Manuel Olmedo

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Manuel Olmedo

Medal record
Men's
athletics
Representing  Spain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place
2010 Barcelona
 1500 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place
2011 Paris
 1500 m
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Erfurt 800 m
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Bydgoszcz 800 m

Manuel Olmedo Villar (born 17 May 1983) is a Spanish

World Championships in Athletics
in 2003, 2007 and 2009.

Olmedo has won medals at the European Athletics U23 Championships. His personal best in the 800 m is 1:45.13.

Career

Born in Seville, Olmedo started his career with performances at junior level, competing at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He was knocked out at the heats stage of the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships but he reached the final at the 2002 World Junior Championships, taking eighth place in 1:56.73.[1]

The 2003 season marked a breakthrough for Olmedo as he took fifth in the

2004 Athens Olympics.[1]

In his last appearance in non-senior competition, he won the

2008 Beijing Games (having run 1:45.91 for fourth).[1]

He had his best performance at senior level at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where he reached the final and finished in fifth place. He failed to match this performance at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, however, as he did not manage to finish his heat.[1]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Spain
2000 World Junior Championships
Santiago, Chile
 5th (heats) 800 m 1:51.65
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 19th (heats) 800 m 1:51.95
World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 8th 800 m 1:56.73
2003 European Indoor Cup Leipzig, Germany 5th 800 m 1:49.55
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd 800 m 1:46.83
World Championships Paris, France 4th (heats) 800 m 1:47.98
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 4th (heats) 800 m 1:47.71
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 2nd 800m 1:51.47
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 12th (semis) 800m 1:49.37
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 12th (heats) 800m 1:54.54
World Championships Osaka, Japan 5th (semis) 800 m 1:45.61
IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 6th 800m 1:47.06
2008 World Indoor Championships
Valencia, Spain
 5th (semis) 800 m 1:48.90
Olympic Games Beijing, China 4th (semis) 800 m 1:45.91
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 5th 800 m 1:49.77
World Championships Berlin, Germany — 800 m DNF
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 3rd 1500 m 3:43.54
2011
European Indoor Championships
 Paris, France 1st 1500 m 3:41.03
European Team Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st 1500 m 3:38.63

References

  1. ^
    IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
  2. IAAF
    (2003-08-06). Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
  3. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-06-04.

External links

  • Manuel Olmedo at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manuel Olmedo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  • Interview[
    European Athletics
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