Luis Rodríguez (born 19 August 1966) is a Spanish former sprinter and coach.

Career

Rodriguez competed for Spain at the

1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include relay races as well as women's triple j ...

in Seville, finishing fifth in his heat and qualifying for the semi finals in the

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 ...

. He also competed in the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...

at the

1991 World Championships in Athletics The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1. 1517 athletes from 167 countries participa ...

. He ran a personal best of 10.27 seconds for the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

in May 1990 in Seville. His personal best 200 metres time was 20.91 recorded in Salamanca in July 1992.

Coaching career

He coaches his niece

María Isabel Pérez María Isabel Pérez Rodríguez (born 1 March 1993) is a Spanish sprinter. She was officially selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics in July 2024. Personal life She works as a physiotherapist in Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the ...

who competed for Spain the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin and the

2020 Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

in Tokyo.

References

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