Wesley Joel Vázquez Vázquez (born 27 March 1994) is a
Puerto Rica
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n middle distance
runner.
Career
He reached the finals in the
800 metres
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at the
2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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in
Barcelona
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.
On July 7, 2014, Vázquez won the Meeting International de Montreuil with a time of 1:45.65.
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Personal bests
Outdoor
*400 m: 46.72 sec –
Å amorÃn
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Etymology
The name is derived from a patron saint of a local church Sancta Maria, mentioned for the first time as ''villa Sancti Marie'' (1285). Today's name is an a ...
, 11 September 2020
*600 m: 1:14.85 min -
Caguas
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, 1 Aug 2020
*800 m: 1:43.83 min –
Paris
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, 24 August 2019
*1500 m: 3:46.98 min –
Mayagüez, 16 April 2016
Achievements
References
External links
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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
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