Gerard Giraldo

Gerald Giraldo

Personal information
Full name	Gerald Nicolas Giraldo Villa
Born	(1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 Armenia, Colombia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-distance and long distance running

Gerard Nicolas Giraldo Villa (born 21 March 1989) is a Colombian athlete competing in Middle-distance and long distance running events. He specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.

At the 2015 South American Championships in Athletics he won the steeplechase in a championship record time of 8:29.53 minutes and also set a Colombian record of 3:42.38 minutes for the 1500 metres, winning a bronze medal. He was the silver medallist in the steeplechase at the 2014 South American Games behind José Peña.

Personal bests

Event	Time	City	Country	Date
1500 m	3:42.38	Lima	Peru	13 June 2015
3000 m	8:10.46	Belen	Brazil	Augusth 10,2014
5000 m	14:17.04	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Augusth 3,2014
10,000 m	29:03.59	Trujillo	Peru	27 November 2013
3000 m steeplechase	8:28.6	Trujillo	Peru	29 November 2013
10K run	30:10	Cipolletti	Argentina	8 March 2014
15K run	45:45	Tulua	Colombia	12 February 2012
Half marathon	1:07:48	Bogota	Colombia	29 July 2012