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. "Bustos secures his modern pentathlon place at the 2012 Olympic Games". Sports Features. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  4. "Mexico strikes gold in Pan American Games". Xinhua. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2012.


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