Andy González (runner)
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Full name | Andy González Núñez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Athletics | 17 October 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andy González Núñez (born 17 October 1987) is a
Biography
González emerged as an international level runner in 2006. That year he ran 1:47.5 minutes for the 800 m and a national junior record of 3:42.6 minutes for the 1500 metres.[2] He was chosen to represent Cuba at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and he surprised by winning the 800 m gold medal, defeating Sherridan Kirk and running a time of 1:46.26 minutes (the fastest ever by a Central American and Caribbean junior).[3] He was one of the highest ranked runners to enter the 800 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but he was off-form in the final and finished eighth in a time of 1:53.61 minutes.[4]
The following year he competed at the
In 2009, he came runner-up to Yeimer López at the national Barrientos Memorial meet in Havana.[8] The city hosted the 2009 CAC Championships in July and an attempt to defend his 800 m title resulted in a duel between him and López, but González again finished behind his fellow Cuban.[9] He improved his 1500 m running in 2010, taking the title at the Barrientos Memorial and finishing the year with a new personal best of 3:40.94 minutes.[10] He also achieved a season's best of 1:45.40 minutes for the 800 m that year.[4]
González returned to international competition in 2011 and had a highly successful year. He ran his season's best of 1:45.67 minutes at the Barrientos Memorial, although he was narrowly outrun to the title by the emerging
Personal best
- 400 m: 47.41 s – La Habana, 1 March 2014
- 800 m: 1:45.3 min (ht) – La Habana, 13 March 2008
- 1500 m: 3:42.4 min (ht) – La Habana, 15 March 2008
- 3000 m: 8:24.3 min (ht) – Santa Clara, 3 April 2009
Competition record
References
- ^ XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2016, retrieved June 24, 2013
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ a b González Andy. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-07-27). Robles shines with rainy 13.25 – Pan-Am Games Day 6. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-07-07). Cuba takes overall title in Cali; last day of CAC Champs beset by torrential rains. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ Andy Gonzalez Nunez. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2009-07-01). Savigne, Copello and Lopez shine at Barrientos Memorial. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2009-07-06). Culson prevails over Sanchez as six more records fall - CAC Champs Final Day Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2010-03-03). Barrios steals the show at Barrientos Memorial. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-05-29). New talents emerge at Barrientos Memorial in Havana. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-07-18). Jamaica tops medal table in Mayaguez - CAC Champs, final day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
- ^ "IAAF: Andy Gonzalez | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (30 November 2014). "IAAF: Ibarguen leaps 14.57m as Cuba dominates athletics at Central American and Caribbean Games| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
External links
- Andy González at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andy González". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Tilastopaja biography