Nery Brenes

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Brenes and the second or maternal family name is Cárdenas.

Brenes at the 2010 ISTAF meeting

Nery Antonio Brenes Cárdenas (born September 25, 1985 in Limón) is a Costa Rican sprinter.^[1] He is one of Costa Rica's up-and-rising athletes and reached the semi-finals at the 400 metre sprint in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.^[2] Brenes has participated in major events like the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, and achieved a 4th place finish at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain. He also finished in 3rd place at the 2008 ÅF Golden League meet in Oslo, Norway. Central American record (44:94) in Beijing 2008.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Costa Rica
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	Qualifying Leader	400 m	45.01
2007	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	400 m	46.00
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	4th	400 m	46.65
2008	AF Golden League	Oslo, Norway	3rd	400 m	45.21
2008	2008 Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	10th	400 m	44.94
2009	Grand Prix Suramericano	Bogota, Colombia	1st	400 m	45.73
2009	Grand Prix Suramericano	Bogota, Colombia	1st	200 m	20.68
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	1st	400 m	45.19
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	400 m	44.84
2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	1st	400 m	44.65

^ Robinson, Javier Clovelo; Calixto, Néstor and Barrantes, Vanessa (2008-03-05). "Nery Brenes ready to put Costa Rica on the athletics map". IAAF Athletics. http://www.iaaf.org/WIC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43807.html. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
^ "Costa Rica", Reuters, June 17, 2008

Persondata
Name	Brenes, Nery
Alternative names	Brenes Cárdenas, Nery Antonio
Short description	Costa Rican sprinter
Date of birth	September 25, 1985
Place of birth	Limon, Costa Rica
Date of death
Place of death