Braian Toledo

Braian Toledo
Toledo in 2019
Personal information
Full nameBraian Ezequiel Toledo
Nationality Argentina
Born(1993-09-08)8 September 1993
Marcos Paz, Argentina
Died26 February 2020(2020-02-26) (aged 26)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportField
Event
Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 g: 83.32 m (Beijing 2015)
700 g: 89.34 m (Mar del Plata 2010)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Javelin throw
Ibero-American Championships
2012 Barquisimeto Javelin throw
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona Javelin throw
Pan American Junior Championships
2009 Port-of-Spain Javelin throw
2011 Miramar Javelin throw
Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Singapore Javelin throw
World Youth Championships
2009 Brixen Javelin throw
South American Under-23 Championships
2012 São Paulo Javelin throw
2014 Montevideo Javelin throw
South American Junior Championships
2011 Medellín Javelin throw
2009 São Paulo Javelin throw
South American Youth Championships
2010 Santiago Javelin throw
2008 Lima Javelin throw

Braian Ezequiel Toledo (8 September 1993 – 26 February 2020) was an Argentine javelin thrower who improved the World Youth Best in boys' javelin throw by more than six metres.

He won the inaugural javelin title at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore and also won gold at the 2010 South American Youth Championships and 2009 Pan American Junior Championships.

In 2011 Braian protagonized a publicity spot for the campaign of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the presidential elections. In 2012 he participated, along with other Olympic athletes, in a campaign of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo to recover the grandchildren who were robbed during the National Reorganization Process.

Since November 2016 he had Kari Ihalainen as coach and in April 2017 he moved to Kuortane, Finland, with the aim of improving his performance in view of the 2020 Olympic Games.

On 26 February 2020, Toledo died in a motorcycle accident. Among those to pay tribute to the athlete were Diego Maradona and the president of the Argentine Olympic Committee, Gerardo Werthein.


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