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Gerard Giraldo
Personal information
Full nameGerard Nicolas Giraldo Villa
Born (1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 (age 35)
Armenia, Colombia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryColombia
SportAthletics
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

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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
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 3000 m s'chase DNF
World Championships Beijing, China 36th (h) 3000 m s'chase 9:16.47
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 1st 3000 m s'chase 8:45.93
Bolivarian Games Santa Marta, Colombia 2nd 3000 m s'chase 8:40.12
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd 3000 m s'chase 9:01.99
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 1st 3000 m s'chase 8:44.51
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 3rd 5000 m 13:54.51
3rd 3000 m s'chase 8:41.48
World Championships Doha, Qatar 5000 m DNF
2022 South American Games Asunción, Paraguay 10,000 m DNF
1st 3000 m s'chase 8:40.28

Personal bests

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Event Time City Country Date
1500 m 3:42.38 Lima Peru 13 June 2015
3000 m 8:10.46 Belém Brazil 10 August 2014
5000 m 13:21.31 Stanford EEUU 2 May 2019
10,000 m 28:51.16 Tijuana México 08 Septiembre 2019
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 Hamburg Germany 17 April 2017

References

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