Félix Iván "Palito" Mangual Guilbe (born July 22, 1951) is a Puerto Rican former track and field athlete who specialized in sprinting and hurdling events during the 1970s. He compete in 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, where he csecured two bronze medals, finishing third in both the individual 400-meter dash and the 400-meter hurdles. Mangual went on to represent Puerto Rico making his Olympic debut at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he competed in the individual 400-meter sprint reaching the second round and ran as a member of the men's 4 × 400-meter relay squad alongside Pedro Ferrer, Julio Ferrer, and Jorge Ortiz.
Early life and career He was born on 22 July 1951 in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
He competed at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games, where he contested two events: the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m. He won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles, finishing third in 46.42 seconds, behind Alberto Juantorena (42.52) and Seymour Newman (46.34). He also won a bronze medal in the 400 m sprint, losing to Fabio Juniga of Colombia (50.61) and Guillermo Núñez of Cuba (50.67). He also competes in 4 X 400 m with Jesus Rohena, Orquinio Santaella, and Juan Bonilla.
His Olympic debut was in the 400 m sprint, where he finished in position 7 in heat 2 at round 2 of four rounds and also in 4 × 400 m at the 1976 Summer Olympics, alongside Pedro Ferrer, Julio Ferrer, and Jorge Ortiz, where they finished 6th in Heat 1 of the quarterfinals.
In 1975 Pan American Games, he compete in 4 X 100 m relay and finished in 6th position at 40.52 seconds with Wilfredo Molina, Luis Alers and Jesus Cabrera.
International competitions Representing 1970Central American and Caribbean GamesPanama City, Panama8th (h)400 m hurdles53.91973UniversiadeMoscow, Soviet Union14th (sf)400 m48.11974Central American and Caribbean GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic3rd400 m46.423rd400 m hurdles51.65 –4 × 100 m relayDQ4th4 × 400 m relay3:10.601975Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico2nd400 m47.61st400 m hurdles50.9Pan American GamesMexico City, Mexico4th400 m hurdles50.698th4 × 100 m relay39.805th4 × 400 m relay3:12.411976Olympic GamesMontreal, Canada11th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:06.081979Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsGuadalajara, Mexico3rd4 × 100 m relay40.72Pan American GamesSan Juan, Puerto Rico6th4 × 100 m relay40.28
Personal bests 400 metres – 45.97 (1975)
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