Mario Cota

{{short description|Mexican athlete}}

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| name = Mario Cota

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| fullname = Mario Cota Castro

| nickname = "Bebé"

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|09|11}}

| birth_place = Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

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| height = {{convert|2.00|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|140|kg|0|abbr=on}}

| country = {{MEX}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Discus throw

| education = Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León{{Cite web |url=https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n165100-cota-castro-mario.htm |title=2017 Universiade bio |access-date=2017-09-02 |archive-date=2020-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406205018/https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n165100-cota-castro-mario.htm |url-status=dead }}

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Mario "Bebe" Cota Castro (born 11 September 1990 in Mexicali[http://www.lacronica.com/Movil/EdicionEnLinea/DeportesLocal/Notas/896303.html El Gigante de Mexicali, Mario Cota]) is a Mexican track and field athlete specialising in the shot put and discus throw.{{World Athletics}}

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|accessdate=January 24, 2015

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| title = HISTORIAL ATLETICO - Mario Cota Castro, 11 sep 90, Baja California

| url = http://panelcontenido.fmaa.mx/data/estadisticas/ID1558097933_mario_cota.pdf

| publisher = Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo

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| language = Spanish

| accessdate = January 24, 2015

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He won multiple medals on continental level.