Ernesto Canto

{{Short description|Mexican racewalker (1959–2020)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|headercolor = lightblue

|name = Ernesto Canto

|fullname = Ernesto Canto Gudiño

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1959|10|18}}

|birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico

|death_date={{death date and age|2020|11|20|1959|10|18|df=y}}

|death_place=Mexico City, Mexico

|height = {{convert|1.70|m|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|60|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|country = {{MEX}}

|sport = Athletics

|event = Racewalking

|show-medals =

|updated = 25 July 2013

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{MEX}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1984 Los Angeles | 20 km walk}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1983 Helsinki|20 km walk}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1983 Caracas | 20 km walk}}

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U20)}}

{{MedalGold |1976 Xalapa | 10,000 m track walk}}

{{MedalGold |1974 Maracaibo | 10,000 m track walk}}

}}

{{family name hatnote|Canto|Gudiño|lang=Spanish}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/juegos-olimpicos/2020/11/20/5fb826aae2704eb6548b45e3.html|title = Muere Ernesto Canto, medallista olímpico mexicano, tras perder la batalla contra el cáncer|date = 20 November 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/mas-deportes/ernesto-canto-fallece-los-61-anos|title=Ernesto Canto fallece a los 61 años|date=20 November 2020}}