Ignacio Guerra

Ignacio del Sagrado Corazón Guerra Martorell
Personal information
Full name Ignacio del Sagrado Corazón Guerra Martorell
Nationality  Chile
Born Santiago, Chile
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Javelin throw
College team WKU Hilltoppers and Lady
Toppers (USA)
Team ADO-Chile, WKU, NCAA ACADEMIC
Coached by Esteban Sosa and Jarret Murphy
Retired 2015
Achievements and titles
World finals Two World Championships Competition
National finals National Record (All categories)
Olympic finals JJOO Beijing 2008
Highest world ranking Number One in South America (2008). Number 9 in the World ( May 2011). Best Ibero American at the JJOO BEIJING 2008
Personal best(s) Javelin throw: 78.69 m (2011)
Medal record

Gold at the 2008 Southamerican Championship

Ignacio Guerra Martorell is an ex javelin thrower from Chile.[1] He set both a national record and a personal best throw of 78.69 metres, by finishing first at Florida Relays and APSU Governors Invitational in Gainesville, Florida.[2][3]

Guerra represented Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's javelin throw. He performed a best throw of 73.03 metres from his third and final attempt, but fell short in his bid for the twelve-man final, as he placed twenty-fourth overall in the qualifying rounds.[4]

Guerra is also a member of the track and field team for the WKU Hilltoppers, and also, a graduate of Marketing and Sales at the Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Guerra retired from the Javelin Throw in 2015, after more than 20 years in the sport. He is currently Export Manager at Bethwines, a wine producer from Chile.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Ignacio Guerra". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Guerra Takes National Lead In The Javelin At Florida Relays". Western Kentucky University Athletics. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ignacio Guerra Batió el Récord de Chile y Quedó 11º en el Ranking Mundial" [Ignacio Guerra broke the Chilean record and was eleventh in the world ranking] (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Deportes Chile. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Ignacio Guerra renuncia a la jabalina". Retrieved 30 September 2017.


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