Laura Esther Galván Rodríguez[a] (born 5 October 1991)[2] is a Mexican long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the women's 5000 metres event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[3] She also competed in the women's 1500 metres event where she finished in 4th place.[2] On 6 March 2021, Galván ran 4:08.14 setting a new Mexican 1500 m record outdoor track and field.[4]
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| Full name | Laura Esther Galván Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1991 La Sauceda, Guanajuato, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Mexico | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal bests
edit| Surface | Event | Time | Date | Venue | Notes |
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| Indoor track | One mile | 4:31.89 | January 24th, 2020 | Boston University | |
| 3000m | 8:40.45 | February 11th, 2023 | The Armory | NR | |
| Outdoor track | 1500m | 4:04.98 | June 12th, 2022 | Sollentuna, Sweden | NR |
| One mile | 4:42.66 | October 22nd, 2021 | Tijuana, Mexico | ||
| 3000m | 8:28.05 | September 2nd, 2023 | Xiamen, China | NR | |
| 5000m | 14:51.15 | June 16th, 2022 | Bislett Stadion | NR | |
| 10000m | 31:29.93 | May 14th, 2021 | Irvine, CA | ||
| Road | 10k | 33:30 | November 14th, 2021 | Torreón, Mexico | |
| Half Marathon | 1:15:18 | November 17th, 2019 | Monterrey, Mexico |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Galván and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
References
edit- ^ "Galvan Laura". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (10 August 2019). "Fraser-Pryce breaks 40-year-old Pan American Games record to win women's 200m". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Sound Running Invite Women's 1500 Run Bowerman TC Results Finished Results
External links
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