{{short description|Colombian athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Pedro Emilio Torres | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Colombian | sport = Middle-distance running | event = 800 metres, 1500 metres | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|4|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Manta, Cundinamarca, Colombia | death_date = {{death date and age|1998|1|10|1906|4|29|df=yes}} | death_place = | height = | weight = }}
'''Pedro Emilio Torres''' (29 April 1906 – 10 January 1998)<ref name="ElTiempo19980310">{{cite news |first=Rodrigo |last=Morales Zapata |title=El Atleta de la Barba Blanca |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-739059 |newspaper=El Tiempo |language=Spanish |date=10 March 1998}}</ref> was a Colombian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished ninth in his heat.<ref name="ElTiempo19980310" /><ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/emilio-torres-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074007/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/emilio-torres-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Emilio Torres Olympic Results |accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref>
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