Anthony Zambrano

Anthony Zambrano
Anthony Zambrano (2019)
Full name	Anthony José Zambrano de la Cruz
nation	Colombia
birthday	17th January 1998 (age 22)
place of birth	Maicao ,  Colombia
size	184 cm
Weight	72 kg
Career
discipline	400 m
Best performance	44.15 s
Trainer	Nelson Gutierrez
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × South American Championships 2 × 0 × 0 × Pan American Games 2 × 0 × 0 × U23 South American Championships 3 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships silver Doha 2019 400 m South American Championships gold Lima 2019 400 m gold Lima 2019 4 × 400 m  Pan American Games gold Lima 2019 400 m silver Lima 2019 4 × 400 m U23 South American Championships gold Cuenca 2018 400 m gold Cuenca 2018 4 × 100 m gold Cuenca 2018 4 × 400 m
last change: January 17th, 2020

Anthony José Zambrano de la Cruz (born January 17, 1998 in Maicao ) is a Colombian athlete who specializes in the 400-meter run . In 2019 he was runner- up at the World Championships in Doha with a South American record.

Origin and life

Anthony Zambrano comes from northern Colombia. In 2012 he started athletics, initially in school competitions.

Athletic career

Anthony Zambrano first competed in national youth championships in 2014, i.e. among the under-18s, but has already started against athletes in the U23 age group. The U18 South American Championships took place in his Colombian homeland in 2014. There Zambrano started his special discipline, the 400 m. In the final he finished fifth in 48.17 seconds, which was a new record for him at the time. A year later, the U18 World Championships took place in Colombia , also in Cali . After Zambrano survived the preliminary and semi-finals with confidence, he was seventh in the final in 46.57 s. With the 4 x 400 meter relay, he was disqualified in the preliminary run.

In 2016 he entered the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In the final he was sixth in 46.50 s. A month later, at the age of 18, he also took part in the Olympic Games as part of the relay , and with it his first international championship title among adults. Together with his teammates, the 4 x 400 meter relay failed as sixth in their prelim. In 2018 he won three gold medals at the U23 South American Championships. He won over 400 m in 45.19 s. He also won the 4-by-100 and 4-by-400-meter relay.

In May 2019 Zambrano was over 400 m and with the relay South American champion at the championships in Lima . The Pan American Games took place there in August , where he also triumphed twice over the same distances. His greatest sporting success to date was when he won the silver medal at the World Championships in Doha. In 44.15 s he also set a new South American record over the 400 m in the final. This had last existed since 1999 and was held by the Brazilian Sanderlei Claro Parrela . The silver medal also meant the first medal at a world championship in a running competition on the track for Zambrano's home country.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for Colombia
2014	U18 South American Championships	Cali	4th	400 m	48.17 s
2015	U18 world championships	Cali	7th	400 m	46.57 s
				4 × 400 m	DSQ
2016	U20 world championships	Bydgoszcz	6th	400 m	46.50 s
	Olympic games	Rio de Janeiro	11.	4 × 400 m	3: 01.84 min
2018	U23 South American Championships	Cuenca	1.	400 m	45.19 s
			1.	4 × 100 m	40.08 s
			1.	4 × 400 m	3: 09.77 min
2019	South American Championships	Lima	1.	400 m	45.53 s
			1.	4 × 400 m	3: 04.04 min
	Pan American Games	Lima	1.	400 m	44.83 s
			1.	4 × 400 m	3: 01.41 min
	World championships	Doha	2.	400 m	44.15 s

Personal best

• 400 m : 44.15 s, October 4, 2019, Doha , South American record
• 200 m : 20.61 s, November 30, 2019, Cartagena de Indias

Web links

• Anthony Zambrano in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Anthony Zambrano in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview after winning the silver medal at the 2019 World Cup
2. ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (2019-11-14). Rising 400m star Zambrano: 'Look how far I have come, and how much farther I can go' . IAAF. accessed on 2020-07-11.