Juan de Dios Jurado (born 9 April 1981) is a Spanish middle-distance runner who specializes in the

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 ...

. He finished third at the

2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships The 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid, the capital city of Spain, from Friday, 4 March to Sunday, 6 March 2005. This was the first edition to be held in an odd year since switching to the b ...

in Madrid and fifth at the

2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport arena. The announcement by the IA ...

in Moscow, the latter in an indoor personal best time of 1:47.38 minutes. His personal best time over 800 m is 1:45.42 min, achieved in June 2006 in

Huelva Huelva (, ) is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is between two short rias though has an outlying spur including nature reserve on the Gulf of Cádiz coast. The rias ...

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* 1981 births Living people Spanish male middle-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub