Wesley Joel Vázquez Vázquez (born 27 March 1994) is a

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n middle distance runner.

Career

He reached the finals in the

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at the

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. On July 7, 2014, Vázquez won the Meeting International de Montreuil with a time of 1:45.65.

Personal bests

Outdoor

*400 m: 46.72 sec –

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, 11 September 2020 *600 m: 1:14.85 min -

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, 1 Aug 2020 *800 m: 1:43.83 min –

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, 24 August 2019 *1500 m: 3:46.98 min – Mayagüez, 16 April 2016

Achievements

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Sports reference biographyTilastopaja biography
1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Bayamón, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican male middle-distance runners Olympic track and field athletes for Puerto Rico Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games track and field athletes for Puerto Rico Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century American sportsmen {{PuertoRico-athletics-bio-stub