Claudio Romero
| File:Claudio Romero.png Claudio Romero in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 July 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Chile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | Virginia Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Claudio Romero (born 10 July 2000) is a Chilean track and field athlete competing in the discus throw.
In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.[citation needed]
In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the men's discus throw event at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships held in Tampere, Finland.[1]
In 2019, he competed in the men's discus throw event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[2] He did not record a mark. He also won a gold medal in the discus throw at the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships in San José, Costa Rica, extending his national record with a mark of 62.30 meters.[3]
Competing collegiately for the Virginia Cavaliers, Romero was named a first-team All-American and won the ACC outdoor title in 2021.[citation needed] 2022 NCAA discus chanpion defeating arch rival and NCAA discus record holder Alekna, son of legendary thrower Virgilijus Alekna.
References
- ^ "Men's discus throw - Final" (PDF). 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Men's discus throw − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 15 Aug 2019.
- ^ "Four records fall on the opening day of the 19th Pan American U20 Championships". NACAC. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
External links
- Virginia Cavaliers bio
- Claudio Romero at World Athletics
- Claudio Romero at TFRRS.org
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- 2000 births
- Chilean male discus throwers
- Pan American Games competitors for Chile
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- World Youth Championships in Athletics winners
- Virginia Cavaliers men's track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Chile
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- 21st-century Chilean people
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