Edgardo Guilbe Alomar (born 18 March 1966 in

Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...

) is a Puerto Rican former sprinter who specialized in the

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 ...

. His personal best time was 20.53 seconds, achieved in July 1989 in

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. He won the gold medal at the 1989 Central American and Caribbean Championships and silver medals at the

1990 Central American and Caribbean Games The 16th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City the capital of Mexico from November 20 to December 3, 1990, and included a total of 4,206 competitors from 29 nations, the largest the games had ever seen. The 1990 Central A ...

and the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships. He also competed at the

1988 Olympic Games 1988 Olympics refers to both: *The 1988 Winter Olympics, which were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada *The 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul ...

and the 1993 World Championships without reaching the final. In 2018, Edgardo Guilbe was credited with running a 21.95 200 meters and a 49.68 400 meters (even though he had not previously had a history of running this event). Those marks would have been significant improvements on Masters world records for a 52-year-old man. Subsequently, it has been discovered those marks were produced by Edgardo Guilbe Correa, his son.

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Sports Reference profile ''100 meters Mejores Marcas'' Edgardo Guilbe 2010
1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Ponce, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican male sprinters Olympic track and field athletes of Puerto Rico Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Puerto Rico Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade medalists for Puerto Rico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-athletics-bio-stub