Gloria Colón
{{short description|Puerto Rican fencer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|3|26}}
| birth_place = Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
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| death_place = San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Gloria Colón (26 March 1931 – 17 September 2010) was a Puerto Rican fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/gloria-colon-1.html |title=Gloria Colón Olympic Results |accessdate=2010-11-05 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104002532/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/gloria-colon-1.html |archivedate=4 November 2012 }} She was the first woman to represent Puerto Rico at the Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=8 June 2020}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Category:Puerto Rican female fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for Puerto Rico
Category:Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century American sportswomen
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