Carlos Santa Explained

Carlos Santa
Full Name:	Carlos Johelín Santa Ramírez
Birth Place:	Azua de Compostela, Dominican Republic
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Carlos Johelín Santa Ramírez (born 7 January 1978 in Azua de Compostela^[1]) is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic who specializes in the 400 metres.

Career

He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2005, and finished fifth at the 2005 World Athletics Final.

In 2006 he finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Arismendy Peguero, Danis García and Juan Betances, and won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2006 IAAF World Cup with the American team.

His personal best time is 45.05 seconds, achieved in August 2004 in Huelva.

Achievements

Representing the
1996	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	400 m	47.19
			4th	4×100 m relay	41.57
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4×400 m relay	3:13.99
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	5th	400 m	46.13
			6th	4×100 m relay	40.93
			5th	4×400 m relay	3:08.75
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	3rd	4×400 m relay	3:09.08
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	13th (h)	400 m	46.26
			6th	4×400 m relay	3:05.19
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	39th (h)	400 m	46.80
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	43rd (h)	400 m	46.40
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	10th (h)	400 m	48.21^[2]
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	45.69
	NACAC U-25 Championships	San Antonio, Texas, United States	4th	400m	45.77
			5th	4x100m relay	40.29
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	bgcolor=gold	1st	400m	45.83
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4x400m relay	3:04.15
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	6th	400 m	45.85
			3rd	4×400 m relay	3:02.02
	World Championships	Paris, France	15th (sf)	400 m	45.43
			—	4x400 m relay	DSQ
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	45.05
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	13th (sf)	400 m	45.58
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th (sf)	400 m	46.07
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	6th	200 m	21.14
2007	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	4x400 m relay	3:04.96
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	16th (sf)	400 m	47.45
			3rd	4x400 m relay	3:02.48
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	36th (h)	400 m	45.99
			7th	4x400 m relay	3:03.56

External links

• • Picture of Carlos Santa

References

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/carlos-santa-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085133/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/carlos-santa-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.
2. Did not finish the final.