{{Short description|Spanish athletic coach (1931–2009)}} {{redirect|Carlos Gil|the Colombian paramilitary member|Carlos Castaño Gil}} {{AI-generated|date=January 2026|reason=Initial 2024 version appears to be LLM translation; note WP:AISIGNS such as vocab distribution typical of 2024 LLMs}} {{distinguish|text=Spanish footballer Carles Gil}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox person | name = Carlos Gil Pérez | image = Carlos gil.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|1|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|12|25|1931|1|28|df=yes}} | death_place = Salamanca, Spain | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = Spanish athletics coach | occupation = | years_active = 1955–2009 | organization = Royal Spanish Athletics Federation }}
'''Carlos Gil Pérez''' (28 January 1931 – 25 December 2009) was a Spanish athletics coach. From 1979 to 1988, he was Spain's top national coach, serving as the technical director of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA). He has been called "one of the fathers of Spanish athletics."<ref name=":2" />
== Life == Pérez was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on 28 January 1931.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cañamero |first=Paco |date=28 December 2009 |title=Santo y seña del atletismo español |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/12/28/opinion/21666505.html |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509121535/https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/12/28/opinion/21666505.html |archive-date=9 May 2024 |access-date=9 May 2024 |work=El Mundo |language=es}}</ref> From 1979 to 1988, he held the position of technical director of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=25 December 2009 |title=Fallece en Salamanca Carlos Gil, ex director técnico de la Federación de Atletismo |trans-title=Carlos Gil, former technical director of the Athletics Federation, dies in Salamanca |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/12/25/castillayleon/1261765287.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030044541/https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/12/25/castillayleon/1261765287.html |archive-date=30 October 2021 |access-date=9 May 2024 |website=El Mundo |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pérez |first=Carlos Gil |date=12 January 1989 |title=Un modelo para nuestro atletismo |trans-title=A model for our athletics |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1989/01/12/deportes/600562814_850215.html |access-date=9 May 2024 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref> Under his leadership, Spanish athletics achieved its first Olympic medals at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 and in Los Angeles in 1984.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Cebrián |first=Gerardo |date=25 December 2009 |title=Murió Carlos Gil Pérez |trans-title=Carlos Gil Pérez died |url=http://www.rfea.es/web/noticias/desarrollo.asp?codigo=3469 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130930/http://www.rfea.es/web/noticias/desarrollo.asp?codigo=3469#.XGJNoDNKiUk |archive-date=12 February 2019 |website=Royal Spanish Athletics Federation |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moronta |first=Samu |date=25 December 2009 |title=Adiós, maestro de maestros |trans-title=Goodbye, teacher of teachers |url=http://palcodeportivo.es/index.php/polideportivo/54/3060-adios-maestro-de-maestros.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101031322/http://palcodeportivo.es/index.php/polideportivo/54/3060-adios-maestro-de-maestros.html |archive-date=1 January 2010 |website=palcodeportivo.com |language=es}}</ref>
At the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Athens, Spain achieved one of its notable milestones by winning five medals.
Pérez also made contributions in the sports administration. Within the RFEA, he revamped the technical infrastructure by introducing experienced coaches, thereby fostering sport development. Additionally, he played a role in initiating athlete support programs, including the creation of ADO scholarships. These scholarships provided financial assistance, offering 80,000 pesetas over four years to athletes with the potential to excel in Olympic Games and top-level championships.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
Returning to his hometown, Perez coached the first Salamanca-born national champion in any sport in 1958; under his guidance, José Luis Albarrán claimed the title of Spanish champion in the 200 meters at the Anoeta Stadium in San Sebastián.
In Salamanca, he trained dozens of athletes under his guidance from 1955 to 2009, with notable mentions including his five Olympic athletes: José Luis Albarrán, José Luis Sánchez Paraíso, Rosa Colorado, Antonio Sánchez, and Frutos Feo. They also achieved numerous Spanish records.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
In 1968, he received a Silver Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in Salamanca from Juan Antonio Samaranch.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} In 2007, he received the Silver Medal again from King Juan Carlos I.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 2007 |title=Resolución de 13 de abril de 2007, de la Presidencia del Consejo Superior de Deportes, por la que se concede el ingreso en la Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo, en las categorías que se señalan. |trans-title=Resolution of April 13, 2007, of the Presidency of the Higher Sports Council, by which admission to the Royal Order of Sports Merit is granted, in the categories indicated. |url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2007-8801 |access-date=9 May 2024 |website=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226005118/https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2007-8801 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, he received the Gold Medal posthumously.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 May 2010 |title=ENTREGA DE LAS DISTINCIONES DE LA REAL ORDEN DEL MÉRITO DEPORTIVO 2010 |trans-title=DELIVERY OF THE DISTINCTIONS OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF SPORTS MERIT 2010 |url=https://www.casareal.es/EN/Actividades/Paginas/actividades_actividades_detalle.aspx?data=8330 |website=Household of His Majesty the King |language=es |access-date=9 May 2024 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509121539/https://www.casareal.es/EN/Actividades/Paginas/actividades_actividades_detalle.aspx?data=8330 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Pérez was frequently seen at the Helmántico Stadium in Salamanca, coaching athletes even at over 70 years old. In his later years, he worked with athletes like Adrián Ingelmo, Ángel García, Saturnino González, David Berrocal, Pedro Ceballos, and Elvis González, among others.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
Perez died on 25 December 2009 in Salamanca.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Sexual misconduct allegations == On 7 May 2024, a 57-year-old former discus thrower, under a pseudonym, claimed that Pérez sexually abused him when he was 17 years old. Three other people came forth with similar allegations published in the newspaper ''El País''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Oller |first=Alex |date=8 May 2024 |title=Former athletes allege sexual abuse by Spanish track and field coaching legend |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1145140/gil-athletics-spain-sexual-abuse-claims |work=Inside the Games |access-date=9 May 2024 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509121538/https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1145140/gil-athletics-spain-sexual-abuse-claims |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Domínguez |first=Íñigo |last2=Giovi |first2=Eleonora |date=7 May 2024 |title=Dos exatletas acusan a Carlos Gil Pérez, uno de los padres del atletismo español, de abusar de menores en los ochenta: "¿Quién me iba a creer entonces?" |trans-title=Two former athletes accuse Carlos Gil Pérez, one of the fathers of Spanish athletics, of abusing minors in the eighties: "Who would believe me then?" |url=https://elpais.com/sociedad/2024-05-07/carlos-gil-perez-uno-de-los-padres-del-atletismo-espanol-acusado-de-abusar-de-menores-en-los-ochenta-aprendi-a-vivir-con-ello-quien-me-iba-a-creer-entonces.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508042652/https://elpais.com/sociedad/2024-05-07/carlos-gil-perez-uno-de-los-padres-del-atletismo-espanol-acusado-de-abusar-de-menores-en-los-ochenta-aprendi-a-vivir-con-ello-quien-me-iba-a-creer-entonces.html |archive-date=8 May 2024 |access-date=9 May 2024 |website=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref>
== Works == * {{Cite book |last=Pérez |first=Carlos Gil |author-link= |url= |title=Union Deportiva Salamanca: 1923-1974 |publisher=Montepio Agrario Salmantino |year=1974 |isbn=978-84-500-1004-6 |editor-last= |location=Salamanca, Spain |page= |language=es |chapter= |oclc=1142325167 |author-mask=1 |access-date= |trans-title=Salamanca Sports Union: 1923-1974}} * {{Cite book |last=Pérez |first=Carlos Gil |title=Velocidades y relevos |publisher=Royal Spanish Athletics Federation |year=1977 |isbn=978-84-500-1939-1 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |oclc=969364068 |author-mask=1}} * {{Cite book |last=Pérez |first=Carlos Gil |title=Pedagogía de la carrera |publisher=Editorial Miñón |year=1978 |isbn=978-84-355-0491-1 |location=Valladolid, Spain |language=es |oclc=991913099 |author-mask=1}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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