Juan Carlos Higuero Mate (born 3 August 1978) is a Spanish

middle distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

, who mostly concentrates on the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. He was born in

Aranda de Duero Aranda de Duero is a city and municipality, capital of the Ribera del Duero comarca, in the south of the province of Burgos, in Castile and León, Spain. It has a population of roughly 33,000 people and lies on the River Duero. The closest int ...

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...

. At the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Higuero won two

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, over 1500 and

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

. It was his international major event debut in the 5000 metres. He already had two

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s from the European Indoor Championships.

Achievements

Personal bests

*800 metres - 1:45.87 min (2007) *1500 metres - 3:31.57 min (2006) *Mile - 3:52.49 min (2002) *3000 metres - 7:59.76 min (1999) *5000 metres - 13:33.65 min (2006)

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Spanish Olympic Committee
1978 births Living people Spanish male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Spain European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from the Province of Burgos 21st-century Spanish people {{spain-athletics-bio-stub