Mexican runner (born 1983)
Juan Luis Barrios
Barrios at the 2015 Pan American Games
Full name Juan Luis Barrios Nieves Born (1983-06-24 ) June 24, 1983 (age 40) Mexico City , Mexico [1] Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 65 kg (143 lb) Sport Athletics Event 800 m – marathon Updated on December 17, 2014.
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Barrios and the second or maternal family name is
Nieves .
Juan Luis Barrios Nieves (born June 24, 1983) is a Mexican runner.[2] He competed in the 5000 m at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and finished seventh-eighth. He placed 14th in the same event at the 2007 and came 18th in the 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships .
He won silver medals in the 5000 m and 1500 metres at the 2007 Pan American Games . He has won three consecutive titles in the 1500 m at the Central American and Caribbean Games , winning in 2002, 2006 and 2010.[3] He also has a threepeat in the 5000 m in 2006, 2010 and 2014, plus he added the 10,000 metres title in 2014. He has also won gold medals on the track at the Central American and Caribbean Championships .[4]
Barrios was the inaugural winner of the NACAC Cross Country Championships in 2005 and repeated the feat the following year, in addition to taking the team gold with Mexico.[5] He made his debut over the marathon distance in March 2011, running at the LALA International Marathon in Torreon, Coahuila , and recorded a time of 2:14:20 hours.[6]
Personal bests [ edit ] Outdoor [ edit ] 800 m: 1:48.43 min A – Ciudad de México , May 22, 2004 1500 m: 3:37.71 min – Rio de Janeiro , July 25, 2007 One mile: 3:57.34 min – Dublin , July 17, 2013 3000m: 7:37.64 min – Rieti , August 27, 2006 5000m: 13:09.81 min – New York, New York , June 11, 2011 10,000m: 27:28.82 min – Wageningen , May 30, 2012 Half marathon: 1:00:40 hrs – Marugame , March 15, 2015 Marathon: 02:10:55 hrs – Tokyo, Feb 25, 2018 International competitions [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Mexico 2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) San Juan , Puerto Rico 5th (h) 800m 1:58.95 2001 World Cross Country Championships (U20) Ostend , Belgium 47th 7.7 km 27:53 Central American and Caribbean Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 5th 800 m 1:49.54 3rd 1500 m 3:47.62 Pan American Junior Championships Santa Fe , Argentina 2nd 800m 1:51.97 2nd 1500m 3:51.16 Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships Southampton , Bermuda 1st 7.6 km 25:03 2002 World Cross Country Championships (U20) Dublin , Ireland 22nd 7.974 km 24:57 Ibero-American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 9th 800 m 1:50.98 6th 1500 m 3:50.87 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Bridgetown , Barbados 2nd 800 m 1:52.36 1st 1500 m 3:45.20 CR World Junior Championships Kingston , Jamaica 8th 1500m 3:44.97 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 1500 m 3:43.71 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships St George's, Grenada 1st 1500 m 3:44.78 Pan American Games Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic 5th 1500m 3:47.67 2004 North American Men's Marathon Relay Championships Akron , United States 1st Marathon relay 2:05:35 2005 NACAC Cross Country Championships Clermont, Florida , United States 1st 8 km 25:06 World Cross Country Championships Saint-Galmier , France 57th 4.196 km 12:35 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 1st 5000 m 14:22.57 2006 NACAC Cross Country Championships Clermont, Florida , United States 1st 8 km 25:17 World Cross Country Championships Fukuoka , Japan 62nd 4 km 11:37 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 1st 1500 m 3:42.52 1st 5000 m 14:09.08 2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd 1500 m 3:37.88 2nd 5000 m 13:30.87 World Championships Osaka , Japan 8th (sf) 1500m 3:41.17 14th 5000m 13:59.86 2008 Olympic Games Beijing , China 7th 5000m 13:19.79 2009 World Championships Berlin , Germany 18th 10,000m 28:31.40 2010 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz , Poland 62nd 11.611 km 35:29 20th 11.611 km (Team) 391 pts Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st 1500 m 3:44.85 1st 5000 m 13:44.41 2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 1st 5000 m 14:13.77 2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 10th (h) 3000 m 7:54.07 Olympic Games London , United Kingdom 8th 5000m 13:45.30 2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, Mexico 1st 5000 m 14:08.19 World Championships Moscow , Russia — 10,000 m DNF 2014 New York City Half Marathon New York, United States 4th 13.1 MI 1:01:46 Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st 3000 m 7:59.50 Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México , México 1st 5000 m 14:22.24 A Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa , México 1st 5000 m 14:15.98 1st 10,000 m 29:13.63 A 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 1st 10,000 m 30:07.49 New York City Marathon New York, United States 11th Marathon 2:13:55 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd Half marathon 1:05:13
References [ edit ] ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Juan Luis Barrios" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. ^ HISTORIAL ATLETICO – Juan Luis Barrios Nieves, México, DF, 24-jun-83 (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo , archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2015, retrieved December 17, 2014 ^ Central American and Caribbean Games (Men) . GBR Athletics. Retrieved on March 8, 2011. ^ CAC Championships . GBR Athletics. Retrieved on March 8, 2011. ^ NACAC Cross Country Championships . GBR Athletics. Retrieved on February 24, 2010. ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (March 7, 2011). Kimaiyo clocks fastest-ever Marathon in Latin America . IAAF . Retrieved on 2011-03-08. External links [ edit ]