Alfredo Emilio Sepúlveda Sandoval (born 3 August 1993) is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an athlete specialising in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. He won a silver medal at the

2018 South American Games The 2018 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It was the 11th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. A total of 373 sporting events are scheduled to be contested across a variety of sports. B ...

in a new national record of 49.62.

International competitions

Personal best

Outdoor *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 21.92 (-1.9 ms/, Cochabamba 2018) *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 46.44 (São Paulo, 2018) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

– 1:53.53 (Montevideo 2016) *

– 49.62 (Cochabamba 2018)

References

1993 births Living people Chilean male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Chile Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games South American Games silver medalists for Chile South American Games bronze medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Ibero-American Championships in Athletics winners 21st-century Chilean people Sportspeople from Valparaíso {{Chile-athletics-bio-stub