Rubén Palomeque

For the footballer, see Rubén Palomeque (footballer).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Palomeque and the second or maternal family name is Barrera.
Rubén Palomeque
Personal information
Full name Rubén Palomeque Barrera
Nationality  Spain
Born (1980-08-14) 14 August 1980
Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Steeplechase
Club FC Barcelona
Coached by Enrique Pascual Oliva
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 3000 m steeplechase: 8:20.07 (2008)

Rubén Palomeque Barrera (born August 14, 1980 in Barcelona) is a Spanish steeplechase runner.[1] In 2008, he set his personal best time of 8:20.07 by finishing third at the European Athletics Premium Meeting in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.[2]

Palomeque represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 3000 m steeplechase, along with his compatriots Eliseo Martín and José Luis Blanco. He ran in the first heat against twelve other athletes, including France's Bouabdellah Tahri and Kenya's Brimin Kipruto, who eventually won the gold medal in the final. He finished the race in twelfth place by nineteen seconds behind Portugal's Alberto Paulo, outside his personal best time of 8:58.50. Palomeque, however, failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-sixth overall and was ranked farther below four mandatory slots for the next round.[3]

Palomeque is a member of Club Atletico FC Barcelona, being coached and trained by Enrique Pascual Oliva.

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