Diego Colorado

Diego Colorado

Personal information
Full name	Diego Alberto Colorado Agudelo
Born	August 31, 1973 Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Men's Athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Colombia Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Marathon 2003 Santo Domingo Marathon Bolivarian Games 2005 Armenia Half marathon 2009 Sucre Half marathon 2001 Ambato 10,000 m 2001 Ambato 5,000 m South American Championships 2005 Cali 10,000 m CAC Championships 2008 Cali 10,000 m
Updated on 1 May 2014.

Diego Alberto Colorado (born 31 August 1973 in Jardín, Antioquia)^[1][2] is a male long-distance runner from Colombia. He represented his country in the marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, taking 32nd place. He has won medals on the track over 10,000 metres, taking bronze at the 2005 South American Championships in Athletics and silver at the 2008 CAC Championships.

In October 2011, he won the silver medal in the men's marathon event at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, clocking a total time of 2:17:13, behind Brazil's Solonei Silva (2:16.37) and before the bronze winner, fellow Colombian Juan Carlos Cardona (2:18:20). He also won the bronze medal in the men's marathon event at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, clocking a total time of 2:21.48, behind Brazil's Vanderlei de Lima (2:19:08) and Canada's Bruce Deacon (2:20:35).

He was the first South American home at the 2011 Bogota Half Marathon, taking fourth place behind East African opposition.^[3]

Personal bests

• 5000 m: 14:24.04 – Cali, 16 May 2010
• 10,000 m: 29:10.75 – Santiago, 13 March 2014
• Half marathon: 1:03:09 – Medellín, 4 Oct 1997
• Marathon: 2:16:48 – Nashville, Tennessee, 29 April 2000

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
1998	South American Cross Country Championships	Artur Nogueira, Brazil	3rd	12 km	38:23
			2nd	Team - 12 km	19 pts
	World Cross Country Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	67th	12 km (Long race)	36:55
	World Half Marathon Championships	Uster, Switzerland	—	Half marathon	DNF
2000	World Half Marathon Championships	Veracruz, México	23rd	Half marathon	1:06:27
2001	World Championships in Athletics	Edmonton, Canada	32nd	Marathon	2:26:13
	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	3rd	5,000 m	14:59.16 A
			2nd	10,000 m	31:17.36 A
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	10,000 m	29:46.03
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	3rd	Marathon	2:21:48
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	3rd	10,000 m	30:15.55
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	1st	Half marathon	1:07:18 GR A
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	4th	Marathon	2:30:19
2007	Pan American Games	Río de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	Marathon	2:20:01
	World Road Running Championships	Udine, Italy	59th	Half marathon	1:04:18
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	10,000 m	29:41.88
2009	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	1st	Half marathon	1:09:25 A
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	4th	10,000 m	29:53.43
2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	2nd	Marathon	2:17:13
2013	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Perú	1st	Half marathon	1:06:16
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	3rd	10,000 m	29:10.75

References

1. Biografía - General - COLORADO AGUDELO Diego Alberto - Colombia (in Spanish), retrieved May 1, 2014
2. Diego Colorado sigue dando pelea (in Spanish), ColombiaSports.net, October 10, 2012, retrieved May 1, 2014
3. Mutai and Chepkirui the winners in Bogota. IAAF/Organisers (2011-08-01). Retrieved on 2011-09-21.

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External links

• Diego Colorado profile at IAAF