Draft:Carlos Vaca

Carlos Vaca
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Native name	Carlos Daniel Vaca Cordero
Nationality	Mexico
Born	4 November 2002 (age 22); Querétaro, Mexico
Died	Juriquilla, Mexico

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Carlos Vaca (Querétaro, November 4, 2002 - March 28, 2023), was a Mexican athlete specializing in archery. He was a Youth Olympian at Buenos Aires 2018 and won the first Pan American Youth Championshipsin 2022. He died on 28 March 2023 at the age of 20 years old, just days after competing in the trials for the national senior team.

Biography

He was born in the city of Santiago de Querétaro, in the state of the same name. Ever since he was a child, he was passionate about the sport of archery, he later went on to enter an Olympic training center in the Mexican capital. It should be noted that he was considered to be one of the great promises of Olympic Sport in his discipline,^[1] he was even promised to be one of the greatest archery talents of Mexico and the entire world.^[2]

Cause of death

Carlos Vaca committed suicide on March 28 of 2023 at the age of 20 years old. According to some sources, he jumped from the ninth floor of a building in Juliquilla, although other witnesses reported it was an accidental fall. It's been rumored the tragic incident was due to the homophobia he faced from his parents who did not accept his homosexuality, although this has yet to be confirmed by authorities.^[3] The entire sports family in Mexico and other countries around the world were terribly shocked by the news.^[4]