Gaxiola lived for many years in the United States and returned to Mexico only in the 1990s. He competed in diving for Ann Arbor High School and then for the University of Michigan, where he studied civil engineering.[2]
Gaxiola died of cancer in his native Guadalajara, aged 66. He was survived by wife Sylvia Wydell and three children, Ingi, Michelle, and Annika.[1]
References
{{Commons category}}1. ^1 Fallece el clavadista Álvaro Gaxiola. elsiglodetorreon.com.mx. 18 August 2003
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