Amadeo Francis | |
Full Name: | Amadeo Ignacio Daniel Francis Jr. |
Nationality: | United States Virgin Islands |
Sport: | Track and field |
Event: | 400 metres hurdles |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1931 |
Birth Place: | Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands |
Death Place: | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Amadeo Ignacio Daniel Francis Jr. (22 October 1931 – 25 August 2024) was a Puerto Rican hurdler. He competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] He later became the vice-president of the IAAF.[2] Francis was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on 22 October 1931, to Amadeo Ignacio Daniel Francis Sr. and Ethanie Maria Francis. He later became a noted economist.
Francis died on 25 August 2024, at the age of 92.[3]