Gustavo Cuesta

Personal information

Full name

Gustavo Cuesta Rosario

Born

14 November 1988 (age 27)
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

80 kg (180 lb)

Sport

Country

Dominican Republic

Sport

Track and field

Event(s)

Sprint

Medal record

Men's Athletics
Competitor for Dominican Republic
CAC Championships
	2013 Morelia	400 m
	2013 Morelia	4x400 m relay

Updated on 13 December 2014.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cuesta and the second or maternal family name is Rosario.

Gustavo Cuesta Rosario (born 14 November 1988 in San Pedro de Macorís) is a Dominican Republic sprinter.^[1] He competed in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 m: 10.55 s (wind: +1.4 m/s) – Carolina, Puerto Rico, 21 March 2015
200 m: 20.71 s (wind: +1.1 m/s) – St. Martin, FRA, 9 May 2015
400 m: '45.09 s – San Jose, Costa Rica, 7 agosto 2015

Indoor

200 m: 21.16 s – Boston, United States, 8 February 2014
400 m: 45.95 s – Boston, United States, 8 February 2014

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Dominican Republic
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	12th (h)	200 m	22.05 (wind: -1.7 m/s)
			–	4 × 100 m	DNF
			3rd	4 × 400 m	3:08.70
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	22nd (h)	200 m	21.26 w A (wind: +2.2 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	7th	4 × 400 m	3:08.08
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Toluca, México	3rd (h)	100 m	10.71 A (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			4th (h)	200 m	21.67 A (wind: -1.2 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m	40.87
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	13th (h)	200 m	21.28 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
			12th (h)	400 m	21.23 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m	39.52
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th (h)¹	4 × 400 m	3:02.76
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	5th	200 m	21.46 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m	40.15
			4th	4 × 400 m	3:05.99
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	8th	400 m	47.93
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	15th (h)	400 m	47.70
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	4th	4 × 400 m	3:04.68
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	18th (h)	200 m	21.56 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	4 × 400 m	3:00.44 A
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	9th (h)	200 m	21.16 w (wind: +2.5 m/s)
			10th (h)	400 m	47.24
			3rd	4 × 400 m	3:03.02
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	–	4 × 400 m	DQ
2013	BVI Twilight Invitational	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands	4th	200 m	21.06 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
	BVI Twilight Invitational	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands	01 !	400 m	45.87
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	3rd	400 m	46.20 A
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	3rd	4 × 400 m	3:02.82 A
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	20th (sf)	400 m	45.93
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	14th (h)	4 × 400 m	3:03.61
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	20th (h)	400 m	47.43
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	12th (B)	4 × 400 m	3:04.44
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	8th (sf)	200 m	21.55 A (wind: -0.4 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	2nd	4 × 100 m	39.01 A
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	4th	400 m	45.78
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	4 × 400 m	3:05.05
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	5th	400m	45.99
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.73
	World Championships	Beijing, China	35th (h)	400 m	45.59
	World Championships	Beijing, China	10th (h)	4 × 400 m	3:00.15
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	23rd (h)	400 m	48.46

¹: Competed only in the heat.

References

External links

Gustavo Cuesta profile at IAAF
Sports reference biography

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1959: West Germany (Grawitz, Quantz, Klappert, Oberste)
1961: West Germany (Hoppe, Schöll, Graßhoff, Grawitz)
1963: Great Britain (Metcalfe, Boulter, Campbell, Steane)
1965: Italy (Bianchi, Iraldo, Frinolli, Bello)
1967: West Germany (Müller, Röper, Krüsmann, Thiemann)
1970: United States (Ulan, Colglazier, Turner, James)
1973: United States (Bond, Schultz, Lutz, Jenkins)
1975: Poland (Hewelt, Pietrzyk, Gondek, Szlendak)
1977: United States (Jennings, Smith, Dale, Andrews)
1979: United States (Taylor, Kerr, Harris, McCoy)
1981: Soviet Union (Zolotaryev, Fedotov, Burakov, Markin)
1983: United States (Nix, Tabron, Babers, Wiley)
1985: Cuba (Martínez, Peñalver, Ramos, Hernández)
1987: United States (Pierre, Daniel, Patrick, Robinzine)
1989: Jamaica (O'Connor, Morris, Davis, Burnett)
1991: United States (Wilson, Cannon, Irvin, Luke)
1993: United States (Jones, Payne, Lyles, Turner)
1995: United States (Hayden, Byrd, Morris, Maybank)
1997: United States (Terry, Wheeler, Davis, Woodward)
1999: United States (Berrian, Couts, Brew, Davis)
2001: United States (White, Gerding, Couts, Pierce)
2003: Ukraine (Demchenko, Zyukov, Horbenko, Tverdostup)
2005: Poland (Wieruszewski, Dąbrowski, Kędzia, Klimczak)
2007: Poland (Bańka, Klimczak, Kędzia, Dąbrowski)
2009: Australia (Troode, Cole, Thomas, Wroe, Watkins, Burstow)
2011: Russia (Sigalovsky, Buryak, Vazhov, Kruglyakov)
2013: Russia (Dyldin, Buryak, Kashefrazov, Krasnov)
2015: Dominican Republic (J. Santos, Cuesta, Mercedes, L. Santos)

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