Alfredo Arévalo Reyes (born February 20, 1976) is a

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n marathon runner. In 2004, he achieved both his personal best and a national record-breaking time of 2:12:53 at the

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, Canada. Arevalo made his official debut for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, where he finished seventy-seventh in the men's marathon, outside his personal best of 2:34:02. At the

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, Arevalo competed again for the second time in men's marathon, along with his compatriot

José Amado García José Amado García Gabriel (born 13 September 1977) is a Guatemalan long-distance runner who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Personal bests * 5000 m: 14:13 ...

. He finished the race in sixty-third place by twelve seconds behind Montenegro's Goran Stojiljković, with a time of 2:28:26.

Personal bests

*5000 m: 14:30.07 min –

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, 18 February 2006 *10,000 m: 29:21.43 min –

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, 1 May 2010 *Half marathon: 1:06:42 hrs –

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, 19 June 2004 *Marathon: 2:12:53 hrs –

, 30 May 2004

Achievements

References

External links

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NBC Olympics Profile
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