Alfredo Arévalo
Personal information | |
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Full name | Alfredo Arévalo Reyes |
Nationality | Guatemala |
Born | Uspantán, Guatemala | 20 February 1976
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | Marathon: 2:12:53 (2004) |
Alfredo Arévalo Reyes (born February 20, 1976 in Uspantán) is a Guatemalan marathon runner.[1] In 2004, he achieved both his personal best and a national record-breaking time of 2:12:53 at the National Capital Marathon in Ottawa, Canada.
Arevalo made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished seventy-seventh in the men's marathon, outside his personal best of 2:34:02.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Arevalo improved his performance in the men's marathon by obtaining a higher position from his previous games. He finished the race in sixty-third place by twelve seconds behind Montenegro's Goran Stojiljković, with a well-improved time of 2:28:26.[2][3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfredo Arévalo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ Scheiber, Barbara (24 August 2008). "Guatemalans in the Olympic Marathon". The Guatemala Times. Retrieved 14 December 2012.