Gerald Giraldo

Gerald Giraldo
Personal information
Full name Gerald Nicolas Giraldo Villa
Born (1989-03-21) 21 March 1989
Armenia, Colombia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 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
Representing  Colombia
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
World Championships Beijing, China 36th (h) 3000 m s'chase 9:16.47

Personal bests

Event Time City Country Date
1500 m 3:42.38 Lima Peru 13 June 2015
3000 m 8:10.46 Belen Brazil Augusth 10,2014
5000 m 14:17.04 Sao Paulo Brazil Augusth 3,2014
10,000 m 29:03.59 Trujillo Peru 27 November 2013
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 Hamburgo Alemania 17 April 2017

References

  1. Gerald Giraldo profile at IAAF
  2. Campeonato Sudamericano Mayores Lima 2015. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 20 June 2015.


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