Alejandro Suárez Velázquez (born 30 November 1980 in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro)[1] is a Mexican former long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. His personal best time is 13:18.13 minutes, achieved in June 2003 in Victoria. He clocked a sub four-minute mile (3:59.81) in Burnaby, BC in 2005.
He was a two-time winner of the North American 5K Championships, taking the 2003 and 2004 titles – he was the only man to win multiple times at the competition.[2] He won the silver medal at the 2006 NACAC Cross Country Championships.[3]
| Representing | |||||||
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| 2000 | NACAC U-25 Championships | Monterrey, Mexico | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 1500m | 3:48.09 | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5000m | 14:11.48 | ||||
| 2001 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | 5000 m | 14:11.76 | |||
| 2002 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:10.62 | |||
| 1st | 5000 m | 14:16.22 | |||||
| 2003 | North American Men's Marathon Relay Championships | Akron, United States | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Marathon relay | 2:05:30 | |
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | 5000 m | 13:58.19 | ||||
| 2004 | North American Men's Marathon Relay Championships | Akron, United States | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Marathon relay | 2:05:35 | |
| 2006 | Cartagena, Colombia | 2nd | 5000 m | 14:10.58 | |||
| 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3rd | 10,000 m | 28:09.95 | |||
| Osaka, Japan | 14th | 10,000 m | 28:52.19 | ||||
| 2008 | Beijing, China | 35th | 10,000 m | 29:24.78 | |||
| Ibero-American Championships | Iquique, Chile | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:51.20 | ||
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 37th | Marathon | 2:18:55 | ||
| 2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10,000 m | 29:15.49 | |