Ernesto Canto

Ernesto Canto
Personal information
Full nameErnesto Canto Gudiño
Born(1959-10-18)18 October 1959
Mexico City, Mexico
Died20 November 2020(2020-11-20) (aged 61)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country Mexico
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles20 km walk
World Championships
1983 Helsinki20 km walk
Pan American Games
1983 Caracas20 km walk
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
1976 Xalapa10,000 m track walk
1974 Maracaibo10,000 m track walk
Updated on 25 July 2013

Ernesto Canto Gudiño (18 October 1959 – 20 November 2020) was a Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometer walk.

He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometer walk event.

Canto died in 2020 at the age of 61 from pancreatic and liver cancer.