Alfredo Arévalo Explained

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Alfredo Arévalo
Fullname:	Alfredo Arévalo Reyes
Residence:	San Pedro Sacatepéquez Guatemala
Birth Date:	20 February 1976
Birth Place:	Uspantán, El Quiché, Guatemala
Weight:	520NaN0
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Marathon
Pb:	Marathon: 2:12:53 (2004)
Updated:	17 December 2014
Show-Medals:	yes

Alfredo Arévalo Reyes (born February 20, 1976) is a Guatemalan marathon runner.^[1] 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.^{[2] [3]}

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

Representing
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	4th	Half marathon	1:06:50
	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
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	bgcolor=silver	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	bgcolor=silver	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	bgcolor=silver	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
			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
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	8 km (Team)	58 pts
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	bgcolor=silver	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
	Central American Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	bgcolor=gold	1st	5000 m	14:49.91
2011	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	bgcolor=gold	1st	10,000 m	31:07.06
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	11th	Marathon	2:25:53
2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	3rd	5000 m	14:56.00
			4th	10,000 m	31:30.28
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	3rd	5000 m	15:22.23
			3rd	10,000 m	32:23.55
2014	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	6th	Marathon	2:26:34 A

External links

• • NBC Olympics Profile

Notes and References

1. Alfredo Arévalo. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110042/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/alfredo-arevalo-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 14 December 2012.
2. Web site: Men's Marathon . . 14 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816164758/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM099100/standings.html . 16 August 2012 .
3. News: Scheiber . Barbara . Guatemalans in the Olympic Marathon . The Guatemala Times . 24 August 2008 . 14 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121214022031/http://guatemala-times.com/sport/olympics-08/325-guatemalans-in-the-olympic-marathon.html . 14 December 2012 .