Gerard Giraldo Explained

Gerard Giraldo
Fullname:	Gerard Nicolas Giraldo Villa
Birth Date:	1989 3, df=yes
Birth Place:	Armenia, Colombia
Height:	1.74m (05.71feet)
Weight:	60kg (130lb)
Country:	Colombia
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Middle-distance and long distance running

Gerard Nicolas Giraldo Villa (born 21 March 1989) is a Colombian athlete competing in middle-distance and long distance running events. He specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He competed at the 2015 World Championships.

At the 2015 South American Championships he won the steeplechase in a championship record time of 8:29.53 minutes and also set a Colombian record of 3:42.38 minutes for the 1500 metres, winning a bronze medal.^[1] He was the silver medallist in the steeplechase at the 2014 South American Games behind José Peña.

Competition record

Representing
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	4th	3000 m s'chase	9:40.17
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	6th	3000 m s'chase	8:44.48
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	4th	3000 m s'chase	8:45.14
	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Peru	3rd	10,000 m	29:03.59
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m s'chase	8:28.6
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	–	10,000 m	DNF
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m s'chase	8:45.96
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m s'chase	9:19.91
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	–	5000 m	DNF
			4th	3000 m s'chase	8:56.59
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	1500 m	3:42.38
			bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:29.53
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	–	3000 m s'chase	DNF
	World Championships	Beijing, China	36th (h)	3000 m s'chase	9:16.47
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:45.93
	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m s'chase	8:40.12
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m s'chase	9:01.99
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:44.51
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	5000 m	13:54.51
			3rd	3000 m s'chase	8:41.48
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	–	5000 m	DNF
2022	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	–	10,000 m	DNF
			bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:40.28

Personal bests

Event	Time	City	Country	Date
	3:42.38		Peru	13 June 2015
	8:10.46		Brazil	10 August 2014
	13:21.31		EEUU	2 May 2019
	28:51.16		México	08 Septiembre 2019
	8:28.6		Peru	29 November 2013
	30:10		Argentina	8 March 2014
	45:45		Colombia	12 February 2012
Half marathon	1:07:48		Colombia	29 July 2012
Marathon	2:17:29		Germany	17 April 2017

Notes and References

1. . CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 20 June 2015.