José David Galván Martínez (born 6 April 1973 in

Cuatro Ciénegas Cuatro Ciénegas () is a city in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. It stands at , at an average elevation of above sea level. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located in the ...

Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...

) is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

. Nicknamed ''Keniano Mexicano''.

Career

He was the winner of the inaugural North American 5K Championships, helping Mexico to the team title, and his time of 13:47 minutes went unbeaten in the competition's short history.North American 5 Kilometres Challenge
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

Family

He is married to

Nora Rocha Nora Leticia Rocha de la Cruz (born 18 December 1967) is a retired female track and field athlete from Mexico, who competed in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She claimed the gold medal in the women's 10,000 metres at the 1999 Pan American Games in ...

International competitions

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run 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 Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

- 3:39.21 min (2001) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

- 7:42.19 min (2000) *

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 sta ...

- 13:12.18 min (2007) *

- 27:33.96 min (2007) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

- 1:03:00 hrs (2001)

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* * Mexican male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Mexico 1973 births Living people People from Cuatro Ciénegas Sportspeople from Coahuila 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 Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people 21st-century Mexican people {{mexico-athletics-bio-stub