Alfredo Arévalo

Alfredo Arévalo

Personal information
Full name	Alfredo Arévalo Reyes
Nationality	Guatemala
Born	(1976-02-20) 20 February 1976 Uspantán, El Quiché, Guatemala
Height
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Marathon: 2:12:53 (2004)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Guatemala CAC Championships 2013 Morelia 5000 m 2013 Morelia 10,000 m Central American Games 2013 San José 5000 m
Updated on 17 December 2014.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arévalo and the second or maternal family name is Reyes.

Alfredo Arévalo Reyes (born February 20, 1976 in Uspantán) is a Guatemalan marathon runner. In 2004, he achieved both his personal best and a national record-breaking time of 2:12:53 at the National Capital Marathon in Ottawa, Canada.

Arevalo made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished seventy-seventh in the men's marathon, outside his personal best of 2:34:02.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Arevalo competed again for the second time in men's marathon, along with his compatriot José Amado García. He finished the race in sixty-third place by twelve seconds behind Montenegro's Goran Stojiljković, with a time of 2:28:26.

Personal bests

• 5000 m: 14:30.07 min – Ciudad de Guatemala, 18 February 2006
• 10,000 m: 29:21.43 min – Stanford, California, 1 May 2010
• Half marathon: 1:06:42 hrs – San Pedro Sula, 19 June 2004
• Marathon: 2:12:53 hrs – Ottawa, 30 May 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Guatemala
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	4th	Half marathon	1:06:50
	World Championships in Athletics	Edmonton, Canada	56th	Marathon	2:34:16
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	Marathon	2:21:53
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	—	Marathon	DNF
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	2nd	10,000 m	29:39.48
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	76th	Marathon	2:34:02
2005	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	2nd	8km	25:16
	World Cross Country Championships	Saint-Galmier, France	123rd	12.02 km	41:29
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	10,000 m	30:45.72
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	5000 m	14:42.58
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	52nd	Marathon	2:25:37
2006	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	4th	8km	25:55
			3rd	8km (Team)	48 pts
	World Cross Country Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	93rd	12 km	39:10
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	Marathon	2:28:27
2007	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	7th	8km	25:40
			2nd	8km (Team)	58 pts
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	10,000 m	30:10.98
	Pan American Games	Río de Janeiro, Brazil	9th	Marathon	2:21:48
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	63rd	Marathon	2:28:26
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	5th	Marathon	2:25:55
	Central American Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	1st	5000 m	14:49.91
2011	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	10,000 m	31:07.06
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	11th	Marathon	2:25:53
2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	3rd	5000 m	14:56.00
			4th	10,000 m	31:30.28
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	3rd	5000 m	15:22.23
			3rd	10,000 m	32:23.55
2014	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	6th	Marathon	2:26:34 A

External links

• Alfredo Arévalo profile at IAAF
• NBC Olympics Profile