Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente
Argentine sport shooter (1917–1956)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Bachman (25 January 1917 – 14 February 1956) was an Argentine sport shooter and racing driver . He was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina. He won the silver medal in 25 metre rapid fire pistol at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he placed fourth.[1] Valiente also won the World Championship in 1947. He won the 1955 Buenos Aires 1000 km sport cars race (co drove José María Ibañez) driving a Ferrari 375 plus. He was killed in a crash involving an airplane he was piloting in 1956.[2]
BornCarlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Bachman
25 January 1917
25 January 1917
Díaz Sáenz Valiente in 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Bachman 25 January 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 February 1956 (aged 39) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sports shooting Motor Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
