{"id":3537,"date":"2020-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:23:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:23:42","slug":"robert-beck-pentathlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3537","title":{"rendered":"Robert Beck, pentathlete"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert Lee Beck \u2011 an American modern pentathlete and fencer who won three gold medals in these disciplines at the Pan American Games in 1963-1971 – died of coronavirus on April 2, 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He also won bronze medals in the individual and team modern pentathlon events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was less successful at the 1968 Games, placing 22nd individually and fourth with the American team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Beck was a practising dentist in San Antonio, Texas, during his professional career. He was hospitalised in February 2020, due to a head injury from a fall in front of his home. He died at age 83 on April 2, 2020, after contracting COVID19 while in the hospital.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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As of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, he was the last athlete from the United States to win an individual medal in men's pentathlon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Gregorio "Goyo" Benito Rubio (21 October 1946 – 2 April 2020) was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender. He spent most of his 16-year professional career with Real Madrid.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Benito was born in El Puente del Arzobispo, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha. After practicing track and field in his early teens, inclusively being national javelin throw champion at school level, he signed for La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid in the summer of 1963, aged nearly 17. After two years on loan to neighbouring Rayo Vallecano, in Segunda División (his second being cut short as he was called for military service in Sidi Ifni), he returned to his main club, remaining there for the following 14 seasons and winning six leagues and five Spanish Cups.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In 1982, after just 16 league appearances in his last two seasons combined, Benito retired from football at the age of 35. He amassed Real Madrid official totals of 420 games and three goals; for his services to the club, he was only one of two players to have the Laureada being bestowed upon him by president Santiago Bernabéu – the other being Pirri.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Benito earned 22 caps for Spain, over roughly seven years. His debut was on 9 May 1971 in a 2–0 away win against Cyprus for the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers, but he would never take part in any major international tournament as the national team failed to qualify for any during that timeframe.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Additionally, Benito was part of the squad at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, playing all the matches for the eventual quarter-finalists.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Benito spent his final years in a nursing home in Madrid, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. On 2 April 2020, the 73-year-old died of COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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