Juander Santos Aquino (born 7 May 1995 in

Bayaguana Bayaguana is a municipality (''municipio'') of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic. As of the Dominican Republic's 2002 census, the municipality had a total population of 34,786 inhabitants, of which 19,001 resided in urban areas a ...

) is a Dominican athlete specialising in the

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 ...

and

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 has won several international medals, mainly in the relay. He is the younger brother of 400m specialist and Olympic silver medalist,

Luguelín Santos Luguelín Miguel Santos Aquino (born 12 November 1992) is a Dominican sprinter, who specialises in the 400 m. He was the silver medallist in the event at the 2012 London Olympics at the age of eighteen. His personal best is 44.11 seconds. Sa ...

Competition record

Personal bests

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 ...

– 20.94 (-1.2 m/s) (Guatemala City 2014) *

– 45.93 (Xalapa 2014) *

– 48.59 (London 2017)

References

1995 births Living people Dominican Republic male hurdlers Dominican Republic male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for the Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Monte Plata Province Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade {{DominicanRepublic-athletics-bio-stub