Hector Daley

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Héctor Daley (born October 22, 1961 ) is a former Panamanian track and field athlete who won the first gold medal for Panama at the South American Championships in 1985 .

Career

At the South American Championships in Bucaramanga in 1979 , Daley, who had just turned 18, won bronze in the 400-meter run in 47.4 seconds and bronze in the 200-meter run in 21.1 seconds , these were the first medals for Panama at the South American championships at all. In 1981 Daley also won two bronze medals in 47.7 seconds and in 20.96 seconds, this time at the Central American and Caribbean Championships. At the South American Championships in La Paz in 1981 , he won the silver medal behind Brazilian Paulo Correia in 20.5 seconds . At the 1983 World Championships , Daley reached the quarter-finals on both routes. Over 400 meters he just missed the semifinals in fifth of his run, 0.03 seconds behind Briton Todd Bennett , over 200 meters he did not make it to the quarter-finals after being injured in the prelim.

At the South American Championships in 1985 in Santiago de Chile, Daley won the 400-meter run in 46.06 seconds and was the first South American champion in his home country. Two years later Daley retired from the 1987 World Championships again in fifth place in the quarter-finals over 400 meters, but was almost half a second behind fourth-placed Australian Darren Clark . In October 1987 Daley was able to defend his title over 400 meters in a new championship record of 45.80 seconds at the South American Championships in 1987 in São Paulo. In 1989 Daley reached the final over 400 meters again and finished seventh.

Top performances

  • 200-meter run: 20.67 seconds (1980)
  • 400-meter run: 45.29 seconds (1981)

Both achievements held the Panamanian national record for over 25 years. As the 200-meter national record holder , Daley has now been replaced by Alonso Edward .

literature

  • Winfried Kramer: South American Track & Field Championships 1919–1995 . Neunkirchen 1996

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF (Ed.): Statistics Handbook Berlin 2009, page 486. After page 488, Daley's 400-meter record was still in place in 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Daley, Héctor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Panamanian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1961