Daniel Vargas (runner)

Daniel de Jesús Vargas Sánchez (born March 6, 1984) is a Mexican long-distance runner.

His brother Gualberto Vargas Sanchez is also a long-distance runner.

His father died four days before the 2016 Houston Marathon, where he was supposed to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

Depressed, he failed to meet the qualification time, but was selected for the Olympic after a special meeting of the selection committee.

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