Leonardo Price Explained

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Leonardo Price
Fullname:Leonardo Nelson Price
Birth Date:21 February 1979
Birth Place:Trelew, Argentina
Weight:600NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:Middle distance running
Club:EMA Trelew (ARG)
Coach:Leonardo Michael Malgor
Pb:800 m: 1:46.90 (2008)
1500 m: 3:44.11 (2007)

Leonardo Nelson Price (born February 21, 1979, in Trelew) is an Argentine middle distance runner.[1] He is a three-time national champion for the 800 metres, and two-time for the 1500 metres.

Price represented Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 800 metres. He ran in the second heat against six other competitors, including Sudan's Abubaker Kaki, who was a heavy favorite and a possible top medal contender in this event. He finished the race in sixth place by three fourths of a second (0.75) behind Slovakia's Jozef Repcìk, with a time of 1:49.39. Price, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed fifty-first overall and was ranked farther below two mandatory slots for the next round.[2]

Competition record

Representing
2005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia5th800 m 1:49.64
7th1500 m 3:51.72
2006Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico9th (h)800 m 1:50.81
5th1500 m 3:48.68
South American ChampionshipsTunja, Colombia7th800 m 1:54.99
2008Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile4th800 m 1:48.38
11th1500 m 3:48.91
Olympic GamesBeijing, China51st (h)800 m 1:49.39
2009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru4th800 m 1:50.75
1500 m DNF

External links

Notes and References

  1. Leonardo Price. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053046/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/leonardo-price-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 23 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Men's 800m Round 1 – Heat 2 . . 20 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821154010/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM008900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .