Javier Moracho Torrente (born August 18, 1957, in

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) is a retired

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from

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. He won the European Indoor Championships in 1986 and a silver medal at the inaugural

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in 1985. He finished seventh at the 1980 Olympics. Moracho's personal best time was 13.42 seconds, achieved in August 1987 in

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. The Spanish record currently belongs to the former

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with 13.34 seconds. Furthermore, another Spanish hurdler Felipe Vivancos has run in 13.41 seconds.IAAF profile fo
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International competitions

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1957 births Living people Spanish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain People from Cinca Medio Sportspeople from the Province of Huesca Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub