Roberto Parra

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Roberto Parra ( Roberto Parra Mateo ; born April 6, 1976 in Socuéllamos , Ciudad Real province ) is a former Spanish middle-distance runner .

He won gold over 800 m in 1996 at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Stockholm and reached the semi- finals at the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest and at the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville. In 2000 he was fifth at the European Indoor Championships in Ghent and was eliminated from the Olympic Games in Sydney in the preliminary stages.

In 2003 he was respectively over 1500 m in ninth at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham and tenth at the World Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis .

He was twice the Spanish champion over 800 m outdoors (1998, 2000) and five times indoors (1996, 1998-2001).

Personal bests

  • 800 m: 1: 44.97 min, June 2, 1996, Madrid
    • Hall: 1: 46.48 min, February 15, 2001, Stockholm
  • 1500 m: 3: 35.02 min, August 27, 2003, Saint-Denis
    • Hall: 3: 34.66 min, February 22, 2003, Seville

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personal data
SURNAME Parra, Roberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parra Mateo, Roberto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish middle distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Socuéllamos , Ciudad Real Province