Osvaldo Suarez
Osvaldo Roberto Suárez (born March 17, 1934 in Sarandí , Partido Avellaneda ; † February 16, 2018 ) was an Argentine athlete who won four titles at Pan American Games and eleven titles at South American Championships.
Athletic career
Osvaldo Suárez made his international breakthrough at the Pan American Games in Mexico City. He won gold there in the 5000 meter run and in the 10,000 meter run , where he defeated the American obstacle Olympic champion from 1952 Horace Ashenfelter over 5000 meters . While the times were still moderate in 1955 because of the mountain air in Mexico City, Suárez was able to demonstrate his speed at the South American Championships in 1956 in Santiago de Chile. He won the races over all three long distances and each set a new championship record. Over 5000 meters he needed 14: 30.8 minutes and was 17 seconds ahead of the Chilean defending champion Jaime Correa . He won over 10,000 meters in 30: 12.2 minutes and was 15 seconds ahead of his compatriot Walter Lemos . In the half marathon he reached the finish line after 1: 08.54 hours and won just ahead of Lemos.
Two years later, Suárez defended all three titles at the 1958 South American Championships in Montevideo and improved his championship record to 14: 26.1 minutes over 5000 meters. He was then named Argentina's Sportsman of the Year 1958. At the Pan American Games in Chicago in 1959, Suárez was able to defend his title over 10,000 meters; in the 5000-meter run he was defeated by the American Bill Dellinger by two tenths of a second. In 1960 the first of only two editions of the Ibero-American Games was played, Suárez won the 5000 meter, 10,000 meter and marathon titles. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Suárez only took part in the marathon and finished ninth there in 2:21:26 hours.
At the South American Championships in 1961 and 1963 and at the Ibero-American Games in 1962 , Suárez won over 5000 meters and over 10,000 meters. At the Pan American Games in São Paulo in 1963, he won the 5000 meter run in 14: 25.81 minutes, over 10,000 meters he ran the silver medal behind the American Pete McArdle . After Suárez had given up in the marathon at the 1964 Olympic Games , he only ran at the top of one international championship: At the South American Championships in 1967 in front of a home crowd in Buenos Aires , he won the silver medal over 5000 meters behind the Colombian Víctor Mora . Six days later, Suárez won the 10,000 meter title ahead of Mora.
Suárez is the record winner at the South American Championships with four wins over 5000 meters and five wins over 10,000 meters on both routes. In the Pan American Games, too, no runner has managed to achieve more than two wins and beat Suárez. Suárez also won the New Year's Eve of São Paulo three times in a row from 1958 to 1960 .
With a height of 1.76 meters, his competition weight was 65 kilograms. After his playing career, Suárez worked as a coach.
Web links
- Osvaldo Suárez in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Pan American Games
- Ibero-American Games
- South American Championships
Individual evidence
- ↑ Murió Osvaldo Suárez, una leyenda del atletismo argentino La Nación of February 16, 2018
- ↑ Olimpias de oro www.cpd.com.ar. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suarez, Osvaldo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Suárez, Osvaldo Roberto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarandí , Partido Avellaneda , Argentina |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 2018 |