Héctor Garibay
 2024 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Héctor Garibay Flores |
| Nationality | Bolivian |
| Born | 9 July 1988 Totoral, Bolivia |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 10,000 metres, Marathon |
Medal record | |
Héctor Garibay Flores (born 9 July 1988) is a Bolivian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.
He finished 1st in the Marathon International of Mexico 2023 with an extraordinary time of 2:08:23, 1st place in Buenos Aires Marathon 2021 with a time of 2:11:58, 36th in the Marathon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[1] In February 2023, he set a Bolivian record in the marathon running 2:07:44 at the Seville Marathon.[2] This time qualified him for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
In 2023, he set the record of 2:08:23 in the Mexico City Marathon, beating the previous mark by more than two minutes.[3]
Personal bests
[edit]- 1500 metres – 4:02.80 (Cochabamba 2022)
- 3000 metres – 8:49.58 (Cochabamba 2022)
- 3000 metres indoor – 8:43.95 (Cochabamba 2020)
- 5000 metres – 14:17.11 (Cochabamba 2019)
- 10,000 metres – 29:35.87 (Asunción 2022)
- Marathon – 2:07:44 (Sevilla 2023) NR
- Mexico City Marathon, 2:08:23 (Mexico 2023) MR[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Men's marathon full results at World Championships 2022; record run by Tamirat Tola | World-Track and Field". 17 July 2022.
- ^ "2023 Seville Marathon Results". Seville Marathon. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Staff, M. N. D. (28 August 2023). "Bolivian winner of Mexico City marathon breaks record". Mexico News Daily. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Mexico City Marathon", Wikipedia, 3 August 2024, retrieved 9 August 2024
External links
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