Career
He competed for the United States in the 1956 Olympics. He threw 71.17m in the qualifying round to make the final. That mark would have been good enough for eight place had it been in the final (better than the other Americans in the field) but Garcia was unable to land a legal throw in the final and finished officially in 15th place with no mark.
He began his collegiate career on a football scholarship to New Mexico Agricultural and Mechanical but switched to Arizona State University where he was elected Most Valuable Player on the track team in 1955.
