Constantino León

Constantino León
Personal information
Full name Constantino León López
Nationality  Peru
Born (1974-04-12) 12 April 1974
Pampas, Huancavelica, Peru
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Half-marathon: 1:03:53 (2010)
Marathon: 2:17:03 (2010)
Updated on 14 June 2014.

Constantino León López (born April 12, 1974 in Pampas, Huancavelica) is a Peruvian marathon runner.[1][2] He set a personal best time of 2:17:03, by finishing eleventh at the 2010 Chosunilbo Chunchon International Marathon in Chuncheon, South Korea.[3]

Leon represented Peru at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon. He successfully finished the race in sixty-first place by ten seconds ahead of Montenegro's Goran Stojiljković, with a time of 2:28:04.[4]

Personal bests

  • 10,000 m: 30:34.6 min – Peru Lima, 4 June 1999
  • Half marathon: 1:03:53 min – Peru Lima, 29 August 2010
  • Marathon: 2:17:03 hrs – South Korea Chunchon, 24 October 2010

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Peru
2002 World Half Marathon Championships Brussels, Belgium 66th Half marathon 1:05:36
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 61st Marathon 2:28:04
2009 South American Cross Country Championships Concepción, Chile 8th 12 km 38:05
South American Half Marathon Championships Asunción, Paraguay 2nd Half marathon 1:04:46
World Championships Berlin, Germany 51st Marathon 2:23:34
World Half Marathon Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 69th Half marathon 1:06:95
2010 South American Cross Country Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 9th 12 km 36:40.2
South American Half Marathon Championships Lima, Perú 3rd Half marathon 1:03:53
World Half Marathon Championships Nanning, China 37th Half marathon 1:05:29
2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 7th Marathon 2:21:18
2012 World Half Marathon Championships Kavarna, Bulgaria 45th Half marathon 1:06:58

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Constantino León". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Biography - LEON Constantino, archived from the original on May 18, 2015, retrieved June 14, 2014
  3. ↑ "Maratonista Raúl Pacheco es el primer peruano en clasificar a Londres 2012" [Raul Pacheco is the first Peruvian marathoner to qualify for London 2012] (in Spanish). El Comercio Peru. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.


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