Antonio Andrés Explained

Antonio Andrés
Birth Date:18 January 1974
Birth Place:Gandia, Spain
Height:1.80 m[1]
Weight:86 kg
Sport:Track and field
Event:400 metres
Club:CA Valencia Terra i Mar

José Antonio Andrés Guillén (born 18 January 1974 in Gandia) is a retired Spanish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as three outdoor and one indoor World Championships. He won the bronze medal with the Spanish 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1998 European Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 46.23 seconds outdoors (Monachil 1999) and 47.14 seconds indoors (Paris 1997).

Competition record

Representing
1993European Junior ChampionshipsSan Sebastián, Spain14th (h)400 m48.78
9th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:13.46
1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France17th (h)400 m47.71
Mediterranean GamesBari, Italy8th400 m46.97
4th4 × 400 m relay3:04.73
World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece36th (h)400 m46.94
15th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:05.34
1998European Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain10th (sf)400 m47.66
Ibero-American ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal4th400 m46.40
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:08.05
European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary16th (sf)400 m46.59
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:02.47
1999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan8th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:15.94
World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain14th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:02.85
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia20th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:06.87
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada6th4 × 400 m relay3:02.24

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024449/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/antonio-andres-1.html Sports-Reference profile