Javier Moracho

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

Javier Moracho Torrente (born August 18, 1957 in Monzón, Huesca) is a retired hurdler from Spain.

He won the European Indoor Championships in 1986 and a silver medal at the inaugural World Indoor Games in 1985. He finished seventh at the 1980 Olympics.^[1]

Moracho's personal best time was 13.42 seconds, achieved in August 1987 in Barcelona. The Spanish record currently belongs to the former Ecuadorian Jackson Quiñónez with 13.34 seconds.^[2] Furthermore, another Spanish hurdler Felipe Vivancos has run in 13.41 seconds.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
1979	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	6th	60 m hurdles^[4]	7.81
1980	European Indoor Championships	Sindelfingen, West Germany	3rd	60 m hurdles^[5]	7.75
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	7th	110 m hurdles	13.78
1981	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	2nd	50 m hurdles^[6]	6.48
1983	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	—	110m hurdles	DQ
1983	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	1st	110 m hurdles	13.54 w
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	60 m hurdles^[7]	7.78
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.69
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	1st	60 m hurdles^[8]	7.67
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	60 m hurdles^[9]	7.83
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Ciudad de México, México	3rd	110m hurdles	13.83 (wind: +0.0m/s) A

References

Javier Moracho profile at IAAF
sports-reference

↑ Sporting Heroes
↑ Spanish athletics records
↑ IAAF profile for Felipe Vivancos
↑ 1979 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m hurdles final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
↑ 1980 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m hurdles final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
↑ 1981 European Indoor Championships, men's 50 m hurdles final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
↑ 1984 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m hurdles final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
↑ 1986 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m hurdles final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
↑ 1988 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m hurdles final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite

Mediterranean Games champions in men's 110 metres hurdles

1949: Mustafa Batman (TUR)
1951: Jean-François Brisson (FRA)
1955: Philippe Candau (FRA)
1959: Georgios Marsellos (GRE)
1963: Michel Chardel (FRA)
1967: Giovanni Cornacchia (ITA)
1971: Guy Drut (FRA)
1975–1979: Borislav Pisić (YUG)
1983: Javier Moracho (ESP)
1987: Pascal Boussemart (FRA)
1991–1993: Dan Philibert (FRA)
1997–2001: Vincent Clarico (FRA)
2005: Felipe Vivancos (ESP)
2009: Jackson Quiñónez (ESP)
2013: Konstadinos Douvalidis (GRE)

European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's 60 metres hurdles

1966: Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 1967†–1968†: Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 1969†: Alan Pascoe (GBR) 1970: Günther Nickel (FRG) 1971: Eckart Berkes (FRG) 1972†: Guy Drut (FRA) 1973: Frank Siebeck (GDR) 1974: Anatoliy Moshiashvili (URS) 1975: Leszek Wodzyński (POL) 1976: Viktor Myasnikov (URS) 1977–1979: Thomas Munkelt (GDR) 1980: Yuriy Chervanyov (URS) 1981†: Arto Bryggare (FIN) 1982: Aleksandr Puchkov (URS) 1983: Thomas Munkelt (GDR) 1984: Romuald Giegiel (POL) 1985: György Bakos (HUN) 1986: Javier Moracho (ESP) 1987: Arto Bryggare (FIN) 1988: Aleš Höffer (TCH) 1989: Colin Jackson (GBR) 1990–1992: Igors Kazanovs (URS-LAT) 1994: Colin Jackson (GBR) 1996–1998: Igors Kazanovs (LAT) 2000: Staņislavs Olijars (LAT) 2002: Colin Jackson (GBR) 2005: Ladji Doucouré (FRA) 2007: Gregory Sedoc (NED) 2009: Ladji Doucouré (FRA) 2011: Petr Svoboda (CZE) 2013: Sergey Shubenkov (RUS) 2015: Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA)

† = Contested over 50 metres hurdles

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