Ángel Heras Explained

Ángel Heras
Birth Date:	18 September 1958
Birth Place:	Zamora, Spain^[1]
Height:	1.77 m
Weight:	67 kg
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	200 m, 400 m

Ángel Valentín de las Heras Lázaro (born 18 September 1958 in Zamora) is a retired Spanish sprinter who competed in the 200 and 400 metres. He represented his country at the 1984 and 1992 Summer Olympics as well as two World Championships, in 1983 and 1987.

International competitions

Representing
1975	European Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.52
1979	Mediterranean Games	Split, Yugoslavia	7th	200 m	21.63
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	41.33
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.20
1982	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	11th (h)	200 m	21.71
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	14th (h)	200 m	21.37
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	–	4 × 400 m relay	DNF
1983	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	400 m	46.57
		Helsinki, Finland	22nd (qf)	200 m	21.25
			–	400 m	DQ
			15th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.68
	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	7th	400 m	46.57
	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.54
	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	100 m	10.65
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	200 m	21.09
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.40
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.17
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	19th (qf)	400 m	45.88
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	18th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.79
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	6th	400 m	54.09
	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	5th	400 m	46.68
	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.46¹
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	11th (h)	400 m	48.22
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	19th (h)	400 m	46.41
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.12
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	12th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	39.74
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	15th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.41
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	12th (sf)	400 m	47.70
	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	3rd²	400 m hurdles	46.49
	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	—	4 × 400 m relay	DNF
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.60

¹Representing Europe
²Extra race

Personal bests

Outdoor

200 metres – 20.95 (+0.2 m/s, Granada 1988)
400 metres – 45.54 (Milano 1984)

Indoor

200 metres – 21.71 (Milano 1982)
400 metres – 46.57 (Budapest 1983)

References

All-Athletics profile

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/angel-heras-1.html Sports-Reference profile