Guillermo Ruggeri Explained

Guillermo Ruggeri
Birth Date:	26 March 1992
Birth Place:	Maipú, Argentina^[1]
Height:	1.80 m^[2]
Weight:	78 kg
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	400 m hurdles, decathlon
Club:	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima^[3]

Guillermo Manuel Ruggeri Gutila (born 26 March 1992 in Maipú) is an Argentine athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships, reaching the semifinals.

His personal best in the event is 49.28 seconds set in Cochabamba in 2018^[4] which is the current national record. Earlier in his career he competed in the decathlon.

International competitions

Representing
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	7th	Decathlon	6853 pts
	South American U23 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	bgcolor=gold	1st	Decathlon	7203 pts
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	3rd	Decathlon	7298 pts
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	Decathlon	7274 pts
	South American Games	Montevideo, Uruguay	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Decathlon	6887 pts
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	Decathlon	6305 pts
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	49.72
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.96
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	15th (h)	400 m hurdles	49.69^1
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	50.54
			14th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.83
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	49.28
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	6th	400 m hurdles	50.54
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	400 m hurdles	50.20
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	5th	400 m hurdles	49.55
2021	South American Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	5th	400 m hurdles	51.88

¹Disqualified in the semifinals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guillermo Ruggeri, un argentino en la cercanía del "récord imposible". https://web.archive.org/web/20170120202832/http://consudatle.org/guillermo-ruggeri-argentino-la-cercania-del-record-imposible/. usurped. January 20, 2017. 20 January 2017. Consudatle. Spanish. 6 August 2017.
2. Web site: 2018 South American Games bio. 21 June 2018.
3. Web site: GEBA con Ruggeri fue oro sudamericano. 17 July 2017. GEBA. Spanish. 6 August 2017.
4. http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/node/384219 All-Athletics profile