Nery Brenes
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Full name | Nery Antonio Brenes Cárdenas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Costa Rica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Limón, Limón, Costa Rica | September 25, 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Emmanuel Chanto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 200 m: 20.20 (Rio de Janeiro 2016) 400 m: 44.60 (Madrid 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nery Antonio Brenes Cárdenas, (born September 25, 1985) is a Costa Rican sprinter.[1] He is one of Costa Rica's most prominent track and field athletes and reached the semi-finals at the 400 m sprint in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.[2]
Brenes won the gold medal at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, setting a new national and championship record.[3] "Brenes improved his personal mark by approximately one second, something nobody expected on a championship, taking the gold medal", cited his trainer and motivator Andrés Oro Fijo Calderón.[4] He has participated in major events like the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, and achieved a 4th-place finish at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain. He also finished in 3rd place at the 2008 ÅF Golden League meet in Oslo, Norway.
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
[edit]- 200 m: 20.20 s – Rio de Janeiro, 16 August 2016
- 400 m: 44.60 s – Madrid, 23 June 2016
Indoor
[edit]- 400 m: 45.11 s – Istanbul, 10 March 2012
International competitions
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Robinson, Javier Clovelo; Calixto, Néstor; Barrantes, Vanessa (2008-03-05). "Nery Brenes ready to put Costa Rica on the athletics map". IAAF Athletics. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Costa Rica"[permanent dead link ], Reuters, June 17, 2008
- ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- ^ "Nery Brenes consigue un histórico oro para Costa Rica en 400 metros". 10 March 2012.
External links
[edit]- Nery Brenes at World Athletics
- Nery Brenes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- "Against the Odds: Nery Brenes", BBC, July 21, 2008
- Tilastopaja biography
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Costa Rican male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Costa Rica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Costa Rica
- Sportspeople from Limón Province
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Costa Rica
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica
- Central American Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- IAAF Continental Cup winners
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games