Miguel Quesada Velasco (born 18 September 1979 in Sabadell,

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) is a Spanish middle distance runner. He 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 t ...

. Quesada finished fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and won the silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Participating in the 2004 Olympics, he finished third in his heat, failing to progress to the semifinals. His personal best time is 1:45.58 minutes, achieved in July 2008 in

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* 1979 births Living people Spanish male middle-distance runners Athletes from Catalonia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub