Pablo Olmedo

Pablo Olmedo
Personal information
Born May 8, 1975
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Olmedo and the second or maternal family name is Castañon.

Pablo Olmedo Castañon (born May 8, 1975 in Mexico City) is a middle-distance runner from Mexico.


Career

He twice won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.


Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Mexico
1994 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 1500 m 3:50.2
1st 5000 m 14:24.4
World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 4th 5000 m 13:55.19
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 15th 5000 m 14:05.59
1998 Ibero-American Championships Lisbon, Portugal 2nd 5000 m 13:35.21
Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 3rd 1500 m 3:48.19
1st 5000 m 14:01.85
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 10th 5000 m 13:27.74
2000 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd 5000 m 13:44.44
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 12th (h) 5000 m 13:40.34
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 12th (h) 5000 m 14:02.90
2002 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 5000 m 14:07.82
1st 10000 m 28:36.67
2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 4th 10000 m 29:41.31
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 46th Marathon 2:33:40

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References

  1. ↑ Sanchez Renteria, Marco A. (7 June 2009), Cuando Pablo Olmedo fue segundo en los 5 mil metros del Prefontaine… (in Spanish), Atletismo en México, retrieved 5 April 2012