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{{short description|Mexican sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Spanish|Escutia|Olivares}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Juan Escutia
| birth_name  = Juan Escutia Olivares
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| nationality = Mexican
| sport       = Sprinting
| event       = 400 metres
| birth_date  = 15 December 1895
| birth_place = Coatepec de Morelos, Mexico
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1933|10|5|1895|12|15|df=yes}}<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news|last = Gómez Rodríguez|first = Gabriel|title = Juan Escutia Olivares, “La Gloria Deportiva de Zitácuaro”|newspaper = El Despertar|language = es|date = 18 August 2016|url = http://www.periodicoeldespertar.com/editorial/personaje-de-la-semana/juan-escutia-olivares-la-gloria-deportiva-de-zitacuaro/|access-date = 9 April 2019}}</ref>
| death_place = [[El Dorado, Sinaloa|El Dorado]], Mexico
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'''Juan Escutia Olivares''' (15 December 1895 &ndash; 5 October 1933) was a Mexican [[sprint (running)|sprinter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73503 |title=Juan Escutia |work=Olympedia |access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> He competed in the [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|men's 400 metres]] at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/juan-escutia-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094550/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/juan-escutia-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Juan Escutia Olympic Results |access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref> He was killed after being hit by a train in 1933.<ref name="SportsRef" />
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[[Category:1895 births]]
[[Category:1933 deaths]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Mexican male sprinters]]
[[Category:Mexican male middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Mexico]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]
[[Category:Railway accident deaths in Mexico]]
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