Gerard Giraldo
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Gerard Nicolas Giraldo Villa |
Born | Armenia, Colombia | 21 March 1989
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Colombia |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Middle-distance and long distance running |
Gerard Nicolas Giraldo Villa (born 21 March 1989) is a Colombian athlete competing in middle-distance and long distance running events. He specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[1] He competed at the 2015 World Championships.
At the 2015 South American Championships he won the steeplechase in a championship record time of 8:29.53 minutes and also set a Colombian record of 3:42.38 minutes for the 1500 metres, winning a bronze medal.[2] He was the silver medallist in the steeplechase at the 2014 South American Games behind José Peña.
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 4th | 3000 m s'chase | 9:40.17 |
2011 | South American Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 6th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:44.48 |
2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:45.14 |
Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Peru | 3rd | 10,000 m | 29:03.59 | |
2nd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:28.6 | |||
2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | – | 10,000 m | DNF |
2nd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:45.96 | |||
Pan American Sports Festival | Mexico City, Mexico | 2nd | 3000 m s'chase | 9:19.91 | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, Mexico | – | 5000 m | DNF | |
4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:56.59 | |||
2015 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 3rd | 1500 m | 3:42.38 |
1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:29.53 | |||
Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | – | 3000 m s'chase | DNF | |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 36th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 9:16.47 | |
2017 | South American Championships | Asunción, Paraguay | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:45.93 |
2018 | South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | 3000 m s'chase | 9:01.99 |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:44.51 | |
2019 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 3rd | 5000 m | 13:54.51 |
3rd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:41.48 | |||
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | – | 5000 m | DNF |
Personal bests[]
Event | Time | City | Country | Date |
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1500 m | 3:42.38 | Lima | Peru | 13 June 2015 |
3000 m | 8:10.46 | Belém | Brazil | 10 August 2014 |
5000 m | 13:21.31 | Stanford | EEUU | 2 May 2019 |
10,000 m | 28:51.16 | México | 08 Septiembre 2019 | |
3000 m steeplechase | 8:28.6 | Trujillo | Peru | 29 November 2013 |
10K run | 30:10 | Cipolletti | Argentina | 8 March 2014 |
15K run | 45:45 | Tulua | Colombia | 12 February 2012 |
Half marathon | 1:07:48 | Bogota | Colombia | 29 July 2012 |
Marathon | 2:17:29 | Hamburg | Germany | 17 April 2017 |
References[]
- ^ Gerard Giraldo at World Athletics
- ^ Campeonato Sudamericano Mayores Lima 2015 Archived 20 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 20 June 2015.
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Colombian male middle-distance runners
- Colombian male long-distance runners
- Colombian male steeplechase runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Colombia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- South American Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Colombia