Mario Quintero

{{short description|Cuban basketball player}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|01|10}}

| birth_place = San Luis, Cuba

| death_date = {{death date|2017|01|26}} (aged 92)

| death_place = Colón, Cuba

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Mario Cesar Quintero Padron (10 January 1924 – 26 January 2017)[http://www.granma.cu/deportes/2017-01-26/fallecio-mario-risita-quintero-26-01-2017-16-01-14 Falleció Mario “Risita” Quintero] {{in lang|es}} was a Cuban basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/mario-quintero-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/mario-quintero-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=27 March 2015}}

Career

Quintero coached the national team at the 1959 Pan American Games and 1967 Pan American Games, as well as qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|url=http://www.granma.cu/deportes/2017-01-26/fallecio-mario-risita-quintero-26-01-2017-16-01-14|title = Falleció Mario "Risita" Quintero| date=26 January 2017 }} He became an international referee in 1953.{{Cite web|url=http://www.granma.cu/deportes/2017-01-26/fallecio-mario-risita-quintero-26-01-2017-16-01-14|title = Falleció Mario "Risita" Quintero| date=26 January 2017 }}

Quintero died in Colón on 26 January 2017.

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