Roberto Echeverría
Chilean marathon runner
1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Roberto Carlos Echeverría Boutaud (born February 23, 1976, in Cunco, Araucanía) is a Chilean marathon runner.[1] He set a personal best time of 2:15:37, by winning the 2008 Santiago Marathon, earning him a spot on the Chilean team for the Olympics.[2][3]
Echeverria represented Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon. He successfully finished the race in forty-ninth place by three seconds ahead of South Korea's Kim Yi-Yong, with a time of 2:23:54.[4]
Personal bests
- 3000 m: 8:07.71 – Santiago, 25 April 2007
- 5000 m: 14:06.4 (ht) – Concepción, 12 May 2007
- 10,000 m: 29:28.05 – Valdivia, 8 February 2014
- Marathon: 2:15:37 – Santiago, 6 April 2008
Achievements
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roberto Echeverría". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (24 February 2009). "Brazil dominates South American Cross Country Championships in Chile". IAAF. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Historia: Santiago en el circuito mundial de maratones" [History: Santiago in the world circuit of marathons] (in Spanish). Maratón de Santiago. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
External links
- Roberto Echeverría at World Athletics
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
- Tilastopaja biography
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