Mario Pestano

Mario Pestano
	Mario Pestano in 2010.
Personal information
Born	8 April 1978 (age 46)
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight	120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus
	Updated on 12 August 2012

Mario Pestano García (born 8 April 1978 in Tenerife) is a retired male Spanish discus thrower. His personal best throw is 69.50, achieved on 27 July 2008 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Spain
1997	European Junior Championships	Ljubljana, Slovenia	11th	47.60 m
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	11th	55.77 m
	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	61.73 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	30th (q)	57.30 m
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	57.17 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	22nd (q)	56.58 m
	Universiade	Beijing, China	10th	58.05 m
	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	3rd	63.71 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	64.69 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	8th	64.39 m
2003	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	59.96 m
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	1st	63.84 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	12th	61.69 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	1st	64.11 m
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	1st	63.96 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th	62.75 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6th	62.97 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	64.84 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	10th	62.70 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	9th	63.42 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	10th	62.76 m
2010	European Cup Winter Throwing	Arles, France	2nd	63.78 m
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	1st	63.01 m
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	6th	64.51 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	11th	63.00 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	63.87 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	14th (q)	63.40 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	12th	61.88 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	6th	62.31 m

External links

Mario Pestano at World Athletics
Mario Pestano at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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