Allan Ayala

Allan Ayala

Personal information
Full name	Allan Guillermo Ayala Acevedo
Born	(1986-07-07) July 7, 1986 Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Guatemala
Sport	Men's Athletics
Event(s)	Hurdling, Sprint
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Guatemala Central American Championships 2008 San Pedro Sula 400 m hurdles 2008 San Pedro Sula 4x400 m relay 2007 San José 4x400 m relay 2009 Ciudad de Guatemala 400 m hurdles 2008 San Pedro Sula 4x100 m relay 2007 San José 400 m 2007 San José 400 m hurdles 2007 San José 110 m hurdles 2005 San José 4x100 m relay 2005 San José 4x400 m relay
Updated on 19 September 2012.

Allan Ayala Acevedo (born July 7, 1986 in Guatemala City) is a male track and field athlete from Guatemala, specialized in the 400m intermediate hurdles event. As a junior, he was a member of the team that broke the Guatemalan 4x400 relay Junior National Record in 2004.

In 2007, Ayala ran for Dickinson State University in North Dakota and was named Outstanding DAC Conference Track Athlete in both indoors and outdoors events. He was runner-up in the 400IH in the NAIA national championships; also setting a new Guatemalan national record in the event. Three weeks later he set the 400 meters Guatemalan national record in Costa Rica. He then broke his own record in the 400IH at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ayala was also the only Guatemalan to run in the 2007 World Athletic Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Guatemala
2005	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	3rd	4x100 m relay	42.40
			3rd	4x400 m relay	3:20.91
2006	NACAC U-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	10th (h)	400m hurdles	53.55
2007	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	400 m	48.05
			3rd	110 m hurdles	15.07 (+1.1 m/s)
			2nd	400 m hurdles	52.15
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:13.95 CR
	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	7th	400 m hurdles	52.44
			5th	4x400 m relay]]	3:16.83
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.20
			8th	4x400 m relay	3:17.86
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	32nd (h)	400 m hurdles	52.26
2008	Central American Championships	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	1st	400 m hurdles	51.72
			2nd	4x100 m relay	42.30
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:15.28
	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	4th	400 m hurdles	51.41
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	6th	400 m hurdles	52.70
	NACAC U-23 Championships	Toluca, México	4th	400m hurdles	52.05 A
			4th	4x400m relay	3:13.83 A
2009	Central American Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	2nd	400 m hurdles	50.16
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	10th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.89
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	7th	400 m hurdles	51.82
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	12th (h)	400 m hurdles	53.57
2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	—	400 m hurdles	DNF

References

External links

• Allan Ayala profile at IAAF