José Luis González Sánchez (born 8 December 1957 in

Villaluenga de la Sagra Villaluenga de la Sagra is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality Location (geography), located in the Toledo (province), province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE ...

, Toledo) is a Spanish former

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 ...

. He represented

Spain at the Olympics Spain first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since 1920. Spain has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1936. Its team is organised by the Spanish Olympic Co ...

on three occasions (1980, 1984, 1992) with his best performance being a semi-final run in the 1500 m in 1980.Jose Luis Gonzalez
Sports Reference. Retrieved 2020-02-01. Gonzalez won a 1500 m silver medal at the

1987 World Championships in Athletics The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987. Men's results Track 1983 , 1987 ...

behind

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, and also won

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silver medals in

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and

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. He appeared six times at the

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, starting with a junior silver medal in 1975. He competed at the

European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe. Editions First held, for men ...

in 1986 and 1990, and was a six-time champion at the

European Athletics Indoor Championships The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games ...

. Among his other international honours are a silver medal at the

1983 Mediterranean Games The IX Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 1983), commonly known as the 1983 Mediterranean Games, were the 9th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 3 to 17 September 1983 ...

, and wins at the 1987 European Cup and 1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. He was a seven-time Spanish national champion, winning four 1500 m titles and a 5000 m crown at the Spanish Athletics Championships, plus two victories at the

Spanish Cross Country Championships The Spanish Cross Country Championships ( es, Campeonato de España de Campo a Través) is an annual cross country running organised by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) that serves as the national championship for the sport in Spai ...

. He was one of the world's fastest

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 Athle ...

runners of the 1980s – in a race in Nice in 1985, Gonzalez came third behind Steve Cram and

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, who became the first man to run the distance below 3:30 minutes. Gonzalez set a Spanish record of 3:30.92 minutes and a few weeks later also ran a national record in the

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with 3:47.79 minutes. He was chosen at the Spanish sportsman of the year in 1986. He received the silver medal of the

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in 1994 from the

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Statistics

Personal bests

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– 1:47.14 (1984) *

– 3:30.92 (1985) *

Mile run The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...

– 3:47.79 (1985) *

2000 metres The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1¼ miles. The global governing body World Ath ...

– 5:02.25 (1985) * 3000 metres – 7:42.93 (1987) * 5000 metres – 13:12.34 (1987)

International competitions

National titles

: 1980, 1981 * Spanish Athletics Championships **1500 m:

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, 1980,

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**5000 m:

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Circuit wins

;1500 m *

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: 1983 * Helsinki Grand Prix: 1985, 1986 *

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: 1986 * Míting Internacional d´Atletisme Ciutat de Barcelona: 1987 *

London Grand Prix The London Diamond League, formerly known as the London Grand Prix and subsequently as the Anniversary Games, is an annual athletics event held in London, England. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Di ...

: 1987 ;Mile *

ISTAF Berlin The Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) is an annual track and field Sport of athletics, athletics meeting at the Olympiastadion (Berlin), Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was first held in July 1921 at the Deutsches Stadion (Berlin), Deuts ...

: 1987 ;3000 m * DN-Galan: 1987

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Jose Luis 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Toledo Spanish male middle-distance runners Spanish male cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Spain World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain World Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists