Mariano Haro

He was born in Becerril de Campos on 27 May 1940, and died in Palencia on 27 July 2024, at the age of 84.

[1] Haro ran almost compulsively using his gifted legs to run errands and handle odd jobs.

[citation needed] His closest Spanish competitor was Javier Alvarez Salgado.

Haro placed 4th in the 10,000-meter 1972 Summer Olympics final at Munich in an epic battle against Lasse Virén, Emiel Puttemans, Miruts Yifter, and Frank Shorter.

After retiring from athletics following the Montreal Olympics, he joined a more financially prosperous career in politics.