Javier Moracho

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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	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1979	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	6th	60 m hurdles^[4]
1980	European Indoor Championships	Sindelfingen, West Germany	3rd	60 m hurdles^[5]
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	7th	110 m hurdles
1981	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	2nd	50 m hurdles^[6]
1983	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	1st	110 m hurdles
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	60 m hurdles^[7]
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	2nd	60 m hurdles
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	1st	60 m hurdles^[8]
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	60 m hurdles^[9]

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 Champions in Men's 110 m 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)

v t e European Indoor Champions in men's 60 m hurdles

1966: Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 1967⁽¹⁾+1968:⁽¹⁾ Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 1969:⁽¹⁾ Alan Pascoe (GBR) 1970: Günther Nickel (FRG) 1971: Eckart Berkes (FRG) 1972:⁽¹⁾ 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:⁽¹⁾ 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 (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)

(1): In this editions runs on 50 metres hurdeles.

Persondata
Name	Moracho, Javier
Alternative names	Moracho Torrente, Javier
Short description	Spanish hurdler
Date of birth	August 18, 1957
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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