Jesús España Explained

Jesús España Cobo (born 21 August 1978 in Valdemoro, Community of Madrid) is a Spanish long-distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres.

España first represented Spain at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he was 11th in the short race. He won his first medal the following year at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships, taking the bronze medal over 3000 m. Outdoors, he came eleventh in the 5000 m at the 2002 European Athletics Championships. He came close to another medal indoors at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing a fraction of a second behind the bronze medallist Luke Kipkosgei. In 2005 he won the 3000 m gold medal at the 2005 European Cup and went on to compete at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, where he was disqualified in the heats.[1]

At the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, España gained a narrow win in the 5000 m, overtaking Mo Farah just metres from the line. This was his first major international title.[2] He made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he finished 14th in the 5000 m final. In 2009 he won the 3000 m bronze at the European Indoors, a gold medal over the distance at the 2009 European Team Championships, and finished tenth in the 5000 m final at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.[1]

Jesús España competed at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and came sixth, and retained his title at the 2010 European Team Championships. He attempted to defend his 5000 m title at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but found himself beaten by Farah on this occasion, ending up with the silver medal. He ran at the San Silvestre Vallecana in Madrid on New Year's Eve and took third place on the podium behind Zersenay Tadese and fellow Spaniard Ayad Lamdassem.[3] He was fifth over 3000 m at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships in March and won the Great Ireland Run in April.[4]

Achievements

1997European Junior ChampionshipsLjubljana, Slovenia9th1500 m3:50.95
2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria3rd3000 m7:48.08
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany11th5000 m13:55.80
2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom4th3000 m7:42.70
World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco9th3000 m7:57.33
2004Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spainbgcolor=gold1st5000 m13:48.09
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland–5000 mDQ
2006European ChampionshipsGöteborg, Sweden1st5000 m13:44.70
World CupAthens, Greece6th3000 m7:50.09[5]
2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rd3000 m8:02.91
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan7th5000 m13:50.55
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China14th5000 m13:55.94
2009Turin, Italy3rd3000 m7:43.29
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany10th5000 m13:22.07
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar6th3000 m7:42.82
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain2nd5000 m13:33.12
2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France5th3000 m7:54.66
Stockholm, Sweden1st5000 m13:39.25
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea12th5000 m13:33.99
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland20th5000 m13:55.98
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland11th5000 m14:14.57
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic4th3000 m7:47.12
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China26th (h)5000m13:51.47
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands10thHalf marathon1:04:01
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil65thMarathon2:20:08
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6thMarathon2:12:58

Personal bests

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=137894/index.html España Jesús
  2. Valiente, Emeterio (2006-11-26). Jesús España overcomes all barriers to fulfil his dream. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-01.
  3. Valiente, Emeterio (2011-01-01). Fulfilling favourite roles, Tadese and Augusto prevail in Madrid. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-01.
  4. Martin, Dave (2011-04-10). Teenager Purdue upsets experienced rivals in Dublin 10Km. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-11.
  5. Representing Europe

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