Alfredo Arévalo

Alfredo Arévalo
Personal information
Full name	Alfredo Arévalo Reyes
Nationality	Guatemala
Born	20 February 1976 (age 48); Uspantán, El Quiché, Guatemala
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Marathon: 2:12:53 (2004)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Guatemala
CAC Championships
Central American Games
	Updated on 17 December 2014

Alfredo Arévalo Reyes (born February 20, 1976) is a Guatemalan marathon runner.^[1]^[2] In 2004, he achieved both his personal best and a national record-breaking time of 2:12:53 at the National Capital Marathon in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Arevalo made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished seventy-seventh in the men's marathon, outside his personal best of 2:34:02.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Arevalo competed again for the second time in men's marathon, along with his compatriot José Amado García. He finished the race in sixty-third place by twelve seconds behind Montenegro's Goran Stojiljković, with a time of 2:28:26.^[3]^[4]

Personal bests

5000 m: 14:30.07 min – Ciudad de Guatemala, 18 February 2006
10,000 m: 29:21.43 min – Stanford, California, 1 May 2010
Half marathon: 1:06:42 hrs – San Pedro Sula, 19 June 2004
Marathon: 2:12:53 hrs – Ottawa, 30 May 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Guatemala
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	4th	Half marathon	1:06:50
2001	World Championships in Athletics	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	56th	Marathon	2:34:16
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	Marathon	2:21:53
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	—	Marathon	DNF
2003	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	2nd	10,000 m	29:39.48
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	76th	Marathon	2:34:02
2005	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	2nd	8 km	25:16
	World Cross Country Championships	Saint-Galmier, France	123rd	12.02 km	41:29
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	10,000 m	30:45.72
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	5000 m	14:42.58
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	52nd	Marathon	2:25:37
2006	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	4th	8 km	25:55
	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	3rd	8 km (Team)	48 pts
	World Cross Country Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	93rd	12 km	39:10
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	Marathon	2:28:27
2007	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	7th	8 km	25:40
	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	2nd	8 km (Team)	58 pts
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	10,000 m	30:10.98
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9th	Marathon	2:21:48
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	63rd	Marathon	2:28:26
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	5th	Marathon	2:25:55
2010	Central American Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	1st	5000 m	14:49.91
2011	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	10,000 m	31:07.06
2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	11th	Marathon	2:25:53
2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	3rd	5000 m	14:56.00
	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	4th	10,000 m	31:30.28
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	3rd	5000 m	15:22.23
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	3rd	10,000 m	32:23.55
2014	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	6th	Marathon	2:26:34 A

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfredo Arévalo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
^ Biography – AREVALO Alfredo, archived from the original on July 14, 2014, retrieved July 13, 2014
^ "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
^ Scheiber, Barbara (24 August 2008). "Guatemalans in the Olympic Marathon". The Guatemala Times. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfredo Arévalo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

[guadalajara_01-2] Biography – AREVALO Alfredo, archived from the original on July 14, 2014, retrieved July 13, 2014

[3] "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

[4] Scheiber, Barbara (24 August 2008). "Guatemalans in the Olympic Marathon". The Guatemala Times. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

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